190 t January, 



men of Leptinus which I fancy was taken in the runs of Formica fuUginosa. At 

 the entrance to the burrows of tlie larvsc of Cossus, I have found Cryptarcha strirjata, 

 C. imperialis, Epuraa decenijjiinctata, E. olsoleta (this latter was also common on 

 a wet oak-stump), Soronia grisea, a $ JTomalofa cinnamomea, and some obscure 

 UomalotcB. While fishing in the Rother at Eobertsbridge, my brother found a fine 

 PanagcBus crux major crawling on his trowsers. I have never seen the Camber 

 sandhills so deficient in insect-life since I have collected there. The only things 

 worth bringing home were Bledias unicornis and Z-cornis and Psylliodes marcida 

 common on a few plants of Cakile maritima. 



Since sending the note on the Myrmecophilous Coleoptera (Ent. Mo. Mag., xx, 

 p. 40), I have found, in a nest oi F. fuUginosa at Battle, a specimen of Ilyrmedonia 

 lugens, accompanied by M.funesta and Oxypoda vittata. \In moss at Guestling I 

 have taken Trachys troglodytes, Liosomus troglodytes, L. ohlongulus (rarely). 

 Tychus niger, Scydmcenus denticornis, Cephennium thoracicum, &c., &c. 



The following I have also met with : Flmis ceneus, Guestling and Fairlight ; 

 Litnnius tuherculatus, Crowhurst j Anohiumfulvicorne ; Mordellafusciata, sparingly, 

 Ashburnham and Battle ; Qrypidius equiseti, Battle ; Wiynchites pubescens, Gruest- 

 ling; By ZoJitw a JzV^w, plentifully, Fairlight; Callidium alni,Crovfh.\xrBt; Bemlidinm 

 prasinum, one at Bulverhithe ; Bryaxis sanguinea, Leistus rufescens, under rejecta- 

 menta, Guestling; Oxyporus rufus, sweeping, Fairlight; Antherophagus pallens, 

 sweeping, Guestling ; Scaphidium 4:-maculaium, in a cai"t-rut at Guestling, com- 

 pletes the list of the better things. 



Hemiptera have been nearly as scarce as the Coleopitera,h\it MegaloccercBa longi- 

 cornis and Acetropis Qimmerthalii were abundant at Fairlight. Thanks to Mr. 

 Herbert Henry, who conducted me to the exact spot at Ashburnham, I was enabled 

 to take Chilacis typhce, in comparative plenty, in the heads of TypJia latifolia. 

 It occurred in all stages, both in this year's heads and also, but more plentifully, 

 in last year's. Anthocoris sarotJiamni occurred sparingly on its usual food plant at 

 Guestling. Sweeping has produced Calocoris striattis, C . fulvomacidatus, and Kabis 

 flavomarginatus, all three taken singly at Guestling. On two occasions I have met 

 with Macrolophus nubilus by sweeping bracken in places where Stachys sylvatica 

 was conspicuous by its absence. Amblytylus affinis occurred near Battle pretty 

 commonly. With it were a few Macrocoleus moUiculvs ;' Oerris najas is common 

 on all running water and on the powder-mill ponds ; O. pallidum is to be seen, but 

 rarely caught, except in windy weather, when thoy generally lie vxnder shelter of the 

 bank. 



It may not be out of place to mention^that Vanessa cardui has been abundant 

 here as elsewhere, and that I saw a specimen of Colias Edusa on the railway em- 

 bankment at Bopeep the other day. Fanessa Atalanta has been far more abundant 

 than of late years. — Edwd. P. Collett, 76, Islip Street, Kentish Town, N.W. : 

 October \1th, 1883. 



Myrmecoxenus vaporariorum, Ou4r, tfc, at Dulwich. — Among some Coleoptera 

 recently named for me by the Rev. W. W. Fowler are two specimens of this insect, 

 taken in either May or June of the present year from a hotbed in this neighbourhood. 

 I was able only to pay one visit to the bed, which was soon after destroyed, so that 



