76 THE entomologist's record. 



Holrnbui-y, St. Mary's, in Surrey, and although cycling took up a large 

 part of the time a few beetles were met with worth recording. In the 

 woods of Holmbury, under the baric of tir-stumps, lli/lafites palUatiis, 

 opacns, and ater were very common, accompanied in lesser numbers by 

 Pithijophaijiis ferrnrfineiis and lllihophanns fernKjineus ; while Tomicua 

 laricis occurred much more sparingly. At rare intervals Sphindus 

 dubius was detected in powdery fungi with AspidiphorKS orbicidatns. 

 Evening sweeping was very disappointing. Every evening that was 

 at all favoural)le was utilised, and using a bicycle a wide area was 

 covered, but the results were not of a high order. The best species 

 obtained were 'llialiivya siiicea (two), Li>i>t<iiiiiis oblonijidii^ (two), 

 Latlrriduia testaceus (one), Anhotoma calrarata and didua, Colenis 

 dentipea, Miar)(s campamda, and a single specimen of a Siiiicronyx ; 

 LiRwdcma i-pitxtidata, SciphiiaoiK.'i elon(/ati(s, and Kiiplectvs fianguinca 

 complete the list. Sandpits were also very unproductive, lli/nbati's 

 nigricollis (one), Acalles turbatNs, and Leptiiiiis testaceus being the only 

 species worthy of mention. A single Ateindi'K finarf/inatiis occurred 

 among ants in a fir stump, and Ajiion scntdlare was not rare on dwarf 

 furza near Shiere. (,'ryptaiTha strujata and inijierialis, Soronia f/risea, 

 Tiiamiaraca cinncuiioiiica, and K]>nmca deccnuiuttata were all found at a 

 small c as.s«.s-infected oak, while ^■J/'/'o» liookerhvas abundant under3^f(7«r?- 

 caria, and Veinopms croifo rare at the edge of a small pond. A flying 

 visit to St. Leonard's Forest yielded SteiiKsfornicatHs and Cissojibar/ns 

 hedcrui'. Mickleham, from which 1 expected much, was unaccountably 

 unprolitic, two visits on very favourable days producing nothing 

 better than BoUUnhara bella (four), Cetithnrj-hipicbufi asperifvliarnm, and 

 four specimens of Honaldplia nirirula, two of which were of the black 

 aberration. An old oak at Albury was found with a small colony of 

 Anitys rnbens (alive for once) but although the locality looked very 

 promising nothing else was met with worth recording. A prolonged 

 search on Leith Hill among the Lesser Dodder resulted in a single 

 Sinicrotii/.r being found and on fir stumps in powdery fungi Aspidiphnnix 

 orbicnlatns and Liode^i hnmeralis also occurred. — W. H. Bennett, 

 F.E.S., 15, Wellington Place, Hastings. 



Cryhalus fagi in Surrey and Sussex. — 1 met with this interesting 

 little species in three different localities during my summer holiday in 

 July last ; and as so few records exist of its occurrence outside the 

 New Forest it may be as well to add these to the number. In each 

 case only dead specimens were observed, but the species had been pretty 

 plentiful and a more lengthened search would have produced livmg 

 exnniples. The three loealities were St. Leonard's Forest (Sussex), 

 Ranmore Woods and Mickleham, Surrey. — Ibid. 



Coleoptera in Cumberland. — The past year has been fairly pro- 

 ductive of beetles in this county, some of which are not unworthy of 

 notice. Beginning with the Carabidae, the typical genus ( 'arabn^ was 

 represented by most of the species which regularly occur here. A visit 

 to a favourite haunt of ( '. i/labratus, Payk., in one of the deep valleys 

 which radiate from Scaw Fell, was productive of very few perfect 

 specimens, though imperfect ones were frequently seen. A single ('. 

 jirainilatii^, L., always scarce here, was picked up on the Borvowdale 

 Road in July, (.'liriita rollaris, Herbst., was noticed in fair numbers 

 on the sandy sides of streams, often associated with lUpdiuf. siditfiianeuf:, 

 Er. /*//sr/(n7'«.s snliiuis, Schaum., and I>. hvpnnctipennh, Daws., were 



