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occurred). The right pair of wings, in Avhatever manner (underside 

 or upperside) the insect may be set, must always be the pair on the 

 right side of the insect when at rest alive, and in a natural position. 



These points are important to the writer just now, and he hopes 

 that his continental correspondents will copy the facts of this note 

 into their own magazines, so that some intelligible uniformity in these 

 matters may result. 



E P T E R A . 



QuEDiiTs NiGRoccKRULEUs, Rey. — -I have to record this interesting 

 species from a fresh habitat — a wasp's nest. The nest was unearthed 

 on Ditchling Beacon, Sussex, September 12th, 1909. Besides the 

 Quediuii, of which I took one 3 specimen, the nest yielded a few 

 (_^niptnpha<ius setidosus, Stm. I also took Q. nigrocoeruleus at Grant- 

 chester Meadows, near Cambridge ; on this occasion, the beetle was 

 found in moles' nests, some eight specimens being secured in half-a- 

 dozen nests. — Hereward C. Dollman, F.E.S., Hove House, Bedford 

 Park. January 28th, 1910. 



Amara anthobia. Villa, near London. — I captured a specimen of 

 A. anthobia on Barnes Common, in February, 1903. It is a very 

 typical example, presenting all the characteristics of the species. — Id. 



CoLEOPTERA IN THE CAMBRIDGE DisTRicT. — I securcd scveral 

 specimens of liadister unipuatidatKs, Bon., by searching broken reed 

 debris in May, 1909. Scyuuuis liwbatns, Steph., I found very rarely 

 on Coe Fen, under willow-bark, in May. — Id. 



CoLEOPTERA FROM DiTCHLING, SuSSEX, IN AuGUST AND SEPTEMBER, 



1909. — Falayria thoracica, Curt., a few specimens at roots of Lotus 

 (■orniculatini on the Downs. Of Trichony.r inarkeli, Aub., one more 

 specimen of this interesting beetle was taken on September 17th. 

 It was found when searching at the roots of low plants on the face of 

 Ditchling Beacon. Cyrtusa pauxilla, Schm., one specimen only swept 

 off Filayo sp. ? Hydnohius punctatiasimHn, Steph., some half-dozen 

 specimens taken in all, two on wing at the end of September, the 

 remainder by sweeping. Hydnohius striyosus, Schm., two specimens 

 by sweeping. Clinocara tetratonia, Th., a $ and 5 taken by beating 

 an old hedge. Pnylhndes dulcamaras, Koch, is extraordinarily local in 

 the Ditchling district ; in 1906, 1907, and 1908, I worked the 

 Solaniiiu hard for it, but not until this last year was I rewarded, when 

 I found some large plants bejewelled with it on nearly every leaf. 

 Mordellistena parvula, Gyll., var. inaequalis, Muls., a ^ specimen 

 swept up on the 12th, and a ? on August 13th, 1909 ; both from 

 the same flower-covered slope. Chorayun sheppardi, Kirb., one specimen 

 taken on October 10th, by beating Cleiuatis. ritalha. Liosouia 

 oldonyidum, Boh., I was very pleased to find that a single Lioaoma I swept 

 up in September, proved to be L. oblonyuluni. In April, 1908, I took 

 a couple of the var. collaris, Rye, of L. ovatuluvi by sifting thick wood- 

 moss. Hypera murina, F., one 9 swept off Onobiychis sativa, and one 

 (J by general sweeping. This is always a scarce weevil at Ditchling. 

 Cis^ophayus hederea, Schm., one specimen from ivy in the garden hedge 

 — this ivy is riddled by Poyonochaerus. dentatus, Fourc, which may be 

 beaten out in moderate numbers. — Id. 



