258 [November, 



Donisthorpe, wlio was sttiying at Soutlisca, joined uie for one day at Bctnbfidge ; 

 here off Matricaria we swept Apion hookeri, Kirb., in numbers, and A. confl.uens , 

 Kirb., sparingly, with a few Ceuthorrhynchus rugiilonus, Hbst.,and Sibivia arenariae, 

 Steph. ; I also found a single Aiithicus instahilis, Schni., in luy net. At Freshwater 

 on the cliffs out of a flower of Campanula glomerata I took a single Miarus grami- 

 nis, Q-yll. ; unfortunately this flower was over, and it was impossible to pick out the 

 dead plants amongst the rest of the dried herbage, so no more specimens were found. 



Grubbing at the roots of Anthyllia vulneraria on the Culver cliffs produced 

 Tychius .sckneideri, Hbst., in profusion, with Gymnetron pascuorum, Gyll., and 

 Miccotrogus picirostri.s, F., in large numbers, while Tychius tomentosus, Hbst., 

 Sibinia primita, Hbst., Hypera trilineata, Marsh., and Mecinus circulatus, Marsh., 

 occurred sparingly. At the same place, by pulling up and shaking dead plants 

 {most }proh&h\y Lalhyrus pratensis), \i nice series of Apion subulafum, Kirb., was 

 secured, with many Bruchus loti, Pk., A})ion difforme, Germ., A. aithiops,\\ihsi., A. 

 seniculum, Kirb., A. loti, Kirb., Amalus hxmorrhous, Hbst., and Otiorrhynchus ligneus, 

 01. On these cliffs the thorny restharrow grew in abundance, but the only Apion 

 I could find on it was ononis, Kirb. ; on the cliffs near Ventnor, however, I found 

 on this plant the other species which frequents it, Apion bohemani, Th. ; on the 

 cliffs below the Red Cliff Battery were many plants of hare's-foot trefoil, and Apion 

 dissimile, Germ., as usual occurred upon them. 



In a field of red clover near Ulverstone I swept up Apion varipes, Germ., very 

 sparingly, accompanied by hosts of A. trifolii, L., and a few A. tenue, Kirb. 



One day was spent at Ventnor, and here by pulling up plantains, &c., and 

 shaking them over paper, I secured the capture of the trip, Cathormiocerus socius. 

 Boh., I believe this is the first time it lias been captured in this part of the Island ; 

 at the same time Trachyphlceus squamulatus, Ol., was taken, and these two insects 

 were a welcome relief from Mecinus py raster, Hbst., which alone had rewarded my 

 efforts up to that point. Apion pubescens, Kirb., was swept oft' dry grass at the 

 edge of the cliffs in the same locality. 



I gathered a large number of seed pods of the yellow flag. Iris pseudacorus, in 

 the hope of breeding out Mononychus pseudacori, F., but so far nothing has resulted, 

 and I am afraid I have drawn a blank.* 



A curious capture was a specimen of Lissodema quadripustulatum, Marsh., swept 

 off grass. In the locality where I had previously taken it at Yarmouth I found a 

 fine specimen of Melops cceruleus, L., which was ruined for the collection by an 

 injury it had received, most probably from a bird. Rhinoncus bruchoides, Hbst., 

 was twice swept off plants growing by the side of the river Yar. 



While sweeping for Coleoptera, many species of Hemiptera were of course ob- 

 tained, but I only took specimens of J'erlusia rhoinbea, tSyromastes marginatus, and 

 Fiezodorus lituratus. — 1. Hudson Beakk, 10, Eegent Terrace, Edinburgh : Sep- 

 tember 30th, 1004. 



Hare Coleoptera at Sherwood. — At the latter end of June of the present year 

 I captured by beating old oaks three examples of Prionocyphon serricornis, all 

 males. The same week, but in a different part of the Forest, three specimens (two 

 males and one female) of Balaninvs betulse, Steph. {cerasorum, Herbst) also occurred 

 by beating oaks, not birch. Of this latter insect I met with two specimens last 



* I have only fouud it on /. fatidissima — G. C. C, 



