86 l-M^'ii, 



require for this kind of work. I feel sure that any Entomologist that 

 takes up this branch of photography will find it of great, and in- 

 creasing, interest. 



Oakleigh, neai' Ascot, Berks : 

 February, 1897. 



[Mr. Strickland has submitted to us the photograph of a beetle enlarged about 

 four diameters by this simple process. It is perfectly free from shadow, and the 

 details are brought out in a remarkably clear manner. — Eds.] 



COLEOPTERA IN A BAG OF SUFFOLK FLUVIAL REJECTAMENTA. 



BY CLAUDE MORLEY, F.E.S., &c. 



In Stephens' " Mandibulata " we often come across the term, 

 " In a flood, Suffolk, Kirby, MSS." The Eev. AV. Kirby, F.E.S., ap- 

 pears to hav^e worked the country between Ipswich and Barham very 

 thoroughly in and about 1S04, and an account of the contents of a 

 bag of refuse collected, perhaps, on the very spot where he took his 

 nearly a century ago, will be interesting, especially since, I believe, 

 such a haul as two dozen Trachys troglodi/tes has not been reported 

 for many years, though Mr. Saunders met with the species at Lowe- 

 stoft about 1865.* There have been considerable floods here, as 

 elsewhere, during the early spring, and quite a quantity of debris 

 strewed the water-meadows on either side the river Gipping on 

 February 9th, when I filled a bag (10x22 in.) from one particular 

 heap, and took in it 152 species, of which the following may be worth 

 quoting : — Metahletus truncateUus, HeJophorus ajfinis and niihihis, 

 Ilyohates forticornis (one only), Homnlota angustula, fungi, \. clien- 

 tula, vicina, triangulum (several), depressa, &c., H. anal is was present 

 in enormous numbers, the bag must have contained several thousands, 

 Falagria ohscura, Oligota atomaria (not uncommon), Ilggronoma dimi- 

 diata (four or five), Conurus lividus and immnculntus, Philontluis 

 sanquinolejitus, eheninus, &c , Medon melanoccplial us, Stilicus affinis, 

 Stcnus circularis (one only), dccJaratus, pusillus, &c., Trogophloeus 

 corficinus and elongatulus, Homalium oxyacantlice, Tychus niger (very 

 common), Pselaplius Heisei, Scydmcenus collaris, Claiubus armadillo, 

 Gholeva cisteloides, Corylophus cassidioides, Scymnus frontalis, Psam- 

 moschus bipunctaftts (common), Atomaria atricapiUa, mesomelas, nana, 

 analis, pusilla, fuscata, and rufcornis, Ephistemus gyrinoides (rare 

 hereabouts), Simplocaria semistriata, Parnus anriculatus, Aphanisticus 



* Cf. Ent. Ann., 1865, p. 51. 



