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CoLEOPTERA : — ■' BacUster unipiistulatus, Bon. — Several specimens 

 taken in a ditch, Sandown (Beare). -''Oodes helopioides, F. — Sandown 

 (G. C. Champion). Harpalus inelancholicns, Dej. — Not uncommon at 

 roots of tiaUum at St. Helens. Barpalus parallelus, Dej. — At roots of 

 grass, Niton. '''' Pterostichus dimidiatus, 01. — One specimen on path, 

 September (Taylor). ■'■Laeivostenns co)iiplanatus, Dej. — Taken by 

 C. J. C. Pool at Cambourne. ''•'■Ancho)iienus livens, Gyll. — Beating- 

 carrion, etc., in the Whitfield Woods (Dollman and Donisthorpe). 

 ■••Patrobus excavatus, Pk. — Sandown (G. C. Champion). Dromius 

 vectensis, Eye. — A specimen was swept by Professor Beare at Sandown ; 

 this is said to be " not uncommon and generally distributed in the 

 south of the island," in Newbery's list. This is certainl}' not my 

 experience, or that of any other collector I know ; I have only taken 

 four specimens in all the visits I have made to the island. Thi/pta 

 dentata, Rossi. — Was taken this year at Luccombe, by Jefi'ery, Donis- 

 thorpe, Taylor, Beare, Mitford, and Pool. It is a good many years 

 since it occurred before. *i?/V/f.s.s».s (/eminufi, F. — Sandown, August (H. 

 G. Champion). ■'■A(/abus chalconatns, Pz. — Sandown (G. C. Champion). 

 ■•'Ilybius fidi(/inosus, F. — In ditch, Sandown (Donisthorpe). '''lli/bius ater, 

 De G. — In pool on cliff, Sandown (Donisthorpe). '''-Helophorns 

 porcttliis, Bedel. — St. Helens, August (Donisthorpe). *Ochthebu(s 

 lejolui, Muls. — This interesting species was discovered by my friend Mr. 

 Hereward Dollman and myself, in numbers, in pools of salt-water in 

 rocks at Seaview in August. ■■'Cijdonotuin orbiculare, F. — Sandown 

 (G. C. Champion). ■''Ceiryon qumjiiilius, L. — Sandown (Taylor). 

 ^Oxypoda brachyptera, Steph. — Under seaweed, Fishbourne (Donis- 

 thorpe). '''Tldasopldla anf/ulata, Er. — In nests of B'ormica nifa, Park- 

 hurst Forest, April (Donisthorpe). '■■'Calodera rufesccns, Kr. — Sandown, 

 June, 1898 (G. C. Champion). ''■'C. nmbrosa, Er.- — In sand-pit. 

 King's Quay, August (Donisthorpe). '■•Ucalea castanea, Er. — Sandown 

 (Taylor). ■'Dinarda iiiiirkeli, Kies. — In nests of Formica rufa, Park- 

 hurst Forest, April (Donisthorpe). ■■'■ Dinarda hay end, Wasm. — In 

 nests of Formica exsecta, in Parkhurst Forest, April (Donisthorpe). 

 ■■'Notothecta flavipes, Gr. — In nests of F. rufa, Parkhurst Forest, April 

 (Donisthorpe). ■■'Homalota yyllenhali, Th. — In ditch, Sandown 

 (Donisthorpe). ''H. caesula, Er. — In moss, St. Helens' sand-hills 

 (Beare). */i. yraiiiinicola, Gr. — Sandown (G. C. Champion). -'H. 

 vilis, Er. — In ditch, Sandown (Donisthorpe). ''H. euryptera, Steph. — • 

 In carrion, Whitefield Woods (Donisthorpe). "H. niyricomis, Th. — 

 In carrion, Whitefield Woods (Donisthorpe). 'H. yermana, Shp. — In 

 carrion, Whitefield Woods and Quarr Abbey (Donisthorpe). -'H. 

 intermedia, Th. — In carrion, Whitefield Woods (Donisthorpe). 'H. 

 aiertima, Gr. — In carrion, Quarr Abbey (Donisthorpe). 'h. fungi vS,r. 

 clientula, Er. — Sweeping, Whitefield Woods (Donisthorpe). I have to 

 thank Mr. Elliman for kind help with the names of the Homalotae. 

 ■•'Tachyusa atra, Gr. — On wall, Sandown (Beare). Tachynsa scitula, 

 Er. — Rather common on damp sand at Luccombe Chine in August. 

 ■■'Gyrophaena ajfinix, Mann. — Evening sweeping, Whitefield Woods, 

 August (Donisthorpe). '■'Oliyota pusillima, Gr. — In cut grass, Ryde 

 (Donisthorpe). '■'Hypocyptus laeviiisculus, Mann. — Sweeping, St. 

 Helens (Donisthorpe). -'H. apicalis, Bris. — On the wing, Ryde (Donis- 

 thorpe). ■•'Tachinus bipusttilatns, F. — ^At " C'oss»s-infected tree," Ryde 

 (Donisthorpe). 'T. maryinellus, F. — Sandown (Taylor). '''-Stenns 



