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Aleochara cuniculorum, Kr., at Lowestoft, from a sand martin's nest in the cliffs, and 

 ChcBtocnema sahlbergi, G-jll., near tliilton Broad, from Sphagnum n ia marsh. 



A day spent in ascending Ben Lomond, about the middle of June, produced 

 some welcome insects, although nearly all my collecting was confined to within a 

 few yards of the path from Rowardennan to the summit: Patrobus septentrionis, 

 Dj., P. assimilis, Chaud., Carabus glabratiis Pk., Nebria gtfUenhali, Sch., Miscodera 

 arctica, Pk., and Otiorrhynchus maurus, Gyll., occurred under stones ; Aphodius 

 lapponum, OryW., was common in dung; Corynbites cttpreus, viiv. xruglnosu.t, F , 

 was taken flying in the sunshine ; Rhaglum inquisitor, P., and li. bifasciatum, P., 

 were both captured as they were circling round the extreme top of Ben Lomond, 

 some thousands of feet above the pinewoods which skirt the Loch ; Bembidium 

 atrocceruleum, Steph., was abundant on the shingly shores of Loch Lomond ; and 

 Elmis volkmari, Pz., was found under stones in the Loch itself. 



The last fortnight of June spent in the New Porest did not prove to be all that 

 I had hoped it would. The following species were taken : Anthaxia nitidula, L., 

 a nice series; Conopalpus testaceus, 0!., in dead boughs broken off old oaks ; 

 Chrysomela varians, Schall., swept in all its stages from Hypericum ; Pterostichus 

 lepidus, P., in the road ; Anoplodera sexguttata, P., not uncommon on UmbelliferiB ; 

 Strangalia nigra, L., on Tarious flowers ; Elater eloiigatulus, F., swept under 

 pines ; Limnius troglodytes, Ory\\.,t\\xvaevoni specimens in a stream ; and Callicerus 

 rigidicornis, Er., in a pit in the Tile Works. 



A few hours at Preshwater Bay resulted in the captui-e of Tychius schneideri, 

 Hbst., by sweeping Anthyllis vulneraria, and a single specimen of Cetonia aurata, 

 L., which I discovered under a stone at the extreme edge of the cliff. 



Lymington Salterns contributed Sibinia arenarise, Steph., which was not un- 

 common at the roots of a species of Arenaria, though in rather poor condition, and 

 Bryaxis waterhousei, -Rye, whilst Chewton Grlen yielded Bembidium saxatile, G-yli., 

 in some numbers. 



Towards the end of July Richmond Park produced a nice series of Dorcatoma 

 flavicornis, ¥., and in the same oak dead specimens of Anitys rubens, Hoff., were 

 found ; from this tree I have previously taken Paromalus flavicornis, Hbst., some- 

 what commonly. 



At St. Mai'garet's Bay, about the middle of August, Apion limonii, Kirby, was 

 found under Statice limonium, and Ceuthorrhynchidius dawsoni, Bris., and Otiorrhyn- 

 chus ligneus, 01., on the cliffs, all three in abundance, and Ocypus pedator, Gr., and 

 Bryaxis waterhousei, Rye, were taken on a narrow ledge just above the point 

 reached by high tides. Alianta plumbea, Wat., and Aleochara algarum, Pauv., 

 occurred under seaweed, together with swarms of Cafius xantholoma, Gr., and 

 Cercyon depressus, Steph. 



At Lyminster, Sussex, Megarthrus denticollis. Beck, was taken from refuse on 

 the banks of a watercress bed, and Arundel Park produced Cryptophagus rufi.corn.is, 

 Steph. 



A visit to Mr. Pool at Enfield, at the end of August, resulted in the capture of 

 RypophloBUs bicolor, 01., in abundance in elm bark, Megarthrus sinuatocollis, Lac, 

 and M. depressus, Pk., in rotten fungus, and Leptacinus batychrus, G-yli., whilst 

 from swarms of Litargus bifasciatus, V., which turned up after dark on the lee side 

 of an old beech, I succeeded, with the aid of a lantern, in picking out a fine speci- 

 men of Lamophlaeus bimaculatus, Pk. — E. C. Bedwell, Elmlea, Clevedon Road, 

 Norbiton : January IQth, 1905. 



