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Another interesting capture is that of Pentarthriim Huttoni, once more in the 

 living tree at Plymouth, after an interval of ten years without meeting with it {vide 

 Ent. Mo. Mag., 1889, p. 326), this time feeding in a horse chestnut. Elsewhere, at 

 EfEord, Plymouth, I have found Rhopalomesites Tardii in an old elm stump. It 

 seems mostly attached to ash in this district, and in the particular locality under 

 notice all the ash trees I have been able to find have been almost cleaned out by it, 

 remains of the dead beetles being there in quantity to tell the tale, whilst living 

 specimens are very scarce, there being so little of the wood remaining. 



Referring again to the genus Quedius, I have found Q. anricomus generally 

 distributed, but by no means common, in the Dartmoor streams. Of Q. umbrinus 

 a couple occurred in moss on a boulder in a rivulet near Hill Bridge, Dartmoor ; 

 and of Q. attenuatus I secured two in sphagnum near Prince Town. For confirma- 

 tory identification of the two latter insects I am indebted to Mr. Newbery. In 

 July, 1896, in hedge clippings by the road-side, in a lane leading to Ugborough 

 Beacon, I took a single immature example of Q,. longicornis, kindly identified 

 for me by Mr. Champion. — James H. Keys, 1, Sea View Avenue, Lipson, Ply- 

 mouth : March 2<dth, 1899. 



Further Coleopterous notes from Iwade, Kent. — The marshes at Iwade were 

 again extensively flooded during the winter just past, the water remaining on them 

 for several weeks, and seriously interfering with communication by road with the 

 Isle of Sheppey. As before, a good quantity of flood rubbish was left behind by 

 the water, and the results of two visits at Easter, of a few hours each, to the marshes 

 in search of Coleoptera are, I think, interesting as compared with those obtained by 

 Mr. A. J. Chitty and myself last spring {ante, pp. 57 et seq.). The rubbish was in 

 practically the same condition as on that occasion, or perhaps a little drier, and 

 beetles were again very numerous ; but the effects of the thorough drenching of the 

 marshes with salt water was evident, not only in the complete destruction of the 

 reeds and other aquatic plants in the marsh ditches, but also in the rarity or absence 

 of many species of beetles which affect fresh water situations, and were plentiful 

 enough last spring. Thus, such species as Acupalpus consputus, Pcecilus cupreus 

 and versicolor, Pterostichus anthracinus, gracilis and incequalis, Anisodactylus bi- 

 notatus, Stomis, various Anchomeni, Cnemidotus impressus, Philonthus funiarius, 

 Cryptobiuni, &c., &c., did not put in an appearance at all, or were met with only by 

 single specimens. On the other hand, Polystichus vittatus, hitherto so rarely found 

 here, might now have been called almost abundant, occurring as it frequently did in 

 little companies of three or four, in moist bare spots under the rubbish, and less 

 often in the stuff itself. Another feature of the collecting was the abundance of the 

 Histeridce : Ulster neglecfus, in particular, turning up in dozens, with H. 4:-macu- 

 latus (not rare, and very variable in marking), bissexstriatus and 12-striatus, Card- 

 nops minima, and Onthophilus striatus. Amara strenua again occurred, but only 

 three or four specimens were found, with a few of the little Harpalus puncticollis, 

 Payk. {parallelus, Brit. Cat.). Aehenium humile was nearly, if not quite, as abun- 

 dant as it was last year, and Myrmedonia limbata was rather more so ; while 

 Trogophloeus foveolatus, Sahib., not previously observed at Iwade, occurred in almost 

 every handful of the rubbish, with occasional dark examples of Homalota angustula, 

 Gyll.— James J. Walkee, 23, Ranelagli Road, Sheerness : April 8th, 1899. 



