1900.] 261 



Acherontia Atropos seems to be abundant this year, as I haTe had sixteen, 

 either as larvae or pupse, brought to me, and I liave hoard of others found in the 

 parish. — E. N. Bloomfield, Guestling : Octoher, 1900. 



Re-occurrence of Actocharis Readingi at Plymouth. — It may be of interest to 

 Coleopterists to record the capture of Actocharis Readingi, Sharp, in the Plymouth 

 district, on October 7th, at the spot where Mr. Keys and I obtained Trogophlaeus 

 anglicanus, recently described by Dr. Sharp. Having failed to find the latter insect 

 in the seaweed at the high-water mark, I proceeded to search in the shingle sub- 

 jacent, and captured in a very short time seven specimens of A. Readingi (but no 

 T. anglicanus were seen). On the 15th, in company with my friend Mr. Keys, 

 about three dozen of this interesting beetle were taken in the same habitat, except 

 three, which were found beneath stones below high-water mark. It is a fairly active 

 insect, but easily overlooked, as it does not run about when the shingle is spread on 

 the slieet, but remains beneath or between the particles, so that every little heap 

 has to be minutely examined.* Although Mr. Keys and myself have frequently 

 searched in the same spot during the earlier part of the year with a view to finding 

 it, until now we have met with no success. 



In conclusion, I may mention that Sipalia te^tacea, Bris., was found on the 

 7th in the cove, this being a new locality in this district for it. Amongst the other 

 maritime beetles occurring commonly are Aejius marinus, Strom, and Robiiii, Lab., 

 Cillenus lateralis, Sam., Trogophlceus halophilus, Kies., and Micralymma brevi- 

 penne, Gryll. — M. CAMERON, H.M.S. " Cleopatra," Particular Service : Octoher 

 mth, 1900. 



Zabrus gihbus, Linn., in the Lea Yalley. — I have recently been fortunate 

 enough to add this fine and local insect to our scanty list of Lea Valley CarahidcB. 

 Its habitat is at the sides of the road between Edmonton and Chingford, where it 

 skirts for a short distance some open grass land of a marshy character. I found my 

 first specimen on August 25th, running on the road, and by searching at the roots 

 of grass adjacent thereto I got three or four more, but I found it easier to get a 

 series by walking slowly along the road and picking up running individuals. Owing 

 to the close proximity of a well-frequented public house, to and from which numbers 

 •of "pilgrims" (principally employes at a large linoleum factory near by) were 

 journeying, my proceedings attracted a certain amount of attention, some of which 

 I could well have dispensed with ! This new habitat for Zalrus is in fact as pain- 

 fully " public " as that in which Mr. J. J. Walkerf found it at Sheerness, but my 

 experience of its habits differed from his in that I found it (and have found it since) 

 quite a diurnal insect. 



I am not aware whether Zabrus is known to hibernate, but I may mention that 

 I found no trace of it in a moderate quantity of flood refuse in the same spot last 

 winter. Prior to this refuse being deposited, the whole of the above-mentioned 

 grass land had been entirely under water for several days. — P. B. Jennings, 152, 

 Silver Street, Upper Edmonton, N. : September 20th, 1900. 



* Thi.s insect is much more lively in hot weather, according to my own experience, at Fal- 

 mouth, a few years ago — G. C C 



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