68 THE entomologist's record. 



Waterhouse, in his description (ZoohxiUt, 1858, p. 6037), distinctly 

 states that the elytra of nvjrina are not so strongly notched as in 

 others ; he also says, " usually of an uniform sooty-black colour," 

 and this is the case with all the specimens I have seen ; whereas 

 Heer describes his insect as " fusca, abdoniine nigro." It seeius as if 

 Ganglbauer came to the conclusion that uii/rina was sericea because 

 both are described as having a very indistinct dorsal furrow to the 

 thoi'ax ! He gives the distribution of sericea as "central Europe, rare." 



CoLEOPTERA IN THE New Forest IN 1904. — During my visit, in 

 July, 1904, to the New Forest, I captured several coleoptera not men- 

 tioned in Mr. H. Donisthorpe's list of December last. In the first 

 place, the very rare Tro2)iileres sejncola, F., fell to my lot by beating. 

 At the time I thought it was Gronops liinatns, but, on examination at 

 home, I soon found out the importance of my capture. I can only 

 find two previous records, one specimen taken in Leicestershire, l)y Mr. 

 F. Plant, and the other, Mr. Donisthorpe informs me, is in the Bates' 

 collection, taken by C. Gulliver, also in the New Forest. I also took five 

 specimens of Lciopas nebnlo^ms beating oaks in New Park; StnuKjalia 

 armata, S. qua drifaac lata and 6'. }d(ira sweeping flowers ; Phi/llobrntica 

 qnadriinaculata (2), beating alders in Matley Bog ; Telep/ioriis tt'staceus 

 also occurred by sweeping. At Holmsley, six species of Donacia 

 — simple.i; sericea, hidens, tijphae, liiiibata, and cvviari, also NcDiop/n/es 

 Ij/tJiri, Hypera pollux, Scirteii Jieniisphacricus, Pliytobiiis canaliculatim, 

 and Cri/nnu'tron beccabunnc were captured. Sweeping flowers in and 

 near Stubby copse, I obtained Modcllestena hnmeralis, L(nii/itar>,as 

 holsatinis, L. ochroleiicas, (Jhaetocneiiia ariditla, Aphtliona reuKKtida, 

 Apteropeda orbiciilata and CnjptocepliaUis inoraei. By beating sallows 

 a fine and variable series of Phi/todecta riniinalis was taken. A series 

 of Orobitix ei/anena, by sweeping on the railway bank, was also captured. 

 — W. West, 8, Morden Hill, Lewisham. Febrxanj Isf, 1905. 



Coleoptera in the Isle of Wight. — The following notes tleal 

 with some of the better species of coleoptera I have taken in the island 

 during my various visits there, and comprise new localities for the 

 beetles recorded, or new records for the island altogether. In the latter 

 case they are marked with an'". Bembidiimi pallid ipennc''', 111. — I took 

 a nice series of this pretty little beetle by " sluicing " at the edges of 

 a small stream, which runs into the sea at Brook. Beiiibidium aiujli- 

 canuttr% Shp., I took at Blackgang Chine at the foot of the cliff, 

 where (Hcindela (jcrmanica occurs; Mr. E. A. Waterhouse tells me that 

 he has taken it at Swanage also with i'icindela (/crwanica. iJroiiiiiis 

 cectennh, Rye, has occurred at roots of grass on the sides of the cliffs 

 at Blackgang. < 'iiemiduttts im pressm''- , F., was fished out of the 

 Hildnn-attii^ chjiicalis pond at Sandown ; Professor Beare tells me he 

 has also taken it there. OrhtlwlnKs auricidatm-'., Rey., was taken 

 in the salt-marsh at Yarmouth, where I took Scynuius limonii ; 

 Mr. Champion has taken it at Sheppey, where he also took the Scymnus. 

 Cercyon littoralis var. binotatuw'-'- , Steph., was taken under seaweed on 

 the shore at Ventnor, and AleucJiara lata'-'-, Gr., in and under carrion 

 at Chale, Brook and Parkhurst Forest. Phyt<>tiit>i balticiis, Kr., 

 Professor Beare and I took in some numbers under seaweed 

 at Yentnor. Tachyjjoras foriiidsiis, Mat., occurs at roots of grass, 

 etc., at Chale and Blackgang. Ocyjxis j)."ilatnr, Gr., I took 



