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fiiscipes, Gr., latifrons, Er., proditor, Er., nitens, Steph., pallitarsis, 

 Steph., and palaatris, Er. At Newton Moss, near Penrith, on June 

 5th, by sweeping, I captured fuscipes, Gr., and an/us, Gr. During my 

 stay at Nethy Bridge, Inverness-shire, in July and August, I found 

 Steiii \ery scarce ; I only met with (/cuicidatus, Gr., under some damp 

 straw on a grouse moor, biforeolatus, Gyll., far.srt^js, Ljun., and deda- 

 ratus, Er. In September I was again at Stalham and Wicken Fen ; 

 at the former place, on the 21st, I secured proditor, Ev., nitens, Steph., 

 rarb<»iariits, Gyll., and latifrons, Er., all shaken out of marsh hay ; 

 and, on the 22nd, at Catfield, a village a few miles away from Stalham, 

 also out of stacks of freshly cut marsh hay, I secured vafellus, Er., 

 argits, Gr., nitens, Steph., dedarattts, Er., and carbonarius, Gyll. ; this 

 latter insect must have been present in hundreds, though I only took 

 a few, thinking at the time it was biiiihthaliiius, Gr. While working 

 the water net in a small pond near Stalham three specimens of furni- 

 catiis, Steph., were captured. At Wicken Fen, strangely enough, on 

 September 23rd-25th, hardly a single Stenns was seen, and I only 

 noted Instrator, Er., and palnstris, Er. — (Prof.) T. Hudson-Beake, 

 B.Sc, F.E.S., 10, Regent Terrace, Edinburgh. November 15th, 1910. 

 Interesting Coleoptera at Hanwell. — On July 17th of this year, 

 I journeyed to Hanwell in quest of Philonthiis therwanini, Aub. At 

 not a great distance from the famous water-beetling pond in the 

 Brent Valley meadows, I sighted (or scented !) a likely looking dung 

 heap ; from this heap I secured several useful species, inclusive of 

 my principal quarry, P. therinaruiii. The best captures were : — 

 Aleochara crassiiiscida,''''- Sahib., very scarce indeed, some six examples 

 in all being taken. Leptadnxs pariinipuuctatiis, Gyll., was not 

 uncommon, and is now (October) on in profusion. Leptadnas baty- 

 chrtis, Gyll., a scarce beetle here — not nearly as common as pariuii- 

 piinctatiis. Some specimens of the latter look superficially like 

 batjjdtnis, being small, with the apical elytral angles somewhat broadly 

 lighter, and having one more than the regulation series of five thoracic 

 punctures. Such specimens, however, may easily be differentiated by 

 the much coarser punctuation of the head and thorax, and the more 

 linear form of the latter. Of Medon obsoletiis, Nor., I took one, much 

 diligent work failing to produce further examples, ('ilea and IJtho- 

 charis were, of course, both present in abundance ; in reference to the 

 latter, it is of interest to note that Labia minor was in profusion. 

 Pliilonthus albipes,-'- Gr., was perhaps the most frequent of the genus, 

 though it need hardly be stated that ventralis and discoideus, Gr., were 

 far from being rarities. The only Hister was biinacidatns, L., the 

 paucity of species in the genus was, however, compensated for by the 

 abundance in which this beautiful little Hister was present. Subsequent 

 visits during July with my friends, Mr. H. St. J. K. Donisthorpe and 

 Dr. G. W. Nicholson, resulted, in addition to the recapture of most of 

 the above-mentioned species, in one interesting new form, AlpkitopJia(/us 

 bifasdatiis,'- Say., one specimen of which fell to the lot of Dr. 

 Nicholson. Another excursion a few days ago (October 25th) had its 

 reward in a nice series of the rare little Clavicorn, Mi/) iiieco.cenns 

 raparariormu,-'- Guer., and Cercijon nii/riceps, Marsh., in the greatest 

 profusion and variety. — Hereward L. Dollman, F.E.S., Hove House, 

 Bedford Park. 



* Not recorded in Canon Fowlers's Coleoptera of the British Islands from the 



Ealing distiict. 



