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but only singly. In April, by cutting tufts at Battle, I obtained plenty 

 of Ih\i/a.iis haciiiatica, Sitnia^ i nteniiedi us, ijve, vfhile Dailister pdtatus 

 was represented by a single specimen in a very swampy place. One of 

 my favourite hunting-places near Camber yielded fine series of 

 T!<-iiil>iiUi(iii fiiiiiiiiatiim'''- and JJidi'ssiis tinistriatus''-, while AcKjialints <lor- 

 mlh and Stciins inrrassatiis also occurred. Professor Beare has given an 

 account of our captures at Pett and Bodle Street ; to that account I can 

 add M<(lo)t ripivohir'- from the former locality at the roots of theyelloAV- 

 horned poppy, and Hi/draoia (jracilis from Bodle Street. Other species 

 met with during the year include Hj/draeua testacea, Guestling and 

 IMinfield, Actohius sit/naticoynis, Rye, (Tiirinns urinator at Battle, and 

 J{a<i<iNs nodtdusus, one, from Peveusey. Yesterday in Guestling Wood 

 I took a fine series of Tjjcojicrdina boristac from a species of Ijicoperdun. 

 The species marked ■■'■ have not been previously recorded for the district. 

 — W. H. Bennett, F.E.S., 15, Wellington Place, Hastings. December 

 lit] I, 1900. 



The complete account of the Coleoptera from Glover's "History 

 OF Derbyshire," 1829. — Coleoptera, Order I. — Liicanus ccrvus (Great 

 stag-beetle). Of a dark brown colour with the exception of the jaws 

 which are frequently as red as coral. The mandibles are so strong 

 that it can pinch with them severely. Scambaeii.'i aiiratiis (Rosechaffer), 

 appears the beginning of June. Scarabaens s(dsit (Hoary beetle), appears 

 in July. Cn/sowela neinorum (Turnip beetle). Skippers, preys on young 

 turnip plants. Ciirctdio f/raiiariiia (Weevil), this long-snouted insect 

 devours corn in granaries. Coccinella bijiunctata (Lady cow^ or Lady bird), 

 very numerous in the summer of 1828. Fdrjicula ain-iciilana (Earwig), 

 common. Srarabaeus luelohmtlut (Cockchaffer or May bug), seldom 

 abundant, as they live in the larval state four years underground on 

 the roots of trees and plants. Whole woods of oak are stripped bare 

 by them. They are eaten by the turkey, the rook, the jay, and the 

 hedgespaiTow, and appear in May. Scarabaeiis sahtitialis (Fernchatier), 

 appear about the latter end of June, and are supposed to eat off the 

 roots of wheat and clover. They are about half the size of the May- 

 chatter. Hemipteka, Order II. — Scarabaeiis stereoraritts (common Dor 

 or Clock). Diptera, Order VL — Lytta cesicaturia (Spanish fly), is of 

 a \enomous nature and breeds on the tops of ash and other trees. 

 ^'ERMEs. — Laiiij)i/ris noctiluca (Glowworm), numerous about Matlock 

 J5ath. They are said to put out their lamps between 11 and 12, and 

 shine no more for the rest of the night. — B. Tomlin, B.A., F.E.S., 

 Matlock. 



Notes on some Coleoptera of the London district, 1900. — After 

 a long residence in the north-west of England, it has been my good 

 fortune to have been aftbrded the opportunity of devoting some little 

 attention during last season to the coleoptera of the Metropolitan 

 district. Possibly a record of some of the species noticed may not be 

 without interest. To the specialist in any branch of the study of 

 nature the investigation of geographical distinctions in the same general 

 fauna reveals points of very great interest, and apart from the pleasure 

 of recognising species neAv to one, and exclusively southern, the 

 dissimilarity between the general coleopterous faunas of Cheshire and 

 ]\Iiddlesex is most marked. Of course certain species are equally 

 nbundant in both localities, being in fact ubiquitous ; but otherwise 

 the decrease in the groups (jfeodcpliaija, Htjdrodepliatja and BrcuJu'lytra, 



