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Germ., Portscatho. Helophortis granuJaris, Thorns., and II. ceneipennis, Thoms., in 

 rock pools, with the Ochthehitis. Cercyon depressus^ Steph., under seaweed, Port- 

 scatho. Uomalota longula, Heer, abundant, in the damp sand, with the Tachys, at 

 Gerrans Bay ; H. plumbea, Wat., common, under seaweed. Actocharis Readingi, 

 Sharp, in some numbers at Falmouth, under stones below high-water mark, in the 

 locality discovered several years ago by Mr. J. J. Walker. Most of the specimens 

 were taken from the under-side of the stones, those in the sand and shingle generally 

 escaping. Diglossa mersa, Hal., with the preceding, Falmouth, and also at 

 Portscatho. Cafius fucicola, Curt., C. xantJioloma, Grav., and var. variolosus. 

 Sharp, and C. sericeus, Ilolme, under decaying seaweed, Portscatho. Actohius 

 signaticornis, Key, in damp places, with Homaloia longula, Portscatho. Ocypus 

 aier, Grav., Portscatho and Land's End. Trogophlosus halophilus, Kies., about 

 the rock pools, Portscatho. Silpha lavigata, F., Land's End, Penzance, and 

 Portscatho. Gnathoncus nauHetensis, Mars., under seaweed, Portscatho. Saprinus 

 virescens, Payk., fragments of a dead specimen picked up at Portscatho. Oehina 

 hedera, Miill., Portscatho. Opatrum sahulosum, Gyll., Land's End and Portscatho. 

 Heliopathes gihbus, F., common. Land's End, Penzance, and Portscatho. Cteniopns 

 sulphureus, L., Portscatho and Land's End, abundant, typical form only. Anthicus 

 tristis, Schmidt, common, under decaying seaweed, Portscatho. Nacerdes melanura, 

 Schmidt, Portscatho. Otiorrhynchus rugifrons, Gyll., and 0. ligneus, Oliv., Land's 

 End and Portscatho. Trachyphlaeus scaber, L., iStrophosomus retusus, Marsh., Port- 

 scatho. Exomlan pyrenceus, Bris., sparingly, by sweeping herbage on the batiks of 

 a stream, Portscatho. Ceulhorrhynchidius Dawsoni, Bris., Phytobius i-tuberculatus, 

 F., and Hypera suspiciosa, Herbst, Portscatho. Lamprosoma concolor, St., in a 

 rock pool, Portscatho. Chrysomela Banksi, F., Portscatho. Amongst the Hemi- 

 ptera, Geotomus pitnctidalux, Costa, occurred commonly at Whitesand Bay, Land's 

 End, in the original locality ; Dieuckes luscus^ F., at Portscatho; and Aepophilus 

 Bonnairei, Sign., singly, with the Actocharis, at Falmouth. — G. C. Champion, 

 Horsell, Woking : August llth, 1897. 



Telmatophilus sparganii, Ahr. : note on male characters. — The males of this 

 species, like those of T. caricis, differ from the females in having the hind femora 

 incrassate, the hind tibiae arcuately dilated externally at the base (thus appearing 

 bowed), and the last ventral segment impressed in the middle. These characters 

 have not been noticed by English writers, and they appear also to have escaped the 

 observation of Kiesen wetter (Ins. Deutschl., iv, p. 671), who describes the sexual 

 peculiarities of three species of the genus. It is probable, however, that he 

 had females only of T. sparganii before him. Jacquelin Duval's figure (Gen. 

 Col. d'Europe, iii, t. 52, fig. 260) evidently represents a male, though the sex is iiot 

 stated. In the other European species of the genus, all of which it may be noted 

 are found in Britain, the males appear only to differ from the females in having the 

 last ventral segment fovcolate. This chai-acter I have not been able to verify in T. 

 brevicollis, my specimens apparently being all females : Kiesenwetter (op. cit., p. 

 672) states that the last ventral segment is broadly and deeply fovcolate. I am 

 indebted to Mr. Bennett for specimens of both sexes of 2'. sparganii from Wiu- 

 chelsca. — Id. 



