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mark aud was not found under stones nearer high tide level. Cajius spp. two 

 or three species of Cajius were abundant under stones near decaying seaweed 

 just above high tide iimrk all round the coast. I believe that they were feeding 

 on sand fleas ( Tnlitrus spp. and otlier Amphipods), for they were not in evidence 

 where there were only few of these Crustacea. Several other species of Staphy- 

 liitidae were in company with Ctifiua. Ocypus olens Miill., extraordinarily 

 abundant under stones on Point Denible, Sark. Philonfhus varians Pk., larvae 

 and pupae were common in damp sand on the coast at the south side of Vagon 

 Bay. Imagines emerged in the second w^eek of September. The laivae were 

 subject to the attacks of a small ichneumon not yet determined. Coccinella 

 7-punctata L., very common. A specimen with the humeral spots almost 

 absent was taken on the cliffs above Jaonnet Bay. Scymniis frontalis F., a J 

 specimen was seen on the south side of St. Sampson's Harbour. Geotrupes 

 jv/renaeus Charp., common on heaths and cliff-tops in Cniernsey and Sark. 

 Lacon murinus L., two larvae were found under about 18 inches of sandy soil 

 in a ruined cromlech on them. Cteniopus sulphureus L., abundant on Uvibelli- 

 ferae on the cliffs above Petit Bot Bay. Tlie original list of Guernsey 

 Coleoptera (Ansted's " Channel Islands," I860) has been considerably added to 

 by the work of Luft', details of which (for Coleoptera) may be found in the 

 Transactions of the Guernsey Society of Natural Science for the years 1893- 

 ]904. The total of species is now 5o7 for Guernsey, for Alderney I06, for 

 Herm l'J3, for Jethou 29. 601 species in all have been recorded from these 

 islands. — Miciiaki, G. L. Pkrkins, Trinity College, Cambridge: March 5th, 

 1921. 



Ilemimervs hajiseni Shnrn in East Africa. — In January, 1921, the Nairobi 

 Museum received a large VAt (Criceto)nys sp.)for identification, from the Health 

 Department. On lifting the animal I noticed a bright brown insect running 

 rapidly amongst its fur. This was quickly transferred to a tub'^, and I was for 

 some time rather puzzled as to what family it belonged. However, on a careful 

 examination, it was found to be a Hemimerus. Sharp (Cambridge Nat. Hist, 

 vol. V, p. 217, et seq.) records two species of this genus, H. hanseni aud 

 H. talpoides, both from W. Africa. My insect is apparently a female of 

 H. haiisejii, which is attached to the rat, Cricefoniys gavibianus. This animal 

 appears to have a very wide distribution ; Hollister records it from Kenya 

 Colony, and Dr. Breyer tells me that he has recently met wiih it in the 

 Transvaal. Dr. Hansen, the original discoverer of H. hanseni, was more 

 fortunate than iny.selt in finding this Ortliopterou present in considerable 

 numbers; repeated search on my part failed to reveal more than one specimen. 

 It is probable that others dr )pped from the rat, as the mamnial was killed 

 about two miles from Nairobi. Althouiih the Heminiertis was observed running 

 about in a box with considerable rapidity no attempt at leaping was noticed, as 

 mentioned by Dr. Sharp {op. cit. p. 218). Mr. T. J. Anderson, the Government 

 Entomologist for Kenya Colony, informs me {in Hit.) that there are uo 

 Hemimeridae in the collection of the Entomological Division at Kabete, nor 

 has he any record of the occurrence of either species in East Africa. It is 

 therefore possible that this is the first time that H. hanseni has been observed 

 in that region. — A. F. J, Gedyk, Curator of the Nairobi Museum, Kenya 

 Colony : February 7th, 1921. 



