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Lsemosthenes complaHatua, Dej., Sfc, in the Isle of Sheppey. — During a visit 

 to the Isle of Slioppey in August I was induced to examine a very large heap of 

 decayed and condemned sacks from the Sheppey G-lue and Chemical Works, piled 

 up in an adjoining field. Here I was able to find all the Coleoptera, &c., hitherto 

 met with in the buildings, under vastly more pleasant conditions of working than in 

 the gloom and reeking atmosj^here of the " bone-house " ; and several additional 

 insects, evidently associated with the works, were found for the first time. The 

 most interesting of these, Lpsmosthenes complanatus, Dej., was very plentiful, mostly 

 hiding between the loose sacks on tlie sides of the heap, and running off very 

 actively when disturbed. This Carabid, which is in all probability indebted to 

 commerce for its very wide distribution, has been observed by iiie at such widely 

 separated localities as Gibraltar, Valparaiso (Chile), and Port Adelaide (South 

 Australia) ; and in New Zealand it occurs in abundance in the neighbourhood of 

 all the ports that I have visited. The usual Dermesles vulpinux, Necrobia ruji- 

 collis, rufipes, and violacea, and Alphitobius diaperinus were in great numbers 

 under the sacks at the base of the heap, especially those which retained traces of 

 grease, and in this situation I met with the following : Oligota infiata, common ; 

 Quedius fulgidus, common, varying much in size and development, with a few of 

 the var. ? mesonielinus ; Philonihus seneus, varius, and other common species j 

 Dendrophilus pnnciatus and Carcinops \A-striata in large numbers, and Ulster 

 carbonarius and \2i-striatus, Qnathoncus nannetensis, and Acintus mimitus, more 

 sparingly: Omosita colon and disco'dea, Monotonia xpinicollL'!, ritfa, and subquadri- 

 foveolata, the last-menlJoned species found in plenty by shaking the sacks over paper; 

 Trogosita mauritatiica, Dermestes lardarius, Atomaria w«H(/a, and Tribolkim ferru- 

 fflneum, sparingly, and Trox scaber, abundant. The two special earwigs Apterygida 

 arachi.dis, Yers., and Anlsolabis annulipefi, Lucas, were also present, the former as 

 usual in large numbers. 



Under clods, pieces of wood, &c., in a clay-pit near at hand, I obtained a fine 

 and varied series of Anisodactylus poeciloides, a beetle I had quite lost sight of in 

 the Isle of Sheppey since 1874 



Another interesting " find" to me was the beautiful larva of Cucullia asteris, 

 which occurred commonly on Aster tripoUum in the salt marsh not far from 

 Sheerness — a spot which I have known intimately for more than forty years, but 

 where I have never before seen the moth in any stage. 



Neither Colias edusa nor C. hyale put in an appearance during my visit, though 

 I had expected to see the former species at any rate, as it was observed by my 

 friend, Mr. A. IT. Ilamm, near Oxford on June 2oth, and by myself (a large worn 

 example of the ? var. helice), on the chalk downs at Streatley, Berks, on July 3rd. — 

 James J. Walkee, Aorangi, Lonsdale Road, Summertown, Oxford: Sept. l^th, 1905. 



Malachius vulneratus, Ab., in Sheppey. — Of this species, recently added to the 

 list of British Coleoptera, there are three specimens in the Power Collection taken 

 by Dr. Power at Sheerness on June 11th, 1859. — EiiWAED A. Waterhouse, 6, 

 Avenue Gardens, Acton : August 2\st, 19u5. 



