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(2) The River Vulleys. 



Ayonuvi viduuvi, on baiilcs of R. Ouse, occasionally ; \ ar. miestion at 

 Soiitlivvick. Iluliplus fnlnis, Newhaveu. Gyrinus bicolor, not common 

 at Lbwes. Astilhus cannliculatus, under a stone, amongst ants, near New- 

 haven. Coccidtda rufa, on the bank of the Ouse near LeAves. Ojithophuyns 

 vacca is found occasionally in cattle pastures near the Ouse and Adur. Hydro- 

 thasna maryinella, common at Lewes. Hippuriphila niodeeri and Dunacia 

 sericea were swept up at Lewes in May. 



(}^) TJie Wealden Area. 



I was surprised to meet with CQuntless Elapknis riparius in a baking-hot 

 sandpit near Hassocks early this summer. At the base of the sides of a 

 similar sandpit (Upper Neocomian) north of Worthing-, dead and living- 

 specimens of Byrrlms pilula were lying- about in heaps, and quite darkened 

 the ground in many parts of the quarry. Bemhidion ■i-viaculatiun, on the 

 bank of a ]3ond on Chaily Common in April. Acupalptis meridianus, at Uck- 

 tield in May. Amaru fulca, Stomis ptnnicatus, and Pterosiichus sfrenuus, though 

 Lonmioi), are species that have not fallen to my lot previously to this spring. 

 At/abus bignttatus occurred in a small roadside ditch in considerable numbers. 

 A. iJudconotus appears to be the only beetle that can live in the iron-laden 

 water of some of the ponds on Chaily Common; in these ponds a thick red 

 deposit is formed on the aquatic plants and gives them a most unnatural 

 appearance. Copelatm aydis made two appearances at Holmbush in an other- 

 wise unprolitic pond. Helochares griseus, fairly common. Silpha thoracica 

 was crawling about in fair numbers round some decaying aninuil matter near 

 lleathfield. Lathrobium elongatum occurred abundantly at Holmbush in April. 

 Cytilus sericeus and Lochmaea siUaralis, one of each, Chaily Common (iv.l919j. 

 Melundrya carahoides, on a tree at Maresfield (viii.1918). Helops striatus, 

 under bark in a wood north of Wortliing.— George B. IIyle, 6 Chesham 

 Place, Brighton : July l&th, 1919. 



So7ne Coleojjtera taken in Somersetshire.— The following list includes a few 

 of the more interesting species of beetles taken on occasional opportunities for 

 collecting during 1914-15 and the early part of 1916. The majority were 

 found in the neighbourhood of Long Ashton (L. A.), within four or five miles 

 of Bristol. 



Anchomemis piceiis L. (Buniham), Sfemlophus respertinus Panz. (Nailsea), 

 Bembidium indlidipenne 111. (under seaweed at Burnhani), B. concinnum Steph. 

 (L. A.), B. tibiale Duft. (L. A.), Brgchius elevatus Panz. (L. A.), Hydatims 

 transversalis Berg. (Burnhara). Cymbindyta ovalis Tlioms. (Nailsea), Berofus 

 luridus L. (Buruham and Nailsea), Limnebius nitidus Marsh. (Burnhani), 

 Chuetarthria semimdam llerbst (Minehead), Ilydraena nigrita Germ. (L. A.), 

 H. palustris Er. (Burnhani), Cyclonotum orbiculare F. (in company with 

 Chaetarthria). Staphylinus caesareus Cederh. (Burnham), Eusphalerum pri- 

 midae Steph. (L. A., very abundant each year in primroses), Phloeolnum 

 clypeafum Miill. (L. A.), J'rognatha quadricornis Lac. (L. A.). Ayathidimn 

 yiigripenne Kug. (under bark, L. A.), Anisotuma calcarata Er. (L. A.), 

 c'holeva moriu F. (L. A.), Lycoperdina bovistae F. (a single specimen taken 

 under a small stone at the base of a tree, near Tickenham ; no Lycoperdons or 



