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Coleoptera at Dover in April. — On the 15th of last April I joined my friend 

 Mr. El-nest Elliott at Dover, promising myself a good fortnight's beetle-collecting. 

 The weather was, for the most part, particularly propitious, though, towards the 

 end of the month, somewhat too dry perhaps for ideal sweeping. The result of our 

 campaign, even in so well-worked a locality, may bo of interest. 



Carabus monilis and C. violaceus were common, especially under clods in 

 ploughed fields, the searching of which repaid us well, for in such situations the 

 following were also taken : Leistus .tpinibarbis, Harpalus azureus, R. rupicola, H. 

 rubripes, &c., Stomis pumicatus (not uncommon), Amara apricnria, A. ovata, A. 

 similata, A. communis, A. plebeia (a dark var.), and A. acuminata, Olisthopus ro- 

 tundatus, Brachinus crepitans (somewhat commonly), and nine species oi Bembidium, 

 of which assimile was the only one at all uncommon. Elaphrus riparius, Badister 

 unipustiilatus, ChlcBnius vestitus, Pterostichus anthracinus and P. nigrita, Ancko- 

 rnenus marginatus and A. viduus, var. mcestus were all common in the mud, or under 

 stones on the margin, of a dried-up pond. One Pterostichus versicolor occurred 

 running in the road in the bright sunshine. Aleochara lata and several Philonthi, 

 with Creophilus, &c., were abundant in a refuse heap. Philonthus albipes, margina- 

 tus, ebeninus, and laminatus occurred in dung. Myrmedonia limbata turned up 

 singly among Lasius Jlavus. Ocypus similis, O. cupreus, &c., and Platystethus are- 

 naritis, P. capita, and P. nodifrons were met with in the roads. Necrophorus 

 vespillo, one specimen, by sweeping luxuriant herbage in a very damp meadow ! 

 Silpha IcBvigata and S. atrata were abundant, with one or two of a variety of the 

 latter. S. obscura occurred on the roads and under clods, with Choleva agilis and 

 Ch. angustata. 



Onthophagiis ovatiis, the only species of the genus seen, was somewhat common 

 in sheep dung. Of Aphodius we met with twelve species, of which the best were 

 A. 4-maculatus, five specimens each, and A. consputus, a very few, both in stercore 

 ovino, with such common forms as A. putridus, erraticus,jimetarius, inquinatus, 

 luridus, and merdarius, the last two abundantly. Plagiogonus arenarius also 

 occurred. Lacon murinus was rare, and one Lema puncticollis was swept from 

 iiercurialis perennis. Chrysomela hyperici, C. lamina, and C. distinguenda put in 

 an appearance, with Phcedon tumidulum, &c. Halticida were somewhat common, 

 and we secured good series of Hennceophaga mercurialis, Phyllotreta nemorum, 

 lepidii, and nodicornis, Aphthona veiiustula (abundant on spurge), Tierbigrada, and 

 atroccerulea (on water), Batophila rubi, Mantura Matthewsi (swept on a barren 

 hill-side), and M. rustica. Thy amis atricilla, Th.femoralis ; Crepidodera rufipes, 

 the only species of the genus noted, was uncommon, Psylliodes affinis, fairly com- 

 mon, and Ps. euprea in a chalk pit. Fourteen species of Apion occurred, and those 

 of the commonest, excepting, perhaps, A. vorax, A. pubescens, and A. difforme. 

 Otiorrhynchus tenebricosus and Liophloeus nubilus were swept singly. One Molytes 

 coronatus was taken walking in a field-path, and one M.germanus on a chalky road ; 

 Mr. Elliott took the latter here last year. Sitones crinitus, Liosoma ovatulum, 

 Orchestes fagi, and Cceliodes fuliginosus were not uncommon ; Erirrhinus acridulus 

 swarmed with Prasocuris phellandrii and P. beccabmigcB on the margins of the dried- 

 up pond before referred to. 



The most noticeable feature of the list is the preponderance of Oeodephaga and 

 Halticida, and this cannot be ascribed to their having been especially worked for, 



