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usually beaten out of the dead stems of broom or furze, where it 

 doubtless lives on similar terms with another Scolytid — PMoeophthorus 

 rhododadyhis. Turning, however, to a more general survey of the 

 Coleoptera of this district, it may be said that nearly all the Geodephacja 

 the region yields probably belong to conditions anterior to the planting 

 of the pine woods, which seem to have discouraged their spread rather 

 than added to their numbers. Two of our most interesting records 

 are due to the good fortune of the Rev. W. W. Fowler, who has, 

 as already recorded by him, recently taken single specimens of both 

 Agonum sexpunctatum and A. quadripunctatum, the former by the side 

 of one of the meres, and the latter among debris where the " tops " of 

 a recent large felling had been burnt. 



A pleasing capture was Dromius ang^isttis, which I took imder 

 loose pine bark, a species of Geodephaga whose presence here might 

 be attributed to the advent of these trees. The genera Stenoloplms 

 and Acupalpns are well represented in certain sandy hollows and by 

 the side of the meres. Of the first 8. teutonus and 8. mixhis occur, 

 while of the latter every species except A. elegans has been taken. 

 Among our most abundant spring beetles running about on roads, and 

 pathways, and in gardens, are Pterostichtts coertdescens, Amara fulva, 

 and Anisodactylus hinotatus, and I have also taken A. nemorivagus 

 occasionally. Our best Bembidion is undoubtedly B. obliqutmi, which 

 sometimes occurs in profusion at the edges of the meres, accompanied 

 by B. doris and B. assimile. Notiop)liihis rufipes is quite frequent 

 among the fallen leaves of the scattered oaks, and I have occasionally 

 beaten Lebia cldorocephcda fi'om the broom. Among the Hyd.radephaga, 

 although common things are abundant, the only species worth noting 

 is Coelambus 9-lineatus, which insect, distinctly northern and western 

 as is its range, was taken in some numbers by Mr. Tomlin in the residual 

 pools of one of the meres during a dry season. Of the Palpicornia, 

 Laccobms regularis Rey {j== scutellaris Motsch.) is also an interesting 

 occurrence, since the species has only been recorded otherwise from 

 Chobham, Newbury, and the New Forest. Dealing with this group, 

 it may be worth while mentioning that I have found Helochares lividus 

 pupating in the excavations made by Pissodes notahis under the bark 

 of a fallen pine log which had slipped into the water. 



{To be continued.) 



