OO [February, 



After two or three days'search, MelanopJithalma distinquenda, Com., 

 was discovered in great abuudance at the roots of a kind of coarse 

 grass, and several colour varieties occurred (cf. Ent. Mo. Mag., 2nd 

 series, ivi, p. 274). The capture of the new^ British Cardiophorus, 

 erichsoni, Buyss., has already been recorded {ibid., xvii, p. 156), as 

 also has Laccohius sinuafus, Mots. {Hid., xviii, p. 6) We took a 

 great many examples of Sfenus ossium, Steph., to ascertain whether 

 they all belonged to the var. insularis, Joy, but curiously enough not 

 a single one is quite as small and narrow as the two from which the 

 variety was described ; the series, however, shows a perfect gradation 

 from the variety to the type form. One specimen of Scydmcenus 

 remains unidentified, and appears to be different from any on the 

 British list. 



On critically examining our captures, we find that we have added 

 as many as 201 species to the list already published {Hid., xvii, p. 1). 

 This brings the total up to 4G2, a surprising number for a small island 

 of just over one thousand acres. Considering the number of species 

 of which only single specimens occurred, and that there are 43 of 

 Wollaston's and Smith's captures which we have not confirmed, it is 

 fairly safe to assume that there are still a good many unrecorded 

 species inhabiting the island. 



The following is a list of beetles new to Lundy, and we have 

 thought it convenient to mark those of special interest with a f- 



Notiophilus palustris, Duft. ; Lei.stus fulvibarbis,!)].; Loricera pilicornis,Y.; 

 Dyschiriiix globosus, Hbst. ; Acupalpus exiguus, v. htridus, Dj.; Bradycellus 

 distinctus, Dj., B. verbasci, Duft., S. similis, Dj. ; SarpaJus latus, v. erythro- 

 cephalui, F., H. attenuatux, Steph., H. anxius, Duft., H. neglectus, Dj. ; Stomis 

 pumicatus, Pz. ; Pterosfichu.i minor, GjlL, P. diligens, Stm. ; Amara ovata, F., 

 ^A. liinicoUis, Scbiocl., A. famUiaris, Duft. ; Pristonychus terricola, Bbst. ; Ancho- 

 menus fuliginosus, Pz. ; Bembidium mannerJieimi, Sahl. ; Dromius melanocephalus, 

 Dj. ; fHydroporus longuUis, Muls., \II. discretus, Fairm. ; Colymbefes fuscits, L. ; 

 Oyrinus natator, Scop. ; Philydrus melanocephalus, 01. ; Anacsena globulus, Pk. ; 

 Selochares lividus, Forst. ; fLaccobius sitiuatus, Mots.; Chsetarthria seminulum, 

 Pk. ; Sphseridium scarabseoides, L., iS. bipustulatum, v. semistriatum, Cast. ; 

 Cercyon depressus, Steph., C. hiemorrhous, G-yll., C. melanocephalus, L., C. fiavipes, 

 F., C. granarius, Er. ; Cryptopleurum atomariuni, 01. ; Oxypoda longiuscula, Gr., 

 0. ha;morrhoa, Sahl. ; fAtemeles emarginatus, Pk. ; \Myrmedonia limbata, Pk. ; 

 Callicerus obscurus, Gr. ; Alianta plumbea, Wat. ; Homalota hygrotopora, Kr., 

 S. angustula, Gyll., H. exilis, Er., S. trianguluni, Kr., S. palustris, Kies., 

 II. nigra, Kr., H. sordidula, Er., S. longicornis, Gr. ; Oligota inflata, Mann., 

 0. pusillima, Gr. ; Myllasna infuscata, Mat., M. brevicornis, Mat. ; fHypocyptus 

 Igeviusculus, Mann. ; Tachyporiis pallidtis, Shp. ; ^Lamprinus saginatus, Gr. ; 



