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three other British specimens have been taken before, one by Dr. 

 Sharp in Scotland, and two by Mr W. F, H. Blandford, at Braunton 

 Burrows. Ajihodius fossor, L., and A. rufipes, L. — At light. 

 Melolontha vulgaris, F.— By beating. Phyllopertha horticola, Lt. — 

 In dog-roses. Throscus dermestoides, L. — By evening sweeping. 

 Lacon murinus, L. — Under rubbish, by sweeping, etc. Aihous nu/er, 

 L., and Agriotes sputator, L. — By sweeping. A. obscurus, L. — 

 Under stones, etc. A. lineatus, L., A. sobrinns, Kies., Cori/mbites 

 tessellatus, F., Dascillus cervinus, L., Helodes marginnta, F., 

 Gyplion nitidulus, Thorns., and C. pallidulus, Boh.— By sweeping. 

 Scirtes hemtsphaericus, L. — By sweeping, beating sallows, etc. 

 Lampi/ris noctihica, L. — I have taken the female under rubbish, and 

 the male has flown into my room at night, and comes to light. Silis 

 rnJicoUis, F. — By sweeping. I have only taken single specimens since 

 1888, till this year, when it occurred in profusion. '1 elephorus rusiicns, 

 Fall., T. lividus, L. — By sweeping and beating. T. lividus var. 

 dispar, F., T, nigricans, Miill., T. bicolor, F., T. lateralis, L., 2'. 

 flavilabris, Fall., and T. tliorncicus, 01. — By sweeping. T. thoracicus 

 is abundant in the Fen. Bhagonycha fulm, Scop., on Umbellifer®. 

 B. testacta, L., Malthodes mysticus. Kies., and M. sanguinolentus, 

 Fall. — By sweeping. AufJiocomns sangninolentns, F. — By sweeping ; 

 especially on Spiraea ulmaria (meadow-sweet). This purely fen 

 species is very abundant. Anthocomus fasciatns, L. — By sweeping. 

 This insect occurs earlier in the year than the preceding, and is not 

 so abundant. Anthocomus terminatus, Men. — Professor Beare, Mr. 

 Bouskell and I took this species sparingly this year, by sweeping in 

 the Fen. I believe it has not occurred there, till this year, since 1888. 

 Dr. Power took it in 1 870. Corynetes coerideus, De G., Anobium domesti- 

 cum, Fourc. — By sweeping. A. fidvicorne, Sturm. — On Umbelliferae. 

 Aroinia moschata, L. — On willows. This insect is not so common in 

 this neighbourhood as it used to be. When I first went to 

 the Fen, in 1888, and stayed at Upware, it occurred in pro- 

 fusion there, now I am told it is hardly ever seen, and I have 

 only seen an odd specimen or two since then. CJytus arietis, L., 

 and Toxotus meridiamis, Panz. — On dog-roses. Pogonochaerus 

 dentatus, Fourc. — Sweeping under plum trees at Upware. Agapanthia 

 lineatocollis, Don. — This is another species I have only seen singly 

 till this year, when it occurred in some numbers by sweeping. 

 Saperda carcharias, L. — The poplar beetle, as it is locally called, 

 like Aroinia, was much commoner than it has been of late. It used 

 to be found in plenty on the big poplar tree at Upware, but is very 

 scarce indeed there now, and at Wicken we have not seen it for the 

 last two years. Oberea ocidata, L. — This beautiful Longicorn is, no 

 doubt, the prize that all who visit the Fen after beetles desire most to 

 take, and it is certainly one of our finest species. I took my first specimen 

 in 1890, and had not taken it again till this year. Our party were 

 most successful ; Professor Beare and Mr. Bouskell each took a 

 specimen, and I took three, and lost a fourth, that dropped into the 

 herbage as I was trying to bottle it, and escaped. It is found on and 

 about the sallow bushes in the Fen. Bruchus rufimamts, Boh., and 

 B. atomarius, L. — By sweeping. Donacia dentata, Hoppe. — 

 Common in the Fen on the Arrow-head {Sagittaria sagittifolia). 

 D. sparganii, Ahr. — On bur reed [Sparganium). D. limbata, Panz. — 



