254 THE entomologist's recoed. 



On the banks of the disused Salterns, and in the marshes adjoining, 

 we found plenty to do. In one little spot, on Arteiiiisia uuuititna, we 

 found a colony of the local Pulijdnisus c/tri/sotnela, and anioniJ:st the 

 grass Otiuihi/ncJnis rwiifrons simply swarmed ; by shaking the grass 

 roots a few (irunopa lunatus were obtained. At the base of the bank, 

 out of a heap of dry seaweed, by diligent searching we secured five 

 Brj/a.ris watcrhuusn, which looks uncommonly like a bug at first sight, 

 and, from the same heap, O.n/tchis laqxieatun, 0. nculptiiratus, Oiiialiuw 

 rij)ariuiii and (J. rurijit's. Under very large stones below the high- 

 water mark, and which were entirely submerged at high water, we 

 found Aejiiis niaruius and A. robinii ; both species appeared to be con- 

 fined to a very small area, and in that occurring but sparingly. 



Close to, under smaller stones, ( 'illcmis latvralis was plentiful ; we 

 also found it running swiftly amongst the shingle. Amongst pebbles, 

 and in the cracks in the mud, a few Pdi/onus litturalis were taken, in 

 company with the common /'. rludccm. Amongst some of the side 

 refuse a few specimens of Bcmhidiiun ephippiiun were picked out, and 

 a nice series of Tachijs scutrUaiis, which is very local in the few places 

 where it occurs. Canon Fowler thinks that some of the species of 

 Taclii/s may have been imported with ballast, probably some have, 

 but certainly not T. scutellaris. On the mud of the adjoining salt- 

 marsh Elaphrm uliginosus was found at the edge of a brackish pool, 

 and a few (JcJuhehms hicolor, whilst A)ithicus huinilis, as we thought, 

 was running about in thousands. On setting those we took, about 

 20 per cent, turned out to be A. salinus, a much better species. 

 Eacing on the top of the mud were plenty oi Bembidium minimum and 

 B. normannum ; not very easy to take, however, owing to the 

 number of cracks. A dead seagull produced Dermestes undulatm and 

 D. murinns, also several common species. Paederwi littoralis was 

 swept oft" a bank, and from under decaying seaweed C'afius .vanthoUnaa 

 and Qiicdius fuh/idus were fairly plentiful. Of course many common 

 species were taken, but we have endeavoured to mention specially the 

 things one does not meet with in the Midlands. 



The above results are not bad for a single day's work, and 

 doubtless a week's hard work would add many interesting species to 

 the Lymington list. 



j^CIENTIFIC NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



EupiTHEciA suBFULVATA AND E. succENTURiATA, — Mr. Sheldon's note 

 in the February 1st number of the B)it. Btrurd induced me to unearth 

 and examine the pupa^ I obtained last year. These were from larvae 

 found feeding on Tanacetiua ci/Z/yrtrc (tansy) at night, in my garden, and 

 from the same plant as that on which larv;e were found the year before. 

 I obtained eight larvae altogether, which were full-fed at the end of 

 October. I examined them very carefully, and although they varied 

 in minor details, yet all appeared to be of the same species, with perhaps 

 one exception. The colour of all was the same : A brown of the 

 same tint as the ground colour of Hi/jiout j)robuscidalis, with a chain of 

 spots of various shapes running down the centre of the back ; these 

 spots were in different individuals — round, racquet and diamond 

 shaped, with intermediate forms. The spiracular line was whitish, 

 more or less well marked. The possible exception was decidedly 



