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ponds ; S. erichsoni, in moss and haystack refuse in dry situations ; 5. 

 solutus (3), by sweeping rushes ; Ti-ogophlcBus piisillus, under dead 

 reeds ; Fhilorinum sordidum^ common on furze in May ; Eusphakriiin 

 primul(z (3) ; Homaliutn iopteriim (2), under bark ; Megarthrus affi?us 

 (2), in haystack refuse. Clavicornia. — Bythinus biilbifer, in wet moss 

 yiiih Biyaxis Jiincoriim; Claviger foveolatus (25), all in quite a small 

 nest of Formica flava, under a flint — a number of nests of the same ant 

 examined at the same spot did not yield a single specimen more ; Or- 

 thoperus afo?nus, under cut grass in the garden ; Calyptomerus dubius 

 (4), in haystack refuse ; Colcnis dentipes ; Hydnobiiis strigosus (i) ; Colon 

 brunneiim, all by evening sweeping under old beech trees ; C. serripes 

 (i), sweeping on marshy ground; Choleva anisotomoides, in moss; 

 Necrophorus ruspator (2), in dead rabbit ; Silpha hevigata, running 

 across pathways ; Phalacrus caricis (2), sweeping Carex ; Epurcea longula 

 (i), under bark; Omosiphora limbata (2), under bark of dead ash in 

 April; Meligtthes itmbrosus a.x\d Aferythropus, both on Helianthemum ', 

 Pria dulcamara ; PsafumcEchus bipunctatiis, on /uncus ; Anthrophagus 

 nigricor?iis (i) ; Atomaria guita (2) and A. mesofuelas, both in wet moss ; 

 Endomychus coccineus, under bark ; Chilocorus re?iipustulatus, bred from 

 a pupa found on bark of a willow ; Subcoccinella 2^-punciala, sweeping 

 on the chalk downs ; Scymnus htemorrhoidalis, in haystack refuse ; My- 

 cetophagus atomarius (5), M. f/iulfipunctatus (3), Litargus bifasciatus, 

 the last three species I took under bark of decaying beech trees, they 

 seemed only to affect bark, which was ramified by the hyphae of some 

 fungus ; Tiresias terra (4), bred from larvre found under elm bark, in 

 February ; Anthrenus claviger, in the house ; Elmis cefieus and Limnius 

 tuberculaius, both in a small running stream. Serricornia. — Lucanus 

 cen'us, rare in the district — a female was brought to me, but I have not 

 taken it myself; Aphodius pusillus and A. lividus (j), in sheep's dung; 

 Hoplia philanlltus (3), flying in sunshine ; Homaloplia ruricola, plen- 

 tiful, but very local, flying on sunny mornings in June and July, over 

 the short grass on chalky ground. I had no difificulty in securing over 

 fifty in a short time one morning. There were a number of dark forms 

 among them, but I only got two perfectly black varieties. I also found 

 a few specimens under stones on dull days ; Limonius minuius, one 

 crawling on a grass stem ; Coryinbiles tessalatus (5), sweeping in a 

 marshy field ; C. holoceriseus, abundant, flying on the chalk downs, in 

 the sun ; Dascillus cervinus, common by sweeping ; Cyphon coarctatus, 

 by sweeping Carex ; Scirtes hemispharicus, swept off a species of 

 /uncus ; Malthodes fibulatus, beaten from hazel and hawthorn blossom ; 

 Malachius viridis (i) and Anthocoinus fascialus (2), by sweeping in a 

 hedgerow; Hedobia imperialis (2), beaten from old hedge; Cis biden- 

 iatus, on an old beech stump ; C. alni, under bark of beech. 



Heteromera. — Cistela luperus, beaten chiefly from flowers of Pyrus 

 aria (white beam tree) ; the flowers of this tree, by the way, seem to be 

 as attractive as any to Coleoptera, but they only last for a short time. 

 Orchesia minor (2), evidently hybernaling under the bark of a dead 

 holly tree, in January ; Rhinosimus ruficollis, common under beech 

 bark; Mordellistena brunnea (i), beaten from hawthorn hedge; M. 

 puniila (i), beaten from hawthorn blossoms ; Anaspis pulicaria, 

 on Umbelliferce; A. subtestacea (2). Rhyncophora. — Phyllobius viri- 

 dicollis, common on a chalky pasture; this is, I suppose, about 



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