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that males of the closely allied Ptomaphagus varicornis, Rosenli., of the same size 

 as the large form of P. sericeus, have the hind tibiae simply a little curved, without 

 trace of dilatation within. — Or. C. Champion, Horsell, Woking : Sept. \st, 1896. 



Prionoeyphon serricornis, Mull., Sfc, at Mickleham. — On August 22nd, I 

 captured a specimen of this rare beetle at Mickleham, by sweeping under beech 

 trees. Mr. Champion on the same day obtained Micrambe abietis, Eros {Platycis) 

 minutus, and Chrysomela gotlingensis. He has already recorded Prionoeyphon from 

 tlie same locality, from a specimen found on August 24th, 1888. — R. W. Lloyd, 

 St. Cuthberts, Thurleigh Road, Balham : September 5th, 1896. 



Anisotoma furva, Er., Sfc, at Deal. — On the evening of August 28th, about 

 half an hour before sunset, I had the good fortune to sweep up a fine pair of Aniso- J 

 toma furva, Er., from the Marram grass growing on the seashore near the Coastguard I 

 Station between Deal and Sandwich. So far as I am aware the last recorded British I 

 example of this exceedingly rare species is the one taken by my friend Mr. H. 

 MoncreafE on Southsea Beach in 1879 (Ent. Mo. Mag., ser. 1, vol. xvi, p. 230). In 

 the same place Anthocomus sanguinolentus also turned up, but only a single speci- 

 men ; and the curious linear Hemipteron, Chorosoma Schillingi, so reminiscent of 

 an exotic " stick insect " on a small scale, was much more plentiful than I have 

 ever before seen it in this locality. The tiny black Apion sedi occurred rather freely 

 at the roots of the yellow stoneerop (Sedum acre), but was found more plentifully 

 on a previous visit to Deal in June last, on which occasion I captured a pair of the 

 rare Bagoils binodulus, while sweeping for DonacicB on the banks of a ditch a little 

 ■way inland. In spite of the encroachments of golf, which have utterly ruined many 

 of the best spots, the wide extent of sandy coast between Deal and Sandwich, which 

 in bygone times has yielded so many rare and local insects of all Orders, is not yet 

 entirely exhausted as a collecting ground, and will be found to repay a visit at any 

 time. — James J. Walker, 23, Ranelagh Road, Sheerness : September \st, 1896. 



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Forficula pubescens and other Orthoptera at Folkestone. — While sweeping at 

 the Warren, near Folkestone, on September 8th, I had the good fortune to captui'c 

 a male oi Forfiada pubescens, Gene. Unfortunately I had not time to wait and try 

 for more. As regards other Orthoptera, Stenobothrus lineatus, Panz., was common, 

 St. viridulus, L., less so, St. bicolor, Charp., was very abundant, and the forms 

 mollis, Charp., and purpurascens, Fieb., were common, and St. parallelus, Zett., 

 common ; Gomphocerus rufus, L., was common at the Dover end of the Warren. 

 I was surprised not to find Locusta viridissima, L., in greater numbers, only getting 

 two specimens, whereas in previous years I have captured it plentifully at the 

 Warren, but a little earlier in the season. Thamnotrizon cinereits, L., could be heard 

 chirping in every bramble, and Platyeleis grisea, Fab., was common ; of tlie latter 

 I found several specimens which had not yet reached the imago stage, females in 

 every case, well marked with green, and one ? imago had green on the outside of 

 tlie posterior femora and sides of the abdomen.— Malcolm Burb, Bellagio, East 

 Grinstead : September 8th, 1896. 



