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Falagria tJioracica, Ho.malota plumhea, Saprinus marUinius,&nd a single specimen of 

 Acritus punctum ; in flood rubbish, Stilicus orhiculatus, and Paramecosoma melano- 

 cephala, abundant ; and in the " runs " of a Co55Ms-infested oak, Cryptarcha strigata 

 and Soronia punotatissima in profusion. It may be interesting to remark that I 

 traced the habitat of these two latter insects by the quantity of Syrphidce hovering 

 around the trunk of the tree. It was a hot day, and they were probably attracted 

 by the smell engendered. Mr. Lemann, who was with me in the excursion, made 

 some very good captures among them. On a holly close by. Pachyta 8-tnaculata 

 was swarming ; and from the same locality a few days later Mr. Lemann kindly 

 brought me Strangalia 4-fasciata. By sweeping the herbage on margins of a stream 

 Poophagtis nasturtii wa^ obtained. In a street of Plymouth Dermesfes Frischii ; in 

 dry shingly rubbish Cryptohypnus dermestoiden and its var. were taken, and on Dart- 

 moor a single specimen of Corymbites cBruginosus. 



My best capture, however, is that of Psammohius porcicollis (several specimens) 

 at Whitsand Bay, at roots of plants in the sandy soil, some of them being quite six 

 inches below the surface. Amongst a lot of beetles taken at odd times by Mr. 

 Hobbs, a bird preserver of Devonport, I have pleasure in noting Ulster stercorarius ; 

 unfortunately no record of the exact locality has been kept. — James H. Keys, 

 Plymouth : November, 1891. 



Coleoptera from the New Forest, S^c. — The following list of less common beetles 

 taken by me, or sent to me by persons collecting for me, since the beginning of the 

 year 1887, and the localities where they were taken, may prove not altogether 

 wanting in interest. Calosoma inquisitor ^ common in New Forest, in 1888 and 1889, 

 scarce since then. Dyschirius extenstcs,Desd, under flood refuse ; D. impunctipennis, 

 under stones and in burrows of Bledius fracticornis, Braunton Burrows ; I have also 

 from under seaweed in Poole Harbour a species of Dyschirius, apparently inter- 

 mediate hetyi een nitidus diudi politus. Panagceus 4-jOMs^M/a^ws, Woolacombe sands; 

 Pterostichus dimidiatus, near Wellington College ; Harpalus tenebrosus, Torquay ; 

 Deronectes latus, Darenth Wood ; Hydroporus marginatus, S.W. Hants or E. Dorset 

 (taken on a walking tour, exact locality not known). Hydrous piceus, London, 

 taken in Lincoln's Inn Gardens, where the pigeons had eaten off all the legs of the 

 beetle, which, however, was still alive, and had evidently come from the pond, which 

 was being cleaned out. Calyptomerus dubius, Offchurch Bury, near Leamington, 

 also Megatoma undata, Opilus mollis, and Hylesinus oleiperda, from the same 

 locality. Hydnobius punctatissimus, Portland, two specimens in a puddle. Ulster 

 hissexstriatus, Deal ; this species, with Saprinus ceneus, immundus, and metallicus, 

 seems to occur sparsely on the face of the sandhills, or in sand under dung ; S. 

 maritimus, on the other hand, occurred in great numbers in April, 1890, in the sand 

 close by the sea, but it was not to be taken at the same spot this year. From Deal 

 I may also record Bermestes undulatus, Anthicus bimaculatus (1890), and Melanotus 

 punctato-lineatus (1891). From the neighbourhood of Sittingbourne I have Aphodius 

 consputus and Zenkeri, the former occurring on a window pane, the latter taken 

 flying ; also Conopalpus testaceus. At Poole Harbour I took, in 1887, under 

 seaweed a damaged specimen of Plectroscelis Sahlbergi. From the New Forest, in 

 addition to those already mentioned from that locality, I have Anthaxia nitidula, 

 Agrihis sinuatus, and, I believe, viridis, Elater elongatidus, Lythropterus sanguino- 



