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THE ENTOMOLOGIST S RECORD. 



(leclaratns, Er. — Sandown (G. C. Champion). ''■'•S. juscicornu, Er. — 

 Whitefield Woods, sweeping, August (Donisthorpe). "S. pallipes, Gv. 

 — Roots of reeds, Sandown (Beare). ■■'■S. canescens, Rosen. — Sandown 

 (G. C. Champion). '"- Platystethua alutaceiif<, Th. — In damp ditch, 

 Sandown (Taylor). ■'P. capita, Heer. — Sandown (G. C. Champion). 

 P. nitens, Sahl. — A series was taken in a ditch with P. abttaceux and 

 nodifrons, at Sandown. BleiUnn lonffulioi, Er.— Was abundant at 

 Luccombe Chine. '■'■TrofinjMoeKs falvjinosiia, Gr. — On wall, Sandown 

 (Beare). -'T. pudllna, Gr. — Sandown (G. C. Champion). T. .s/>. ?. 

 — -Under sea-weed, Fishbourne (Donisthorpe) ; comes in the " texellus 

 group," with cheeks longer than eyes, and eyes moderate, but 

 distinct, I think. ■'■'■Hoiiiaiiiini striatinii, Gr. — On wall, Sandow'n 

 (Beare). Psctidopf^is sulcata, Newn. — Haj^stack refuse, Sandown 

 (Beare). The only other Isle of Wight record is the specimen taken 

 by F. Walker in 1834, from which the genus and specimen was 

 described by Newman {Knt. Ma;/., 1834, p. 13). Cyrtiisa paii.cilla, 

 Sch. — Evening sweeping in Whitefield Woods. '■'■Amfiotoina fiavicomh, 

 Ch. — Evening sweeping in Whitefield Woods (Donisthorpe). Xccro- 

 phnrns interruptus, Steph. — Occurred on carrion in the Whitefield 

 Woods. •■'Silpha i-punctata, L. — Bordwood Copse (Taylor). Colon 

 brtinncinii, Lat. — Evening sweeping at Whitefield Woods and at 

 Luccombe. Actinopterij.v fn cicala. All. — Abundant under sea-weed at 

 Fishbourne. "Actidinni coarctation, Hal. — A small series under sea- 

 weed on the beach at Fishbourne, August (Donisthorpe). ■'Trichop- 

 tery.r iiiontandoui. All. — In nests of F. riifa, Parkhurst Forest, April 

 (Donisthorpe) [Named by Herr Ericson.] . ■-Cri/ptamorpha dexjardinsi, 

 Guer. — Introduced species. On bunch of bananas, Sandown (Taylor). 

 -■■Anisoaticta Id-punctata, L. — Brickfield, Sandown (Taylor) ; I sub- 

 sequently swept it at St. Helens. Hi/jicraspis reppensis was swept at 

 Sandown. "'Sojwnns ater, Kug. — Whitefield Woods, sweeping, 

 August (Donisthorpe). '■■Carcinops li-atriata, Steph. — Haystack refuse, 

 Sandown (Beare). ■■'■Micropejilns porcatKs, Pk. — Sandown (G. C. 

 Champion). "■' Pocadius ferriujinenR, F. — Whitefield Woods, sweeping, 

 August (Donisthorpe). ■'Laemophloeus ater, 0\. — Under bark, Shanklin 

 (C. J. C. Pool). Antheropha(/m pallens, 01. — Was swept in the White- 

 field Woods, and at Limpet Run. ''Atoniaria (jutta, Steph. — Burnt 

 House, Sandown (Beare). ■■'EpJiistennts t/lobostis, Waltl. — Haystack 

 refuse, Sandown (Taylor). Dermestcs iiinrinus, L. — Occurred in dead 

 birds, Whitefield Woods. Linniic/iua }n/(/maeitx, Sturm., and (Jeori/ssns 

 pyipnaem, F. — Were common on damp sand at Luccombe Chine. 

 ■■'■Aphodiiis sci/balariiis, F. — Totland (H. G. Champion). Aiiriliis 

 laticornis, 111. — A J" was swept in Whitefield Woods. ■'Microcara 

 livida, F. — Sandown (Taylor). ■'Scirtcs orhicidaris, Pz. — Sandown 

 (G. C. Champion). Malthinns balteatiis, Suf.^ — A pair were swept 

 near Ryde. "M. atom us, Th. — Sweeping, Luccombe Chine, August 

 (Dollman). Stramjalia arinata, Hbst. — Was not uncommon in August 

 in the Whitefield Woods, and lAopits nebulosus was also swept there. 

 Poi/unochaerus dentattis, Four. — St. Helens, dug out of ivy stems 

 (Dollman and Donisthorpe). (jrracilia ininiita, F.^On post near dead 

 hedge, Sandown. ■'Bruchns atomariiis, L. — Sandown (G. C. Champion). 

 Cryiitocephalus biptmctatus, L. — Again found this year by Messrs. 

 Mitford and Pool at Niton. Newbery's record of this species in the 

 •'Guide" is most misleading and inaccurate. The first two specimens 



