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EurMna luoida. — Taken by my father at the salterns near Lymington, on June 

 11th, 1832 ; and by myself at Hayling Island, on May 5th, 187-i. 



Flatycephala umbraculata. — Taken by my father at Charmouth, on July 5th, 

 1830, and September 1st, 1845. 



Flatycephala planifrons. — Taken by my father and Mr. Curtis at Blackgang 

 Chine, on August 8th, 1S35 ; also at Whittlesea Mere. 



*Selachopsflavocincta. — Taken by ray father and myself atGlauTille's Wootton, on 

 May 20th, 1867, and July 18th, 1866. 



Camarota Jlavitarsis. — Common amongst samphire on the coast during the 

 autumn. 



Elachiptera brevipennis. — Of frequent occurrence on the coast amongst sedge. 

 *Siphonella {Madiza) oscinia. — Taken by my father at Lulworth. This little 

 black fly much resembles a Mosillus {Gmnopa), and was in company with several 

 other species, kindly named for my father by the late Mr. Haliday. 



Lipara lucens. — Bred by Mr. Winter from reeds, in 1861. 



Lipara tomentosa. — Taken by my father in the New Forest, on June 2nd, 1831. 

 — C. W. Dale, Glanville's Wootton, Sherborne : Ith January, 1880. 



Notes fi'om Guatemala. — It is very hot, dry, and dusty here now, though cold 

 in the higher mountains at night ; December in Guatemala is indeed finer than Juno 

 or July. 



It seems as if an English collector is bound to find English genera. Day after 

 day, I keep finding old friends. I believe more than half of the genera occurring 

 here in the higher mountainous districts occur also in Europe, if not in Great Britain ; 

 to day, for instance, I have found, amongst others, species oi Anaspis, Mordellistena, 

 Euglenes, Scraptia, Anthicus, Tomoderus, Notoxus, Cistela, Lycus, Scirtes, Clerus, 

 Telephorus, Lyctus, Dorcatotna, Anobittm, Apion, Baris, Coeliodes, Scolyft(s, Cry- 

 phaliis, Tomicus, Acalles, Bruchus, Clytus, Callidium, Qraptodera, Crepidodera, 

 Thyamis, Aphthona, Steniis, Siinius, Platystethus, Oxytelus, Philonthus, Falagria, 

 Otliius, ScopcBus, Coiiurtis, Somalota, Fcederus, Tachyporus, Cercus, Lathridiiis, 

 Silvanus, Lcemophlaeus, Flegaderiis, Flatysoma, Harpalus, Tachys, Lehia, Ambly- 

 stomus, Coccinella, Scymiius, Bryaxis, Scydmmnus, Ayriotes, Cardiophorus, Aphodius, 

 Copris, &c., &c. 



In the Hemiptera, also, I recognised very many genera ; we have small Capsida, 

 and others, in Guatemala just as in England : in fact, strange as it may seem, it ap- 

 pears to me that the species of Coleoptera and Semiptera of the elevated mountainous 

 districts (2500 feet and upwards) of this part of Central America average, on the 

 whole, smaller in size than in England ! I have not yet met with a " Staph. " any- 

 thing like Ocypus olens in size, nor one of Geodephaga larger than a CIcindela, nor 

 a water-beetle so large as our Uydrophilus or Dytiscus, nor a Ciirculio so large as 

 Cleoiius nebulostis ; these things strike a Britisher as odd, but such is the case. I 

 have found no better Anisotoma as yet than a miserable Colenis, though I have met 

 with one or two queer looking species in fungi, perhaps belonging to this family but 

 more nearly allied to Liodes. Agathidium occurs here ; I have not forgotten to woi'k 

 at evening sweeping, which is fairly productive in other things, and have frequently 



