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Coleoptera at the Lizard, Connvall, in 1920 and 1921. — In the hope of 

 securing further examples of the new British Cathormiocerus, subsequently 

 identified as C. attaphilus Bris., of which two specimens from the district 

 were already in my possession, and of obtaining Meligethes subrugosus Gyll. 

 iu quantity, three only of that species having been taken by me in 1919, 

 I spent June 21st to July 5th, 1920, at the Lizard. Of the former beetle, 

 despite considerable search, the result of my visit was a single capture only; 

 of the Meligethes I took upwards of 200 specimens (and doubtless could 

 have doubled that quantity had I desired so many), thereby justifying 



Canon Fowler's observation : " Only one British specimen is known 



It will probably be found iu Britain in some numbers." — Col. Brit. Isls. iii, 

 p. 246. Vegetation was luxuriant in growth and perfect in condition, and 

 Jasione montana, on whicb the Meligethes chiefly occurred, was abundant 

 everywhere. Miarus micros Germ, was equally plentiful in the same tlower 

 heads. Agabus brimneus F. was again in evidence, but I met with it nowhere 

 else in the district than in the little water-course noted in my first record of 

 Lizard Coleoptera in this Magazine (1919, p. 259). The Carabidae I neglected 

 this time, and Masoreus ivetterhali Gyll. was the only noteworthy species taken. 

 Just beyond Cadgwith, in the mud of a partly dried up pool, 17 Platystethus 

 ahdaceus Thorns, saved the reputation of an otherwise blank day in that 

 neighbourhood, Phihmthus micans Gr., P. quisguiliarius Gyll., and *Gabnu$ 

 pennafus Sharp occurring in the same place ; these with Atheta angusticollis 

 Thorns. (1) and A. muscorum Bris. (1) are all the Staphylinids worth men- 

 tioning. Meligethes pedicularius Gyll. was found in numbers and about twenty 

 M. exilis Sturm, came off thyme ; Heterotomus pulicarius L. (Brachi/pterus 

 gravidus 111.) was frequent; Sericoderus lateralis Gyll. and *Monotoma 

 A-dentata Thorns, (brevicollis Aube) were captured at the roots of plants ; 

 Cardiophorus erichsoni Buyss. (2) by sweeping ; Ceuthorrhynchus chrysanthemi 

 Germ. (20), all of which, curiously enough, were taken off isolated small 



