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to the ground underneath, they are very easily passed over entirely, even where most 

 abundant ; at roots of Anthyllis, Daucus, and other plants I also found Otiorhynchus 

 scabrosus, Orthochcetes setiger, Tychius lineatulus, Corticaria curta, Corylophus cos- 

 sidioides, &c. A single specimen of Baris laticollis turned up on a wall in the town. 



On and about the undercliff Aphthona venustula was plentiful on Euphorbia, and 

 Batophila cerata swarmed on every hawthorn bush. I also took Thyainis dorsalis, 

 Phyllotreta nodicornis, and other SalticidcB, Pogonochoerus dentatiis, Adimonia 

 sanguinea, Sitones ononidis, Atomaria fumata, and others, but nothing like what one 

 might have expected from the locality and time of year. 



At Sandown the cliffs had been thoroughly washed by heavy rain, but under- 

 neath grass and dSbris at their foot I found a single specimen of Cathormiocerus 

 socius, some common Trachyphloei, Oxytelus insecatus, Dermestes undulaUis and 

 other species. At roots of Anthyllis, a little way up the cliff, I found a single 

 specimen of Otiorhynchus Ugustici (thanks to Mr. Blatch, who told me the exact 

 locality). Among Hemiptera I found Coreus scapha in abundance and two speci- 

 mens oi Fodops inunctus occurred in an ants' nest : besides Solenopsis fugax (recorded 

 ante p. 139), the only Hymenopterous insect I noticed, of any consequence, was 

 Andrena pilipes. 



In a marshy hollow surrounded by willows not far from Brading which I worked 

 for a few minutes, I found several good things, such as Eypera suspiciosa, Plectros- 

 celis subccerulea, and Thyamis Waterhousei. Cercus pedicularius was in great 

 abundance : this place looked to me one of the best localities in the island, it is on 

 the left of the road leading from the Roman Villa to Newchurch, about a mile from 

 the former. 



Carabidce were very scarce, all common species, and these occurred sparingly. 

 Harpalus rubripes, which is generally a pest, was found with difficulty, and H. 

 caspius, azureus, and serripes occui-red almost singly. The Stenolophi were repre- 

 sented by one specimen of S. meridianus, and the Dromii by Blechrus maurus : the 

 better undercliff species seemed entirely absent. — W. W. Fowlek, Lincoln : No- 

 vember \Uh, 1882. 



Coleoptera at Mablethorpe. — The sand-hills which line the Lincolnshire coast 

 at Mablethorpe are, at certain seasons, very prolific in Coleoptera. Wliile visiting 

 in that neighbourhood in June, and again in October last, I spent a few days along 

 the coast, and took, among many others, the following Coleoptera : — Hydnobius 

 punctatissimus, $ $ , this insect is of rare occurrence ; Corticaria Wollastoni and 

 crenulata, Choleva sericea, Stenus suhmneus, Tachyusa flavitarsis, Thyamis suturalis, 

 Othius melanocephaliis, Scaphidema ceneum, Trechus obtusus, Dromius melanoce- 

 phalus, Saprimis metallicus, Anomala Frischii ; also one of the rarer Anisotomce, 

 and others not as yet determined. — H. Bedfoed Pim, 2, Crown Office Eow, 

 Temple : November, 1882. 



Anthicus bimaculatus, III., near Liverpool. — It may interest some of the readers 

 of the Eut. Mo. Mag. to know, that I had the good fortune to capture a specimen 

 of the above rare beetle on April 29th last, on the Crosby Sandhills, where it was 

 crawling on the bare sand in a hollow, sheltered from the gale which was blowing a 



