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as well as on the beach ; Masoreus Wetterhali, common on the beach, most plentiful 

 in August, under stones, also in moss in the winter ; Cyrnindis axillaris, scarce, on 

 the west cliff. The genus Harpalus is very well represented at Portland, as, besides 

 the universal H. ruficornis and proteus, I have met with, on the west cliffs, II. 

 sabulicola (fairly common), rotundicollis (abundant), azMre«* (not rare) , piincticoUis 

 (common, with one or two specimens which appear to he parallelus, Dej.), riibripes 

 (common, also on the beach), and caspius (very plentiful, an entirely black variety, 

 not rare) ; while on the beach H. attenuatus, neglect us (not rare), melanchoUcus 

 (one specimen only in June, 1885), serripes (common), anxius (abundant), and 

 vernalis, have occurred, the last-mentioned at rare intervals, and always singly ; 

 Scybalicus oblong iuscidus, evidently rare, as I took only one specimen, in September, 

 1885, on the west cliffs ; Bryaxis Waterhousei, abundant in saline spots near the 

 railway bank, also on the island, near Portland Bill ; Claviger foveolatns, very 

 plentiful in nests of Lasius flaviis (I have found over 40 in one small nest), more 

 rarely in those of L. niger ; Phytosus spinifer and balticus, plentiful on sunny 

 afternoons in holes in the sand dug as traps ior Acritus punctum (p. 16), on one 

 occasion over 60 specimens of P. balticus were taken out of one small liole ; Homa- 

 lota ccBsula, abundant in short moss on the sand, in winter and early spring, also 

 under stones ; Lithocharis fuscula, one only, on the railway bank ; Diglossa mersa, 

 frequent in sand-holes, also running over wet sandy mud below high water mark ; 

 Staphylinus stercorarius, a few under stones on the west cliffs, in August ; Ocypus 

 ater, common, and generally distributed ; Philouthus fucicola, in seaweed, not 

 common ; P. sericeus, frequent, in sand-holes ; Xantholinus tricolor, common, under 

 stones on the west cliffs ; Bledius spectabilis, very abundant in sandy mud near the 

 ferry bridge, but difBcult to obtain in any numbers, owing to the depth to which it 

 burrows ; -B. tricornis, in a moist saline place (an old raised beach) near Portland 

 Bill ; B. unicornis, very plentiful in May, with spectabilis ; and B. arenarius, 

 extremely abundant in tidal sand, accompanied by Dyschirius thoracicus in numbers ; 

 Oxytelus maritimus, very plentiful in tidal refuse, and " traps ;" Trogophl<Ens halo- 

 philus, locally common under small stones in a saline place by the railway bank ; 

 Ptenidium punctatton, plentiful in "traps" in the sand ; Platynaspis villosa, one 

 Bpecimen, Chesil Beach, by cutting grass tufts in January ; Carcinops minima, fre- 

 quent, under stones and in moss ; Throscus obtusus, one specimen only, in a haystack 

 near Wyke Regis, in February ; Cardiophorus asellus, fairly plentiful for about a 

 fortnight, at the end of April and beginning of ]\Iay, under stones on the sand-hills ; 

 Chrysomela hcBmoptera, very abundant in the same locality ; Omophlus armerice, 

 very local on grass and herbage near the ferry bridge : unfortunately, I missed the 

 best time for this fine insect, and took only a few specimens ; Anthicus Schaumi, 

 locally plentiful (most abundant in August) under small stones, &c., near the bridge ; 

 Nacerdes melanura, not rare, about old timber, &c. ; Ti-achyphloius alternans, only 

 one, in an ant's nest ; Otiorrhynchus ambiguus, common in the spring under stones, 

 &c., on the beach ; Sitones Waterhousei, abundant on Lotus cornicnlatus, and 

 Orthochoetes setiger, at roots of herbage on the beach, also in tufts of grass in the 

 winter; Rhinocyllus I at irostris, occasionally on road-side thistles on the island; 

 Mecinus circidatus, two or three in moss on the beach ; Tychiiis Schneideri, one 

 only, on the east cliffs, in June ; Slbynes arenaria, locally abundant at roots of 

 Arenaria marina, near the railway bank ; Baris laticollis, occasionally crawling on 



