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searching them, runs a certain amount of risk, either of a knock 

 from a hard ball, or of strong language from the players. Among 

 the numerous species which have been found in this way, two of our 

 greatest British rarities, Medon castaneus, taken by Mr. C. G. Hall, 

 and Anthicus bimaculatus, by Mr. A. J. Chitty, may be specially 

 mentioned ; and the equally rare Ceuthorrhynchus pilosellus, recorded 

 from Deal, was, I believe, also picked up in a sandhole. Licinus de- 

 pressus and silphoides are stragglers from the chalk not far distant, as is 

 also the rare Geutliorrhynchus euphorhice {crux, Wat. Cat.) ; the beauti- 

 ful green Saprinus metaUicus and virescens occasionally occur, the first 

 most frequently, and the curious thick-horued Ortliocerus muticus is 

 sometimes common, with Serica hrunnea, Anomala Frischii, Soplia 

 pMJanthus, Adimonia tanaceti, Sitones griseus, crinitus, and humeralis, 

 Geuthorrhynclius punctiger, and Rhinoncus castor in plenty, to name 

 only a few of the species to be met with. 



There is now not much scope for the use of the sweeping-net on 

 the sandhills themselves, except in the most favourable weather, when 

 the Marram grass may be profitablj^ swept, but very many good 

 things have been obtained by its use, and pre-eminent among these is 

 Anisotoma pallens, Sturm.* Of this insect I had the good fortune to 

 sweep up three specimens close to Sandowu Castle on the evening of 

 September 19th, 1873 ; it has since been repeatedly sought for in vain 

 by myself and other Coleopterists, and, so far as I am aware, these 

 three examples are the only ones existing in British collections. Both 

 sexes of the almost equally rare A.furva, Er., were taken by me on 

 August 2Sth, 1896, off the Marram grass near the First Battery, and 

 I believe the allied A. ciUaris, another great rarity, has also occurred 

 at Deal ; A. dubia, punctulata, and calcarafa, Cyrtusa pauxilla, and 

 Colenis dentipes, being at times not scarce. Other species which have 

 occurred by sweeping on the sandhills are Phalacrus Brisouti, Hippo- 

 damia IS-punctata and mutahilis, Antherophagus silaceus, Aphanisticus 

 pusillus, Adrastus pusillus* (the head-quarters of this rare little Elater 

 are near Sandwich, where it was first found by Mr. E. A. Waterhouse 

 in July, 1888), Malachius marginellus, Antliocomus rufus, Dolichosoma 

 lineare, Ccenocnra hovistce, Pogonocli(srus hispidus, Lema cyaneUa, CJiry- 

 somela marginata^ Cassida sanguinolenta, ohlonqa, and liemisphcErica, 

 Mordellistena hrunnea, incequalis (a very large form), Choragus Shep- 

 pardi, Apion pomonce, urticarium, cruentatmii, rubens, varipes, Icevicolle, 

 pubescens, and Ciirtisi (abundant), Hypera suspiciosa and murina, 

 Tychius tibialis, Sibinia primifa, Acalles roboris,ptinoides, and turbatus, 

 Ooeliodes exiguus, Ceuthorrhynchus triangulum, and C. C'hcvrolati. The 



