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Coleoplera near Cromer, ftc. — During mv summer holidays at Roughton, near 

 Cromer, from August 20th to September 9th last, I did a little collecting at odd 

 times, and managed to find a few local beetles. In moist spots on the broken cliffs 

 at Overstrand, Tachypua pallipes, Duft., Bembidium nitidulum, Marsh., B. qfflne, 

 Steph., Menus guttula. Mull., and <S'. pusitlus, Er., were all fairly common, except 

 the last ; T. pallipes is a very handsome insect, as it runs quickly to and fro in the 

 sunshine on the muddy ground, and I was very glad to meet with it in fair numbers. 

 Digging in the cracked clay banks of the cliff brought Nebria Livida, F., to light, 

 and I secured a good series ; from my experience it evidently occurs at suitable 

 places in these clay cliffs all round the coast of the north-east corner of Norfolk, but 

 it was only to be secured by breaking up the split face of the banks — I saw none in 

 the open. In consequence of the long drought I found scarcely anything worth 

 taking in the fields round the village of Roughton ; sweeping and searching under 

 stones were both equally unproductive. Two afternoons were spent in the Broads, 

 between Wroxham and Horning, and here again insect life was very scarce, a series 

 of Bradycellus placidus, Gyll., and Psammoschus bipunctatus, F., under a heap of 

 cut reeds, with Patrobus excavatus, Payk., Carabus granulatus, L., Oodes helopioides , 

 F., and Chrysomela staphyloma, L., all very scarce, are the only things worth men- 

 tioning. The soil is so light and sandy in this corner of Norfolk that a continued 

 spell of hot dry weather seems absolutely fatal to beetle life. — -Id. : December, 1901. 



Trigonogenius glohulum at lloylake. — Amongst one or two batches of the 

 little " spider beetle " Niptus hololeucus lately kindly collected for me by Mr. J. H. 

 Jennings of this township, occur three specimens of this recent addition to our list 

 of imported Coleoptera. One of the insects was taken crawling in the bath, and 

 the other two found amongst empty medicine bottles in a cupboard in the chemist's 

 shop beneath. For former representatives of this distinctive little Serricorn species 

 I am indebted to my friend Mr. .Brockton Tomlin, who received it during 190J from 

 Oldham, where it occurred not uncommonly in flour mills in that part of Lancashire. 

 The facts of its appearing in a different habitat, and being an addition to the 

 Cheshire County List, is of sufficient interest, however, to warrant its present oc- 

 currence at Hoylake being placed on record. — E. J. Burgess Sopp, Saxholme, 

 Hoylake : November 11th, 1901. 



Orthoptera at Redhill. — I learn from Mr. G. Frisby that he has taken Steno- 

 bothrus Vmeatus, Panz., and Qomphocerus rufus, L., near Redhill this year and last, 

 the Gomphocerus was in good numbers in 1900, but appeared rather scarce this 

 year ; on the only occasion Mr. Frisby was able to search for it the Stenobothrus 

 was met with far more sparingly in both years : the only other species met with 

 were the common Stenobothrus bicolor, Charp., S. parallelus, Zett., and Gompho- 

 cerus maculatus, Thunb. — E. N. Bloomfield, Gruestling : November, 1901. 



Aepophilus Bonnairei on the North Devon coast. — Readers of your Magazine 

 may be interested in learning that I have taken this interesting insect during the 

 past summer on the North Devon coast, between Barnstaple and Ilfracombe. It 

 seemed, however, far from plentiful. — W. B. Waterfall, Bristol : Nov. 30th, 1901. 



