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flown into his windows to light ; and Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, of 

 Bournemouth, have both taken it in that town. CarahuH nitens ab. 

 iiiiier, Semenow, has only been recorded from Denny Bog, in the New 

 Forest. KlaphrHs iili</inusiis, F., the rarest English Klaphrus, is common 

 in Lymington salterns. Both the curious little species of ArpKs, A. 

 iiian'itiis, Strom, and A. robinii, Lab., are not uncommon in the 

 salterns. Harpalns t/riseiis, Panz., though considered a doubtful species, 

 has certainly more claim to be considered British than OntJiupliaiim 

 taunts, L., and has been recorded from the New Forest. H>/tln>j)nrus 

 /laliistris ab. tinctns, Clark, was taken by old Charles Turner in the New 

 Forest. Li.viis jiaraidectus, L., occurs on Sitaii latifolinin at Christ- 

 church. Hahizia lG-;/nttata, L., which is rare in the south, is taken 

 by beating in the New Forest. None of these rare and local insects are 

 mentioned in this list. (2) Amongst other points which strike us are — 

 Mi/niu'ddiiia jdicata, Er., marked with '■'■'■'■'■'■. At the head of the list it 

 says " Those marked '•''•' have hitherto been taken onb/ in the NeAV 

 Forest, as far as Britain is concerned." M. plicata has certainly never 

 been taken in the New Forest. Vinndcnix siibstriatiis, Payk., should be 

 written Dinodcnis minnUis, F. [siibstriatus, Steph.), which, as pointed 

 out in the Ent. lurord (January, 1900), is the species recorded by 

 Stephens from the New Forest. (B) Among the numerous species which 

 are common in the New Forest and which are omitted in this list, one 

 notices Jleiubidixm tibialc, Duft., abundant on the shingly reaches in 

 the streams in the Forest, Atcnirlvs ciiiaiyinatiis, Payk., common in the 

 nests of species oi Mi/niiicaajiid Fonnica fusca, &c.,in old stumps; Siljdia 

 thoracica, L., which occurs in profusion on bones and old dry carcases; 

 AtJioiis rittatKs, F., very abundant by beating and sweeping bracken; 

 and Cnfi/inbitcs liolost'rici'us, F., not uncommon by beating hawthorn 

 blossoms. However, as this is not intended as a supplementary list, 

 enough has been said to show what a very indift'erent record of the 

 coleoptera of Hampshire the list under consideration is. Our friends, 

 ^Ir. Bouskell (who is editing the coleoptera of Leicestershire, for the 

 Victorian History of that county) and Mr. Gorham (who is editing that 

 for Dorsetshire) are working on other hues, and we are glad to say that 

 they are endeavouring to get together as complete lists as possible, so 

 that we look forward with confidence to something much better and 

 more useful. — H. St. J. K. Doxisthorpe, F.Z.S., F.E.S., 58, Ken- 

 sington Mansions, South Kensington. Deconbcr, 1900: 



CoLEOPTEKA IN THE HASTINGS DISTRICT.- — Duriug the early part of 

 the year (1900) I did a little collecting in the Hastings district, and the 

 following are the results. Early in ^larch there were some very con- 

 siderable floods in the Pett marshes, and for once I managed to catch 

 the refuse at just the right time. I brought home a large bag full 

 which was swarming with life but very few species of real interest were 

 found. Perhaps the very commonest insect of all was the type form 

 of Aniixdinis ,:ri</iins, which I very rarely see except in flood refuse. 

 This time it must have been there in thousands. Single specimens 

 of (>(i/jiti!< fu^catdx and Alcoc/iara iristis were the only really good species 

 found. The same rains flooded also a good part of the Rother valley, 

 and an examination of this part of the district resulted in the capture 

 of Siiniits iitti'niiaiius, Plafi/stctluis iiitcns'', Ithinimcliitx iiimns/irrtiis. 

 Bill IK Icpiilii and swarms of Cairiiiojis iin'iiiuia. Acn/xiljnis rxiiinns tvpe 

 was again very much in evidence, and Stinns niitritidiis-'- was met with, 



