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specimen of which I captured last season at East Uuhvich. In the 

 afternoon I took four Clytus arietis and a specimen of Grattinwpiera 

 tabacicolor. During the middle of June I went on an excursion to Deal 

 and Sheerness, and captured some hundreds of beetles in these 

 localities. Donacia ?nenyant/iidis was fairly common, but I took several 

 D. nigra also. In a rabbit's hole I turned up a nice specimen of 

 Panageiis \-pustiilaius. I also found several specimens of the local 

 Pogofiiis hiridipotnis ; likewise Tachys scute/laris, Dermestes undulatus, 

 Hypera fasciat/ata, Grypidius eqidseti, Limobius mixius, Phytobins leti- 

 cogasier, Poop/iagiis sisyiiibrii, etc. — H. Heasler, 17 Danby Street, 

 Peckham. 



Although I do not go in strongly for Coleoptera, I have recently 

 made a few interesting captures. In a shallow pool at Stamford Hill I 

 have taken amongst others the following : — -Cnemidotus impressus, Hali 

 plus variegatiis, H. ri/fico!Iis, lineatocoUis, Hydroporus incequalis, H 

 picipes, erythrocephalus, planus, )nela7iocephalus, pahistris ; Laccophilus 

 hyalinus ; Co'ymbetes fi/scus, pulvcrosiis ; Ilybius fulginosus, ater ; 

 Agabus bipusfi/batus, Sfiirniii, nebttlosus ; Dytiscns viarginalis ; Acilius 

 snlcaius ; Hydrobius fuscipes ; Helephorus aquaticus. I should doubtless 

 have greatly added to that number were it not for the boys continually 

 disturbing the water in the pool. In another small pond close by I 

 have taken thirteen specimens of Hydrous caraboides ; Jlybitts ater; 

 Hydroporus picipes, pahistris ; IPaliphis ruficoliis, /ineatocoliis, etc. 

 This pond I learn is now drained by the insatiable builder, and ere 

 long it will be covered with bricks and mortar, like so many other 

 good collecting grounds near London. I have set a few traps for 

 carcase-feeders, and have taken Necrophorus ruspator ; PhiloniJuis 

 spleiidens ; swarms of Creaphilus maxillosus ; Philonthus ceneus ; Silpha 

 rugosa, S. sinuata ; Onwsita colon and discoidea. Under walls, stones, 

 etc., at Tottenham, I have taken Carabus nemoralis and violaceus, 

 Loricera piliiornis, Pterostichus piciinamis ; Staphylinus azsarius ; 

 Ocypus morio. In dung, Philonthus inter?nedius, Onthophagus vacca ; 

 Aphodius fossor, finietarius, ater, rufescens, prodromns ; Geotrupcs 

 stercorarius ; while I captured Clytus arietis on a hank. From a 

 wooden fence last Saturday I got a male specimen of Ptilinus pectini- 

 cornis. A friend of mine at Bethnal Green asked me if spiders were of 

 any use to me, if so, he had one with a shiny back which I might have 

 if I liked. I thought I would have it, as it might not be a spider ; 

 when I got it home I saw it was a very fine specimen of Mezium 

 affine. Bruchus rufimanus I got from a corn chandler's shop in 

 Bethnal Green ; and from a bake-house in Hoxton, I have taken 

 Alphitobius diaperinus, A. plans ; Trogosita ?nauritanica and Gnatho- 

 cerns coriiutus. 



Last spring I obtained a good series of Dytiscus circumflexus at 

 Gravesend. This year I thought I would try my fortune there again. 



1 went ; and, after about an hour and a half, I found I had 2 Hydro- 

 philus piceus, 1 3 Dytiscus circumflexus : i niarginalis, 2 punctulatus ; 



2 Colymbetes notatus {fuscus and pulverosus I did not take) : 4 Agabus 

 conspersus ; 2 Hydroporus parallelogramnius ; iVoterus sparsus ; several 

 iMccophilus hyalinus, etc. From a pond at Tottenham I got Hydro- 

 philus piceus (12); D. circumflexus (2); Ilybius ater (i), fenestratus, 

 fuliginosus, obscurus (4 or 5 each) ; C. fuscus, pulverosus (plentiful) ; also 



