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FURTHER NOTES ON THE COLEOPTERA OF LUNDY ISLAND. 

 BY NORMAN H. JOT, M.R.C.S., F.E.S., 



AND 



J. R. LE B. TOMLIN, M.A., F.E.S. 



When we set sail from Instovv on April 12th last year for Lundy, 

 there were none of the usual misgivings, as to whether the sea was too 

 rougli for our small craft, but rather whether there was enough wind 

 to take us across. Nor were they entirely without foundation, and 

 eventually we had to set to and row for the last three or four miles, 

 taking about seven hours for the journey of 21 miles. Consequently 

 little collecting could be done that da}'', but we were afield early the 

 next morning. Our cottage was beautifully situated on the edge of 

 a sloping clifE over 400 feet high on the east side of the island, and 

 commanded a splendid view of the lauding place and of Eat Island, 

 made familiar by the photographs in the illustrated papers in con- 

 nection with the " Montagu " disaster. 



Beetles were soon found in plenty, and we did not get further 

 than 100 yards away from home the whole of that first morning. 

 Examining moss and the roots of grasses, and turning over stones, 

 was the chief work done both then and during the eight days we were 

 on the island. In this period we found time to examine practically 

 every part of Lundy, although some of it would no doubt have repaid 

 further search. There were of course many more damp places than 

 in August, 1905, and they produced a good many interesting species, 

 but over the actual water-beetles we spent very little time. It was 

 interesting to find several of the waterfall species. A few things 

 such as Hylastinus obscurus, Marsh., were specially and successfully 

 sought for, and. the last morning was spent in examining rubbish from 

 the cellar of the " General Stores " — the only shop on the island. 

 Our mackintosh sheets monopolised the counter, and soon many of 

 the islanders were enthusiastically pointing out such small fry as 

 Enicmus or OUgota, and marvelling at their characters under a platy- 

 scopic lens ! About eight species were thus added to the list, in- 

 cluding Ptinusfur, L., and Pentarthrum huttoni, Woll. 



Of the special local species, Psylliodes luridipennis, Kuts., was 

 rather uncommon on the wild cabbage, but CeutJiorrhynehus contractus, 

 Marsh., swarmed on this plant, quite three-quarters of the specimens 

 belonging to the var. pallipes, Crotch. The degree of redness in the 

 legs and rostrum of this form is very variable. 



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