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abundant. Whatever be the larval habits, I can thus confidently assert that 

 the imago lives on this species of heather. Many dropped before I could get 

 near to them, but in every case a little patience and the application of tobacco 

 smoke enabled me to complete their capture. The habit of dropping no doubt 

 accounts for their supposed rarity. The fact of three specimens being swept 

 after dusk shows that they must have then been in a drowsy condition. I 

 noticed at the time that Chuetocnema confusa Boh., which was present in 

 numbers, did not pursue its daylight tactics of jumping out of the net, but ran 

 about swiftly and apparentl}-^ aimlessly. — G. W. Nicholson, Oxford and Cam- 

 bridge Club, S.W. : Jimuary IQth, 1921. 



Coleoptera taken in East Sifjfolk, Aiu/iist 1920. — The majority of the species 

 taken around Dunwich were quite common, but I venture to append a short 

 note on some of the more interesting insects captured, as I do not think much 

 collecting has been done in that part of the county. Haliplidae. — Haliplus 

 obliquiis F., common in a pond near Darsham ; //. striatiis Slip, (one) ; H. riifi- 

 collis De G., abundant (including a specimen of the Continental type-form)- 

 H. heydeni Wehnck. (one near Iluntingtield) ; H. immaeulatus Gerh, (one, 

 Darsham); and H. conjinis Steph. (two in Darsham pond). Dytiscidae. — 

 Laccophilus interruptus Panz. and L. ohscurus Panz., both common ; Noterus 

 sparsus Marsh. ; Hyphi/dnis ovatus L., common in the Darsham pond ; Coelam- 

 bus inaequalis F. ; Aaabus sturmi Gyll. ; and Acilius stdcatus L., not uncommon, 

 Gyrixidak. — Gyrimis ehnyatus Aube, marinus Gyll., and opacus Sahib., in a 

 stream near the coast. ll\'DiioviiiiA-D\v,.—PhilydnistestaceiisY.; OcJd/iebius 

 marinus'Pli. ; and O.pyymaeusF., Darsham pond. Clavicornes. — Ayathidiiim 

 laeviyatum Er. ; Anisotoma calcarata Er, ; Necrophorus vestigator Ilersch., 

 dead rabbit ; LaemojMoeus ater 01., common under the bark of posts of beech- 

 wood along the top of the cliff; Antherophayus niyricornis F., by casual 

 sweeping in a clover field ; and Cryptophayus lycoperdiUhst., common in Lyco- 

 2)erdo)i. Phytowiaga. — Cryptocejj/ialiis fulvus Goeze, spfiriugly in one 

 meadow ; Lochmaea crataeyi Forst., abundant on Crataeyus. Py^thidae. — 

 Wtinosimus planirostris F., in a beech-pole on the cliff. Anthicidae. — ■ 

 Noto.vus monoceros L. and AjithicusJloraUs L., common on the beach. My best 

 thanks are due to Mr. F. Balfour Browne and to Dr. G. W. Nicholson for the 

 determination of critical specimens. — E. J. Pkarce, The Lodge, Corpus 

 Christi College, Cambridge : December 28 fJi, 1920. 



Coleo^ytera in Cumberland in 1920. — Field-work last season was carried on 

 under most unfavourable conditions, especialW during the summer months, 

 when the rainfall was persistent and excessive. Still, on entering up the 

 season's observations and captures in my county register, I find several note- 

 worthy entries, and in all can record six species as new to Cumberland. These 

 are Acupatpus exigims Dej., from flood refuse by the River Caldew in February ; 

 Anchomenus sexpunctatus L., from the same place, and an earlier specimen from 

 the li. Petteril, but not previously recorded ; Medon I'ipicola Kr., also from the 

 Caldew ; Paederus fuscipcs Curt., a series in tidal deposits at the mouth of the 

 R. Irt ; Hippoduniia varieyata Goeze, swept from a hedge-bank at Drigg in 

 July ; and Aphodius nitididus F., in abundance on the sandhills at tht same 

 place. In addition, it may be worth recording the capture of a second 



