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out of moss, and Ci'iitliorJn/nrJiiis .sr^o.s».s was swept. During my stay 

 at Bournemouth, in search of Dinanla hagenni, in May, some specimens of 

 the rare StrojiJiosonuifi fidricornis were taken at Poole. A run up to 

 Oulton Broad after Thmacia dentipea was successful, Beare and I each 

 sweeping a series, in spite of the very strong wind that was blowing. 

 From there I went to Ipswich and a visit to Mr. Morley's field for 

 Harpali(n frndirhi was rewarded by the capture of the species. In 

 June I went over to Ireland, and at Lough Neagh, Pdopliila borcalis, 

 BeinbidiiDii a);/e)iteolniii and />. hijiiinrtatuw, 1 >i/s<Iiirit(K obscurus, etc., were 

 taken, the first three in some numbers. I then moved on to Dublin, 

 and Otwrlnjnrhus aiiropniirtatii:^, the raison d'etre of the journey, was 

 beaten oft" hedges in its old locality, where Sitones linelliis was swept 

 not uncommonly. IJoiiialiinii nKinlipenne and ( >.ri/telliis niaritivins were 

 found in numbers in one small cabbage stem on the coast, the only bit 

 of refuse that could be found for miles ! On one occasion I visited 

 the mountains above Lough Bray, an Irish jaunting-car with a big 

 powerful horse taking me easily up the 1700 feet rise. Ar/abxs arcticKs 

 and Ih/biiis aencsceus were fished in some numbers out of the peat 

 holes, other species were Hi/droporus tristis, H.obscnnis and tJ. )»or/o,and 

 three specimens of Ih/biiis (/iittijier, until now a doubtful Irish record. 

 The locality in Oxfordshire for (Ji/aiKlyopJithalnni affi)iis was next 

 visited in company with my friend Mr. Chitty, and we both secured a. 

 nice series of this very local insect. ('('i(t/i<ii/ii/nrJiiis reseda e was swept 

 in numbers oft' wild mignonette, and Psi/lliodes hyoHei/a iiu oiX heW-ddonn-A, 

 no henbane occurring this year. Trarhys pniiiilla, Mantiira luattJteirsi, 

 and Cri/ptocephaliis linenla, etc., were also swept. My next journey was 

 to Southport, where, thanks to the kindness of Mr. Burgess-Sopp and 

 Dr. Chastei-, I spent a most enjoyable and successful week. The local 

 Au/icdia riifa and Aiiimoenis breris were both taken on the sand-hills as 

 were also Antlunis biiiiaeidatus, and Anisotoiiia eiliaris. Gi/iinietroii 

 linariae was swept oft' toadflax and Mantura rliri/saiitJn/ini oft lliiiiie.r 

 oretosella. PJujnrliites uniinatns was common on Sali.e repens. In 

 July I went down to the New Forest in search of Lymexylon iiavalv, 

 Mr. Pool having shown me a pinned specimen taken by a lepidopterist 

 who said he had captured it in the forest last year, in the Denny district. 

 This was not much information to work on for a beetle which had 

 never been recorded from the forest before, however, I determined to do 

 my best. I went all over the Denny district without coming across 

 any traces, but on going to another part of the forest, a favourite bit of 

 collecting ground of mine, I found what I took to be its borings in 

 some oak-logs, and a few minutes after found a 5 at rest on a felled 

 oak. The next day a few more specimens were taken and then I had 

 to return to London. I met Dr. Sharp in the forest on my way back 

 and told him I had taken Lyiuexyhni, and I am glad to say he and 

 Mr. Champion took it in some numbers the next week, thus proving it to 

 be well established. I beat a series of Klater saiiyiiinolenttis and took a 

 number of the larv* of Pn'ouocyphnn serrirornis out of a hole in a tree fall 

 of Avater. I am sorry to say I failed to breed them, partly I believe 

 because most of them escaped, but fortunately I sent one to my friend 

 Hereward Dolhnan, who has figured it for me most beautifully, as the 

 larva is unknown to science. 



On July iHth I went with Mr. E. A. Water house to look for 

 Adrastiis jiKsilliis, near Sandwich, where he added it to the British list 



