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taken of this species were the type form, which was new to Britain in 

 1907, by Mr. Mitford. It is true I took it in some numbers in 1908, 

 but by sweeping long grass, not on sallow, birch, or oak, none of those 

 trees being within a mile of the spot. C. pii^illiis, F, — Sweeping in 

 the Whitefield Woods. ■'•'•Chrjjsomela lUcIjjmata, Sciib. — Luccombe 

 Chine (Taylor). ''Galerncella ribiirni, Pk. — Abundant on guelder- 

 rose, Whitefield Woods, August (Donisthorpe). Lomjitaisiis nater- 

 housei, Kuts. — Sweeping in the Whitefield Woods. '''L. aeni(/inosiis, 

 Foud. — On Eupatorinm cannabinum, Luccombe Chine (Dollman). 

 "^Longitarms balotae, Marsh. — -On Ballota nit/ra, Yar Bridge (Taylor). 

 Haltica corj/li, All. — Abundant on hazel in the Whitefield Woods. 

 */y. pu^illo, Duft. — -Whitefield Woods, August (Donisthorpe). 

 '■^ Phyllutreta exdawationisi, Thunb. — Brading 1907 (Beare). "'Chaetoc- 

 neiiia arida, Foud. — Swept in the Whitefield Woods. Much less strongly 

 punctured than hortensis, but smaller. ''Psi/llioden chn/socejihala, L. — 

 Sweeping, Ryde (Dollman). "/'. chrijuocep/iola var. amjlica, F. — 

 Sweeping, Ryde (Donisthorpe). Cassida vibe.v, L. — On thistles, 

 Whitefield Woods, Ryde, and King's Quay. C vittata, Vill. — Beare 

 and I found it in the greatest profusion at the roots of Arenaria 

 maritime at Blackgang Chine. Many specimens were immature 

 when they were plain green without any stripe. When kept for some 

 weeks the stripes developed. C. nobUis, L. — Roots of plants, St. 

 Helens. — C. nobilia, var. — Dollman and I took four specimens of a 

 Cassida, at roots of Ckeno podium, at St. Helens, green, with a beautiful 

 crimson horse-shoe on the elytra — the green the colour of the leaves, 

 and the crimson that of the colour at the joints of the leaves and 

 branches of the plant. We met Professor Poulton and Mr. Guy 

 Marshall, and were able to show them how beautifully the beetle 

 matched the plant in life. Of course, now dead, they are the usual 

 dirty green colour. It may be a form of nubilis, as the marks on the 

 head form a Y ; the thorax is dull, and the base of the femora black. 

 The general shape, however, is more that of rittata. ■'Helnps palliditft, 

 Curt. — At roots of marram grass, St. Helens, August (Donisthorpe). 

 Oedemera lurida, Marsh. — King's Quay, sweeping. '''Melae brericollis, 

 Pz. — Limpet Run (Goldthwait). Apod ems coiyli, L. — On hazel, 

 Whitefield Woods, August. Bytiscns betnleti, F. — On hazel, Bordwocd 

 Copse (Poole). Why Newbery should suggest that this insect, recorded 

 by Guyon on hazel, Shambler's Copse, should be Dcporaeus betulae, 

 it IS impossible to understand. ''Fl/ii/nchites uncinatns, Th. — Sandown 

 (Champion). Apion difforwe, Germ., and A.scliunheiri, Boh. — Whitefield 

 Woods. A. aeneiiiii, F. — W^ooton Church. '■'■'• Pol yd nisKs pteryyouialifi, 

 Sch. — Whitefield Woods and King's Quay (Donisthorpe). '•'/'. fiavipes, 

 DeG. — Not uncommon in the Whitefield W^oods, also at St. Helens, 

 August (Donisthorpe). Sitones )iieliloti, Walt. — Abundant on melilot 

 at Luccombe. ''Hypera nii/riro.stns var. ononinis, Fow. — Luccombe 

 Chine (Donisthorpe). Tychiiis scjuanndatus, Gyll. — Roots of Lotiiti 

 cormciilotKs at Blackgang. T. tomentosns, Steph. — At roots, Luccombe 

 Chine. "Cioniis hortidaniis, Marsh. — On Scrophnlaria, Whitefield 

 \Voods (Donisthorpe). ■■'Liiiinobayis pilistriata, Steph. — Whitefield 

 Woods, August (Donisthorpe). tlyledmis crenatm, F. — Taken in 

 twigs of ash at Luccombe Common (Dollman, Beare, Taylor, and 

 Donisthorpe). 'P/doeopht/iorns rhododactylits, Marsh. — Sweeping at 



