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Im'da from nmbelHferae. AnfJiocornus fasriafits was taken sitting on um- 

 bellifera?, on the IGtli. By tlie 20th 2 L(uiipi/rir<nnrliliira were common 

 along tho paths and among the undergrowth in woods, and I also took 

 one (? , possibly attracted by artificial light. On the 22nd I took Ce- 

 tonia anrnfa from iimbelliforaj, Chri/somela hyperici by sweeping, and 

 Uelops cncridens from under a coping-stone in Ipswich. 



Few new s{)ecies were taken in July, and sweeping appeared the 

 more advantageous method of collecting. Cnrahns violaccus was running 

 on a path on the 1st, and Donacia linearis and sericea were common on 

 the 4th ; on which day I also took Cteniopns sulplmreus, and on the 10th, 

 Illyhius fuliijinosm and Cerryon haemorroidalis from cow dung, the former 

 having evidently been swallowed by the animal in the act of drinking, was, 

 of course, dead, but a perfect specimen ! Serira hrunnea made its first ap- 

 pearance on the 12th, and Stramjalia armata on 13th. Lncanus ccrvm was 

 on sugai', and Rhizotrogns solstitialis at electric light on the 14th. The 

 20th was productive of two dozen Scirtes hemi^phaerims from water 

 weeds, together with Lagria hirta beaten from whitethorn, and the 

 22nd of Necrophorus mortuorum and rmpator, Anthcrophngns nigricornis 

 and MordeUa fasciata. On the 27th Hypera punctata, Thyarnis graeilix, 

 Apion frumentarins, Notoxus monoceros, Plectrocelis ariduJa, were swept, 

 and Dryocoetes villosm was taken from an old gate-post. 



CoLEOPTEUA always appear to become scarcer in August, at least, so 

 it was this year ; the only ones added to the previous list being Bytnriis 

 tornicntosits at Norwich, on the 2nd. Oedemera nohilix J ? on the 7th, 

 on yarrow, which seems to supersede in its attractiveness umbelliferge, 

 which, in its turn, flourishes as May blossom falls, and previously to 

 May, as has been seen, broom and gorse divide the first place among 

 natural sweets. Ocypns similis was also seen. Exochomus hipnstidatns 

 was under willow bark, and Donacia sparganii on a reed on the 10th. 

 Caralms cafenulutns on sugar, and about thirty Serica hrunnea at light on 

 14th. On the 18th, Micraspis swarmed, together with Crepidodcra 

 ferrngiaea and transversa on ragwort, and Endomycus coccineus turned up 

 on sugar. Two days later Anchomenus junceus put in an appearance 

 under a felled fir-tree, with Ajjhodius foetens, firnetarius, rnfipes, de- 

 pressus, prodromus, scybalarius, lapponum, rvfescens, sticticus and obli- 

 teratus from dung, and on the 26th, Broscus ceplialotes, Platyderiis 

 ruficollis and Ceuthorynchus litura from thistles. I was fortunate enough 

 to take Pogonocerus dentatus on the 28th. Liopiis nehulosus has also been 

 taken this year. 



In September a great falling off is noticeable. The 19th yielded 

 Pristonychns suhcyaneus, Stenns biinaculosns, HeJophorus granularis, flying 

 in tlie sunshine, and Ajthodins j^orcus from dung. At Oromer, on ■-'2nd, 

 I secured a few Bembiditnn qnadriguttatum, Laccobius nigriceps, and 

 several Liinnichns pigmaens. The 27th produced Trechus minvtus, and 

 the 2'Jth Tachinus subterranens and Bolitobius pygmaeus. On the 12th 

 October I took a fine Carabus ncmoralis in Sussex, Pogonns chnlcevs 

 on the 14th, and LeiKtis spinibarbis, which seems fairly common around 

 Brighton, on the loth. At Ipswich, Octotemns glabricuhis was taken 

 from fungi on 20th, and Carabus granulatns horn sugar on 24th. 

 Poophagus sisymbrii was swept on the 26th. Agelaslica halensis turned 

 up on the 27th for the first time this year, together with a second 

 Pogonocerus denfata, and a couple of Tln/aniis tritici. Under bark on 

 willows, on the uOth, were Anchotncnns albipes, XanthoUnns atratus 

 Prasocuris marginella and Pkyllotreta brassicae. 



