54: THE entomologist's record. 



A. haemorrJioidalis from horse dung ; Athons vittatus under stones ; 

 Coellodes qiiadrimaculatns, Cenihorhynchus pollinarius, Apion difforme, A. 

 laecicolle, Otiorhi/ncJiHS ovatus, O.piripes, 0. scabrosns, Poh/drosns micans — 

 all the Rhynchophora were beaten — Phratora vlteUinae, Chrysomela 

 polita beaten ; Frasocuris jjheUandrii and Gastroj)hi/sa poh/goni from 

 reeds over ponds ; Meloi' riolacens walking along a path in the wood ; 

 Blaps imicronata from a cellar ; Adimonia caprene lioaten from bushes. 

 Truly a pretty list, and one that contrasts very favourably ^vith that of 

 Lepidoptera for tlie same month. 



In May few new species were met with ; tlie most notal)le were : — 

 Di/tiscus viarginah's $ ; Coh/mhefes jmloerosiis from a pond ; Lema iiiela- 

 nopa; Melolontha vulgaris; Telephorus lifidus, heaten; Aphodius dejtressus. 

 On the 13th, a very fine specimen of Callidinm violaceum was found 

 crawling in our Museum here ; it had evidently just emerged from some 

 wooden relic. 



The list was further augmented in June, by the addition of Malachius 

 bipustulatus, Philonthns politus, TelepJiorus peUucidus, T. fulvas, Athons 

 haemorrlioidalis, which fell with every stroke of the beating-stick ; 

 CoccineUa hipimctata, C. l^-pimctata and Telephoriis bicolor in abundance ; 

 Donacia dentipes ; Rhizotrogus solstitmlis gyrated i"0und young trees 

 during the middle of the montla ; at the same time Strangalia armnta 

 and *S'. melnnura occurred on umbellifera^ ; Cisiehi mvrinn, Gyriiius opaciis, 

 Necrophoriis ruspntor, N. restiglator, N. mortxornm, Hixfer miicolor (?), 

 n. cadaver iuus, H. neglectiis, H. virescens (?), H. pnrpurasccns (?), from 

 dead rats, moles, &:c. ; MaUhinus punctatns, Malachias marginelliis. 

 Cholera grandicollis, Dorcus paralJelopipedus, a bad specimen of Prionm 

 coriarius, Pterostichus striola, Cerci/on haemorrhoidalis and Sphaeridium 

 hipnsfniatum end the list, together with a host of Aphodii, including A. 

 foetens, A. firnetarius, A. pn'odroinns, .1. sordidus and A. rvfipes, from 

 horse dung. 



July was less productive of ( 'oleoptera than of Lepidoptera : the 

 latter came freely to light, and the woods swarmed with (tp^ojietk.?':. 

 I however secured : — Strophosomtis cori/li and S. ohesns in great numbers ; 

 one fine specimen of Lepdnra livida from umbellifera?, about 8 p.m. ; 

 Onthophagus fracticorni's. On the 10th, various Hydradepuaga were 

 secured by means of a Avatei'-net, including : — Ih/hius ater and I. 

 fnliginosHs, Colymbetus fuscus, Agabus striolatus, A, stiaini, A. nligiiwsus, 

 whilst Sertca lirunnea and Donacia linearis occurred commonly ; Goni- 

 octena litura and Agriotes pallidnlm were taken flying about in the heat 

 of the da}'. 



The very remembrance of the beginning of August causes a thrill 

 through my veins. On the 1st, I did the very best thing possible, 

 viz. : — Got inside a suit of flannels, and strolled to ni}' favourite hunting- 

 ground some five miles out. I was rewarded by a A'ery tine specimen 

 of Hypera fascicnlata, as well as Staphylinm stevcorariiis, and a box full 

 of common species. Two Nofoxus vionoceros next fell to my net, and 

 were followed by Rhynchites megacepihalus (or R. geriaanicus), Dromius 

 qnadrimaculatus, Adimonia sanguinea, Mantura inatthewsi ; two Chrysoinela 

 fastuosa, and one Donacia lemnae, from the banks of the Wavenej', 

 near Beccles ; Ptinus fur from the suburbs of London ; fifty Geotrupes 

 stercorarius, in one evening, near Brighton ; Dromius linearis, Thyamis 

 lycopi, and PsyUiodes napi, concluded the month at home. 



September was redolent with new species of the smaller Brachelytra 



