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at roots of plants on the cliti's near Sandown ; Mi-. Cham- 

 pion has recorded it from Freshwater and Bembridge. (hijims 

 fuscatn.s'-'-, Gr., one specimen was taken under a stone in a field 

 near Freshwater. Quedius centralis-'-, Ahr., was taken in the damp 

 wood mould of a hollow^ tree at Freshwater. Ct/rtum pan.cilla, 

 Schm., and Anisotoina duhia, Kug., by evening sweeping in the Chale 

 Chine. Aniwtoma xiniilata'-'-, Rye, two specimens were obtained, one at 

 Blackgang and one at Chale, by evening sweeping. NccrDjihoi-Ks 

 interruiitus"'-, Steph., occurred at lilackgang and more commonly at 

 Chale under dead rabbits. Xitulula tjKadrijiiisttdata, F., and X. rufipes, 

 L., not uncommon in old bones at lUackgang. Of lUpliylluH limatus, F., 

 Beare and I took specimens in hard black fungus {(.'(vuTutriciis) on an 

 old ash at Ryde. Of Cri/jitophai/n.s rti/iconiin'--', Steph., I took a specimen 

 in company with the above species at Kyde. Hetcmcenis fusciilus, 

 Kies., occurs on the mud at the foot of the cliff's at Blackgang and 

 Chale. Aphodiua nitidiiliis"'-, F., and A. rufi'scenn--, F., were taken at 

 Blackgang in stercore. Tru.r scaben'-, L., was found at the foot of the 

 cliffs in Chale Chine. Athaits lonf/icollia, 01., I swept two $ s, which 

 sex is always rare, at Blackgang. Telephorna lateralis'''-, L., was swept at 

 Brook. Scirtcs lieinisp/iaericus-'-, L., was common on reeds m a swamp 

 near Freshwater station. Hedohia imperiaiis'-'-, L., a specimen was 

 found in a waterfall at Freshwater. Uc/tina Iwderae'-''-, Miill., was 

 swept oft" old ivy at Blackgang. Leptura lirida, F., was swept in 

 plenty off herbage at the back of the bazaar at Blackgang. Bruchus 

 visti'-'-, F., occurred in plenty ni the flowers of the rockrose [Htlian- 

 t/teiniiiii vuhjare) on the downs near Freshwater. ( 'ryiitoceplialns 

 hilineatici, L., was not uncommon in company with Leptura livida at 

 Blackgang, and was swept sparingly in the salt-marsh at Yarmouth. 

 L'ryptucephalitH jiusilliis'-''-, F., a series was swept in Parkhurst Forest. 

 Luperus ni(jr(>fasciatiis, Goez., several specimens were sw'ept in Chale 

 Chine, evidently having been blow-n over the clifi" from the gorse above. 

 Psylliodes chalcomera. 111., w'as swept off thistles in the unclercliff near 

 Blackgang. Of ^ialjnnijus ater-'-, Pk., several specimens were beaten out 

 of dead hedges at Blackgang; of Anisv.nja juscuUr , 111., a specimen was 

 found in a puddle in a gateway at Freshwater ; and of Mui-dellistoia par- 

 nda var. inacipialis, Muls., several specimens were swept in Chale Chine. 

 Of Apian sorhi, F., I took a 3 sweeping near the redoubt at Freshwater 

 in August, 1903 ; this species, which is very rare, and the 3 extremely 

 so, is said to be found on Matricaria r/iamoiiiilla, M. inodurata, Ant/uinis 

 arrrnsis, I'rnnn.s spinusa, and also wild cherry. Of Apiun iiimmii'-'-, Kirby, 

 I took a nice series in August, 190;-3, at the roots of, and by sweeping, 

 sea-lavender in the salt-marsh at Yarmouth, whilst of I'hyllobiusponionae 

 var. cinereipcnnis'-'-, Gyll., a specimen was swept off nettles on the top of 

 the downs at the back of Blackgang in August, 1H94. StrojJiosouius 

 faber'-, Hbst., was not uncommon at roots of grass and in sand-pockets 

 on the cliff's at Blackgang and Chale. 6it<meH cainbriciis, Steph., was 

 swept at Chale. Situnes vieliloti, Walt., was swept off' Melilotns afliri- 

 nalis at Yarmouth. Hyjiera trilincata, Marsh, occurred plentifully on 

 Aiit/iyllis ndnviana at Chale in August, 1904. l!/ii)ii>cylliis latiiostris, 

 Lat., was swept very sparingly off the big Scotch thistle in the under- 

 clili' at Blackgang in August, 1908 ; Mr. W. K. Sharp took it much 

 more freely in the same locality in 1902. Mniinis ,<>ll<iris , Germ., I 

 took a nice series in August, 190H, by sweeping the sea-plantain m the 



