■ 1880.] ^ 183 



on Mesemhryanthemum) , Callimorpha jacobcece (larvae abundant), Bryophila 

 glandifera, Acronycta rnmicis (larvae abundant), Xylophasia poJyodon, Cerigo 

 cytherea, Luperina testacea, Mamestra hrassicce, Apamea oculea, Miana furuncula 

 or strigilis (too old to be identified), Agrotls puta (svffiisa, segetum, and tritici, sent 

 to me from St. Mary's or St. Agnes after my departure), TriphcBna janthina, Noctua 

 plecta, c-nigrum and rubi, PJdogophora meticulosa, Euplexia lucipara, Hadena 

 chenopodii andipisi (larvte), Abrostola urticce and triplasia, Plusia gamma, Ciicullia ? 

 {Verbascitm thapsus defoliated apparently by C. verbasci), Rumia cratcegata, EpJiyra 

 porata, Acidalia promutata, Cabera exanthemaria, Hypsipetes elutata, JEubolia men- 

 suraria, Melanthia ocellata, Melanippe subtristaria and galiata, Camptogramma 

 bilineata, Herbula cespitalis, Endotricha fiammealis, Botys verticalis, Scapula 

 ferrugalis and hyhridalis, Aphomoea colonella, Crambus culmellus and genicidellus, 

 Hyponomeuta cognatella, Plutella cruciferarum, Depressaria heracliana or olerella, 

 (Ecophora pseudospretella, Pterophorus lithodactylus and pterodactylus. 



Hemipteba. — Piezodorus lituratus, Stenocephalus agilis, Ptyelus spumarius. 



Aphaniptera. — Pulex (irritans ?). 



DiPTEEA. — Tipula oleracea, Chrysomyiafonnosa, Anthrax hottentoUa,EristaUs 

 arbustorum {$ an $) and tenax {$ and $), PlatycMrus manicatus, Sarcophaga 

 carnaria, Scatophaga stercoraria, Machcerium maritimcB. — Feank Noegate, Spar- 

 ham : November, 1879. 



Coleoptera taken in the Forest of Dean and neighbourhood during 1878 and 79. 

 — The Forest of Dean cannot be reckoned a tempting spot for entomological work, 

 being characterized by a very poor flora, an absence of vindergi'owth, and trees vrhose 

 lower branches have been removed by the elements or other agencies, and above 

 which tower here and there chimneys emitting ever and anon volumes of smoke, 

 the blackest of the black. Here one misses the luxuriant hedgerows, the lichen 

 covered trunks and pales, and the alternation of heath, bog, and woodland, so 

 familiar to the frequenter of Brockenhurst and other places in the New Forest, and 

 the visitor finds a tract of land, the uniformity of which soon makes a ramble become 

 wearisome, even though the eye may be relieved by pretty pieces of landscape in 

 some parts, due to the undulating nature of the ground, but too often somewhat 

 marred by unsightly rubbish heaps and other evidences that quarrying, colliery 

 works, and the iron trade form the staple industries of the district. In these mining 

 operations a quantity of timber is used, and possibly to supply this want, and to 

 furnish bark for tanning purposes, the majority of the trees (principally oak) in the 

 Forest are cut down years before they would reach maturity. A few of the stumps 

 thus caused, are left in the ground long enough to become rotten, and from the dark 

 coloured decayed oak stumps I have extracted Scydmcenus Sparshalli and 

 about eighty Elater pomorum ; from the fungoid growths in or on them, three of 

 the four Boletobii, Quedius lateralis, Philonthus splendidulus and puella, Bapto- 

 linus alternans, Scaphidium 4^-maculatu'm, Onthophilus striatus, and Rhizophagus 

 cribratus ; from the moss or bark, partly covering them, Agathidium seminulum, 

 Megacronus alternans, Carabus arvensis, Harpalus latus, Parovialiis Jlavicornis, 

 Liodes orbicularis, Silpha obscura, Cerylon histeroides a,nd Jerrugineum, and Cytilus 

 varius. During the spring and summer months, Calosoma inquisitor and Silpha 4- 

 punctata occurred on trunks or Pteris ; Corymbites cupreus, pectiiiicornis, and holo- 



