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be worth putting on record. In Richmond Park, during September 

 and October, I obtained Litodaeti/liis leucoi/aster, Marsh., Notiophilus 

 ruflpes, Curt., and Deuwpsis eroaa, Steph., at the edge of ponds, and 

 Ht/pnp/ilocHs bicolor, 01., under beech barl<, while in a rubbish heap in 

 my garden, Quedius cruentm, 01., was common. An afternoon near 

 Reigate in mid-October produced Aphodius ohlitcratus, Pz., and Homa- 

 liiun striatin)), Gr., both in plenty out of sheep dung. On October 

 20th I paid a visit to Walton-on-Thames, where, out of dry dung, I obtained 

 Cilca silphoidcs, L., and shortly afterwards came across (near the river 

 bank) a large dead beech tree, the bark of which I was able to tear off 

 easily in dry sheets ; this proved very prolific in beetles, my captures 

 included — Tetratoma fuiujorum, F., Rhinosunus rii/icollis, L., Bembidium 

 riifescens, Guer., Mijcetophcviua multipunctatus, Hell., M. i-piistidatus, 

 L., LitaniHS bifasciatns, F., Homalium iopternni, Steph., and others. 

 Early in November, business took me over to Belfast, and one afternoon 

 I got an hour on the shores of Lough Neagh, near the town of Antrim, 

 but I was much too late in the season for any of the specialities of that 

 spot and rain set in soon after 1 got to the lake — the following is a list 

 of all the beetles I took — Notiophilus substriatus, Wat., Leistus fidvi- 

 barbis, Dj., Trechus niinutus var. obtiisus, Er., Fterostichas minor, Gyll., 

 Cercyon lateralis, Marsh., Quedius fulifjinosus, Gr., Stenus bimaculatus, 

 Gyll., Hypera p)ohjyoni, L., Parnus anriculatus. 111., and Homalium 

 laeidusculum, Gyll. The last insect is usually considered a purely sea- 

 coast one, and Canon Fowler says it has not been taken in Ireland but 

 that it probably occurs ; its capture, therefore, under rubbish on the 

 shore of this, the largest fresh-water, lake in the United Kingdom, is 

 interesting. — T. Hudson Beake, F.E.S., 2, Heriot Row, Edinburgh. 



New Forest notes in 1901. — Having spent a week in July and the 

 whole of August in the New Forest I was fortunate enough to add to my 

 collection some of the most interesting beetles found there. In July 

 my friend Mr. Bouskell was with me, and we took a nice series each of 

 the lovely Antliaxia nitidula. This insect takes to wing very readily 

 in the bright sunshine, but drops to the ground at the least sign of 

 danger. Several specimens, after having been captured, were allowed 

 to escape, when they flew to the nearest hawthorn bush and settling on 

 the underside of a leaf, remained stationary for some time. One of my 

 specimens is of a rich bluish colour. We had the satisfaction of leaving 

 a fair number unmolested. Perhaps our most interesting find consisted 

 of a few specimens of Ayrilus sinuatus. This rare species, which has 

 not been taken by coleopterists for many years, is also exceedingly quick 

 on the wing, several specimens making good their escape ; the species 

 occurred on old hawthorn bushes. The next best capture was Plaja- 

 derus dissectus, some 30 specimens of which were taken under bark of 

 beech. Mr. Bouskell took two specimens of the fine Athnus rlwmbeus, 

 not, however, in the same locality where I took my series in 1899. 

 He cilso obtained a nice series of llelops caerulcus under bark of oaks at 

 Lymington. In August, the perfect insect was over, but another 

 brood was on the way, as Mr. Morley and I dug out a number of pupae 

 from a similar place, some of which have been successfully reared 

 since. Mr. Bouskell took a specimen of Colydium elonyatum in the 

 burrows of Dryocetes villosus. I took another specimen of this rarity 

 in August in the burrows of Scolytus intricatus. It is said to be 

 parasitic on Platypus cylindrus, but I believe it is not confined to any 



