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obtained a clue to its habits ; and, by dint of much labour, was so fortunate as to 

 secure a considerable number, from under large loose stones on the shore, just above 

 high-tide mark. With them were a few "wire worms," evidently the larvse of this 

 species, and (rarely) a reddish (but quite mature) variety. I am sorry to say that 

 some of the specimens were abraded, the pubescence, so characteristic of the species 

 when fresh, being exceedingly delicate and fugitive. 



Among other species from the same locality, I may mention Dromius vectensis, 

 Eye, in flood-refuse ; Harpalus ruiyicola, undier stones ; Stenoloplms elegans, a fine 

 series in flood-refuse, in April ; Achenium humile, not rare in flood-refuse and under 

 stones ; Compsochilus palpalis, Er., a single example, by promiscuous sweeping, at 

 the end of May ; Nitidula riijipes, a few in a dead bird ; Ulster nejlectus and 

 hissexstriatus, Syncalypta hirsuta (all these three in great profusion) , and Sarrotrmm 

 clavicorne, in flood-refuse ; Telmatophilus IrevicolUs and LimnicJius pygmcBiis, by 

 casual sweeping ; typical Aphodiiis plagiatus, in flood-refuse ; Coeliodes exiguiis, 

 common on Geranium dissecium ; Ceuthorhgiiclius tarsalis, on Sisymbrium; Phlceo- 

 phagus spadix, one or two specimens picked up casually in different places ; Apion 

 SchoenJierri and Hylesinus oleiperda, by sweeping ; Hyperaspis reppensis and Scy minis 

 Mulsanti, basking in the sunshine on stones, &c. 



The Chatham district has also yielded its fair share of good species, the following 

 (of which several have likewise been taken by Mr. Champion, in my company) being 

 the most noteworthy : — Harpalus azureus, running about in the sunshine ; Stenolo- 

 phus JlavicoUis and dorsalis, in moso, &c., in a wet place ; IJyobaies forilcornis, in 

 flood-refuse; Callicents rigidicornis and Calodera umhrosa, occasionally by sweeping 

 under fir trees, also in a sand-pit ; Homalota scapularis, a few by evening sweeping ; 

 Tachyporus formosus, Matt., several specimens in moss, and one by sweeping (hitherto 

 only recorded, I believe, by the Rev. A. Matthews from a Midland locality, — I fancy 

 Sherwood Forest) ; PcEderus riparius andj'tiscipes, in flood-refuse, and by sweeping, 

 " grubbing," and cutting tufts in a marshy place, the latter species occurring in 

 profusion ; Stenus major, in flood-refuse (also not rarely at Favcrsham, in April, by 

 cutting tufts of Carex in a wet place) ; Bleditis atricapillus, in enormous numbers 

 in a sand-pit, in April, the perpendicular sides of the pit being riddled with its 

 burrows for yards together; Oxytelus p'iceus (cJ), in flood-refuse; Agathidium 

 rotundattim, in fungus ; Meligethes symphyii, in flowers oi Agraphia ; Cicones varie- 

 gattts, in a nest of Formica rttfa ; Lathridiits testaceus, in some numbers in a very 

 small quantity of brown powdery fungus (not unlike snuff) on rotten beech bark ; 

 AphanisficHsptisiHus, by sweeping ; MordeJlistena ahdominalis ( J ), on umbelliferous 

 flowers ; 31. brevicauda, common in buttercups, &c., on the clialk-hills ; Flinthus 

 caliginostis, not uncommon in moss ; Mecinns circulatiis and Gymneiron rostelhtm 

 (several), by general sweeping; Ceuthorhynchus suturellus, rarely, on Cardamine 

 prateusis ; C. alliarice, not rare on l^rysimum alliaria ; Ceuthorhynchideus hepaticus, 

 nigrinus (in profusion), terminattis, Chevrolati, and versicolor (not rare), by sweeping 

 under fir-trees, &c. ; Apion filirost re, Cissophagus hederce, and Cryptocephaliis lineola, 

 by general sweeping ; Chrysomela gwiiingensis, in a sand-pit ; Fhyllotreta sinnaia 

 ( cJ ) and Thyamis disiiiiguenda, Kye, by sweeping ; T. agills. Rye, variety with dark 

 suture, on Scrophzdaria aquatica growing in a wet place (unfortxuiatcly, this insect 

 only too well merited its specific name, as of several specimens netted by Mr. Champion 

 and myself, all but one effected their escape) ; Cassida vittata, two or three in moss ; 

 C. s<tnguinolenta, by sweeping. _ 



