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Variablc species, Ihe difference in size between some of the examples being considerajjig 

 (li lin. to liliii-)j f^"'^ ^^^*^ colour being (in most cases) entirely ferruginous {grawi^Q 

 Ktz.),orw'ith an ill-defined elytral dark spot, or with entirely dark elytra : the dig^ 

 form, I noticed, was rare. Examples of the Cri/ptophagtcs were also to be obtairj^ 

 by tapping the holes of the Colletes, so I have no doubt the beetle lives in ts;]^ 

 burrows. Various species of Cryptophagus have, I believe, been found in bees' nesj]^ 

 but I do not think C. populi has been so recorded. — Gt. C. Champion, 274, Walwor^f 

 Eioad, London, S.E. : September 8lh, 1875. 



Notes on Coleoptera in Cornwall, Sfc. — During the stay of H. M. S. " Swiftsun ^^ 

 at Plymouth, since April last, I have been enabled (though by no means as fully i 

 I could have wished) to investigate the Coleopterous Fauna of the locality : m , 

 operations being, howevei", almost entirely confined to the Cornish side of the Tama- 

 As I leave England in a day or two, once more for the Mediterranean, I have drawi^ 

 up a few hasty notes on the more important of my captures, which may be interesting 

 as shewing, from a Coleopterist's point of view, the productiveness of this (I belicvr 

 comparatively unworked district. ; , 



By far the best collecting-ground within reach I found to be Whitsand La^. 

 distant about four miles from Devonport. Here, about a quarter of a mile from For 

 Tregantle, is a sort of " chine " in the slate cliffs, the western side of which, as wel 

 as the lower part of the cliffs themselves, for a few hundred yards, is covered with an 

 accumulation of sand blown by the winter gales from the beach below. A vigorou; 

 growth of the ordinary coast sand-loving plants {Glaticium, JErodium, Eryngmm^ 

 Ononis, &c. &c.) occurs on this spot, while the clitTs themselves are clothed with a 

 profusion of "samphire" {Crithmum maritimum), wild carrot {Daiicus caroia), and 

 many other wild flowers and plants, some of great intei'est to the Botanist. The 

 sandy spot was, however, almost entirely the scene of my operations. Stimulated 

 by the capture here of Psammodius j)orcicollis. 111., in June, I afterwai'ds visited the 

 locality almost every week : but although I was often tantalized by finding fragments 

 of the beetle on the sand, it was not until quite the middle of August that I succeeded 

 in taking it in small numbers beneath the surface of the sand, under small stones, as 

 well as at the roots of stunted herbage. 



Other beetles which occurred in this prolific spot comprised Harpalus tenebrosus, 

 which was common under stones and herbage, but, unfortunately, not recognising it 

 for some time, I did not take so many as I might otherwise have done : I'liytosus 

 halticus and Oxytelns maritimtis, under sea-weed, &c. : Fhaleria cadaverina, in pro- 

 fusion in the sand under sea- weed, the specimens nearly all having the dark markings 

 on the elytra very strongly developed, forming some striking varieties : Oliorhynchus 

 rtigifrons, common under Ononis : Ccenopsis Waltoni : Sitones Waierhoxisii, not 

 rare on Lotus : OrthochcDtes, Molyies coronatus, Jlypera plantayinis and suspiciosus, 

 under herbage : Tychius lineatulus, common on Anthyllis : Ceuthorhynchideus ier- 

 minalus, rarely, and C. Dawsoni, in great abundance at roots of I'lantago lanceolata ; 

 Apion conjltiens, llooJceri, Gyllenhali, &.C., under Ononis: A. atomarium, under 

 Thymus : Chrysomela hccmoptera, common beneath stones : and very many commoner 

 species. The Ifemiptera too were well represented : — Therapha hyoscyami (running 

 and flying actively in the hot sun, and partial to viscid plants, such as J£rodmm, 

 Ononis, &c.) : Dieuches luscus : Henestaris laticeps (common), and Salda ortiiochila, 

 among others, occurring to mc on more that one occasion. 



