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The beetles (1) of Braudnv, Sv.ffolk,in J we, 19i)3. — The discovery of a beetle new 

 to Britain inspires a longing to possess indigenous examples thereof in every 

 Coleopterist ; hence it was not surprising that Mr. A. J. Chitty, Mr. E.Tonilin and 

 I should foregather at. Brandon on June 4th with the fixed intention of extending 

 our knowledge of Diastictus vulneratus (cf. Ent. Mo. Mag., 1902, pp. 253-4). For 

 three solid hours that afternoon did three shirt-sleeved men crawl and scratch about 

 the open " Brock " sands to no purpose ; nor was this the only visit; but all were 

 vain, as far as this particular insect was concerned. The season was too late or the 

 heath too dry ; at all events, the beetle was too elusive. 



But, if Diastictus was not forthcoming, our exertions were amply rewarded in 

 other directions, for withiia a hundred yards of the classic spot, at which it Itnd 

 occurred, we succeeded in turning up Ontlwphilus sulcatus* which would appear, 

 in spite of what Curtis says regarding its stercorarcous proclivities, to be attached 

 to rabbits' burrows, since we all found it at arm's length down their holes ; and, in 

 Norfolk, it is recorded from three heath localities. With it were AlcnrJiara cunicu- 

 lorum* M yrmcdonia limbata, Flagiogonus arenarius, A'phodius tristis* Arnara fulva, 

 Calathus inollis, Homalota ccesula* Oxypod.n, hrachyptera, and, strange to relate, 

 Acalles ptinnides. In the adjacent rabbit scratchings we discovered, among many 

 common things, Orthocerus muticus, Cardiophoms asellus, Byrrhus murinus, Microzoum 

 tibiale, Crypticus quisqiiilius, and Hclopliorxis rugosuis ; and at the roots of the 

 herbage, Jfarpaluspicipennis and H. anxius {cf. Ent. Mo. Mag., 1897, p. 9). 



A sandy field at Town Street yielded many nice things to careful searching. 

 Here, at the roots of Senecio jacohcea, were Thyamis dorsalis* and gracilis, Maniura 

 ehrysanthemi, DyscMrius politus, Bledius opacus, Olihrus pygmceus, Gymnetrnn ros- 

 tellum, Ceuthorrliynchus marginatus and Tychius tibialis.* Beneath Echium imlgare, 

 Homalium ca;sum var. tricolor and Ceuthorrhynclnis geograpTdcus occurred sparingly, 

 with C. asperifnliarum and Meligetlws murinus commonly on the flowers. At the 

 roots of Silene cuciibalus, Hister purpurascens, with its var. niger, Er., and Carcinop>s 

 minima were sifted among the sand ; and Harpalus rufiharhis (generally very rare 

 in Suffolk) and Amara bifrons were abundant. A few Apion fuscirostre were beaten 

 from broom. 



The rough grasses and rushes on the banks of the Little Ouse, near the Staunch, 

 were alive with insect life — more particularly Culex pipievs and SimvUum reptans ! 

 We swept from them Clirysomela graminis,* Silis ruficollis, Oodcs helopoidcs, Tele- 

 plwrus figuratus, Demetrius monostigma,* Hygronoma dimidiata, Haltica lythri, 

 Gymnetron villosulus, and Ceutliorrhyv clndeus rnelanarius. One of our best captures 

 was Epitrix pubescens* swept by Mr. Tomlin (and subsequently in July by Mr. E. 

 A. Elliott and myself), witii Pkyllotrcta tetrastigma, from Solatium dulcamara. Or- 

 chestes scutellaris and 0. salicis occurred on willows. By swilling and searching at 

 the roots of the reeds we discovered Ochthebius pygmmus, Conjloplius cassidioidcs, 

 Ocyusa picina,* Trogophlmus bilineatus and rivularis, Hydrmna riparia and testacea, 

 Elaphrus cupreus, Chwtarthria seminulum, Stenus argus,* melanopus, solutus* and 

 binotatus, while in water rat's dung was Cercyon hctmorrhoum. 



Other captures at Brandon were those of Trox scaber in a dead rabbit ; Phyllo- 

 bins viridicollis by sweeping along a sandy hedge ; Malthinus fasciatus, Dryophilus 



(1) An asterisk indicates that the species had not been previously noticed in the county. 



