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■waltoni {7), Orobitis cyaneus, Cytilns varius, Pogonochents deniaiiis, and 

 numbers of commoner species. 



From ants' nests I have taken a few Dinarda markelii, several 

 Thiasophila angulata, Lepf acinus formicctorum (2), Monotonia angus- 

 ticol/is, Myrmedoma humeralis, M. funesia, M. limbata, M. laticolHs, 

 and flying round the nests in the sunshine were several Clythra 

 ^-punctata. 



In moss and tufts I found Plintlius caliginosiis (3), and several 

 Tropiplwrus carinatus. Under l)ark, Scaphidema ceneum, Rhinosimus 

 ruficollis^ R. viridipennis, Thy mains limbatus (i), together with numbers 

 of common species such as Dryocietes vi/losus, Plihvophthorus rhodo- 

 dady/us, Rhyncolus cylindrirosiris, etc. 



Under stones on the banks of one of the town reservoirs, Tachys 

 bistriatus is very common. At Camber, in the banks of a stream, I 

 have taken a few Bledius crassicollis, several B. tricornis^ and a'; out 

 150 Heierocenis sericans. Among river refuse I have on two occasions 

 found Octhebins rufomarginatus, somewhat commonly, Ocypiis ater, 

 Harpalus rotimdicollis, Helophorus tugosus, Anthicus antherimis, A. 

 instabilis, and hosts of commoner species. On one occasion I beat a 

 large number of Dermestes itndulatus and Coryneles violacea out of the 

 dry carcase of a dog, which I found on the beach. 



On the sandhills, Sarrotrhim davicorne and Helops pallidus 

 occasionally. 



At the roots of grass on the cliffs I have taken Tradiyphlixus 

 niyr?uitvphilus, T. scaber, T. scabricidus (common), T. sqiiain/datus 

 (occasionally), Otiorhyndms raiiciis, O. ovatus, O. ligneiis, O. scabrosies, 

 O. sulcatus, Sitones humeralis^ Syncalypia hirsufa, Simplocaria 

 semistriata, and many others. — A. Ford, Alexandra Villa, Braybrooke 

 Road, Hastings. July., i8go. 



EuBOLiA PERiEOLATA. — This pretty Geometer is unknown in England. 

 It flies among furze bushes in the day-time, and is common in some 

 seasons all around our coast. It appears in the perfect state in Sep- 

 tember, and the eggs are laid on the furze, the larvae feeding on that 

 plant. The larvce being undescribed, I sent several to the late Mr. 

 Edward Newman, F.L.S., who described them as follows in The Ento- 

 mologist, vol. viii., p. 107 : — " The eggs were laid in a chip-box on the 

 i8th of September, 1874, and the larvae left the egg-shells during the 

 first week in October • they fed in Ulex enropmis (the common furze), 

 almost exclusively on the blossoms, and after hybernation, continued 

 to feed until the end of April, when they had attained their full size ; 

 two or three have already spun up between the folds of some muslin 

 in the breeding cage ; two of the larvae are now before me, full fed, 

 yet exhibiting no change of colour and no disposition to spin. The 

 larva rests in a perfectly straight position, but on being touched, raises 

 the anterior extremity, arching its back a little ; its legs are then 

 directed forwards, and closely appressed together, forming an almost 

 continuous mass with the head. In crawling, it makes a very decided 

 arch, bending the body nearly double. Head prone, slightly narrower 

 than the second segment, in which it is partially received, it is 

 sparingly beset with short straight hairs. Body robust, more resembling 

 ^?i\.G{ Leiicania than that of a Geometer, a resemblance which is rather 

 increased by its pale colour and longitudinal striping ; every part of 



