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Skriin.thiraini.'i and Acujju/pax cotispttius, in nuiddj places on the coast, local ; 

 Pterostifhun incequalii, in flood refuse ; Taphria nivalis, Bembidium Clark i, in 

 ditch rubbish ; Lelia chlorocephala, in moss, etc., near broom bushes ; Pelobius 

 tardus and Caemidotus impressus, in a pond ; Hydroporus halensis, several, in 

 shallow pools, in a ballast pit; Hydrohitis oblongus, Paracymus nigrocBneus and 

 Berosus spinosus, in brackish ditches on the coast ; Ochthebius exaratus, one 

 specimen ; Microglossa gentills, in nests of La.iius fuliginosas, together with 

 Quedius brevis, Amphotis margiiiata, and Rhizophagus -perforatus, and also a few 

 examples of the rare Hister marginatiis (Mr. Champion, who determined the species 

 for me, says that he believes it has not hitherto been regarded as an Ant's nest 

 beetle — we also took one specimen from a nest of Formica rufa) ; Oxypoda 

 hamorrhoa, Heterothops 4!-punctula (one), Leptaciims formicetorum, Dendrophilus 

 pygmcetis, and Monotonia formicetorum, M. in nests of Formica rufa; Calodera 

 riparia and nigrita, rare, in damp places ; BIynnedonia Hauoorthi, one specimen, 

 running across a pathway ; Homalota immersa, under fallen boughs ; Megacronus 

 inclinans, among dead leaves ; Mycetoporus longulus and angularis, in moss, dead 

 leaves, etc. ; Quedius atienuatus, in flood refuse; Ocypus ater, under stones, seaweed, 

 etc., on the coast; Philonthus punctus, one or two in muddy places on the coast; 

 Xantholinus tricolor, under seaweed, etc. ; Stenus incrassatus, in a ballast pit ; 

 Trogophloeus Jbveolatiis, in ditch rubbish, on the coast ; Deleaster dichrous, on the 

 wing; Bryaxis sanguinea, in damp rubbish; Colon serripes (one), by evening 

 sweeping; Saprinus virescens (two) ; Dacne humeralis and Cyrtotriplax bipustidata, 

 in fungi ; Thalycra sericea (one), by evening sweeping; Tiresias serra (one) ; Flinis 

 cupreus, a fine series, under stones in a small stream ; Gnoriimis nobilis (one), in a 

 garden; Throsciis cari?iiJ'rons, several, by evening sweeping; Athoiis longicollis ; 

 Cyphon padl, on the margins of a pond ; Malachius marginellus and Dolichosoma 

 lineare, on coast grasses, a fine series of each ; Callidium variabile, two or three from 

 a dead tree : Saperda carcharias (one), Orsodacna cerasi and lineola, both very 

 scarce ; Zeugophora Jlavicollis, four only, owing to the recent growth of dense under- 

 wood ; Cryplocephala.s Q-punctatus, one only, on birch ; Crepidodera nitidula, scarce, 

 with the Zeugophora ; Orchesia micans and Hallomenus humeralis, from fungi ; 

 Conopalpus testaceus (two) ; Eryx atra (one), under ash bark ; Mordellistena brunnea 

 and humeralis, rare, on flowers ; Metescus paradoxus (one), when beating for larvae ; 

 Tropiphorus carinatus and mercurialis, under leaves, near "Dog mercury ;" Orchestes 

 ilicis, rusci, and stigma, on various trees ; Orthochcetes set iger, in moss; Bagous 

 cylindrus (one), by sweeping ; B. lutulentus and limosus, both very rare, in ditch 

 rubbish ; Poophagus nasturtii, in tufts of rushes ; and B rachy tarsus varius and 

 Rhynchites pubescens, beaten from oak. — Bernard Smith Haewood, 91, Station 

 Road, Colchester : January 26th, 1899. 



Phytosus nigriventris, Chevr., in Flintshire. — It may be interesting to record that 

 I met with this species, now definitely placed in the British list (Ent. Mo. Mag., 

 Jan., 1899, p. 1), in profusion on tlic shore at Prestatyn in Flintshii-e, in April, 1895. 

 Thinking it to be nothing more than a large and rather distinctly marked form of 



* It is not included in Wasmann's " Krit. Verz. der Myrmekoph. Arthropoden " (1894), who, 

 however, records the closely allied H. ruficortiis, Grimm f= tiiyviiiecophiiv^, Muls.), from the 

 nests of Lasius Juligiitosus.—G. C. C, 



