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A good deal of time was spent on the few sheltered sandy 

 beaches, but the examination of moss and shaking old reeds at the 

 side of the lake were the most productive methods of collecting. A. 

 few species were taken under the bark of fir logs, this tree being 

 evidently a comparatively recent introduction, and a large Longicorn 

 larva, which I was unfortunately unable to identify, was common in 

 this situation. I have to thank Mr. Dorricn Smith for kindly giving 

 me permission to collect anywhere on the island, including his beauti- 

 ful sub-tropical garden. 



The Coleopterous fauna of the islands evidently closely resembles 

 that on the neighbouring mainland. Mr. Tomlin and I spent a few 

 days in Cornwall when I returned from Scilly, and I was much struck 

 by the number of comparatively uncommon species which occurred 

 in both localities. Among these may be mentioned Badister pelt at us, 

 Pz., Pterostichus gracilis, Dej., L&mostenus complanatus, Dej., Oxi/poda 

 perplexa, Muls., and Pissodes notatus, F. 



This is in marked contrast to Lundy Island, which seems to 

 harbour so many species not found on the North Devon coast. Nor 

 do I think that the number of species inhabiting Scilly will ever 

 prove to be as many as on Lundy. At present the totals are 269 and 

 464 respectively, but Scilly has not yet beeu so well worked. The 

 Scilly group consists of a number of comparatively low lying rocky 

 islets (none I believe being higher than 160 ft.) with a good deal of 

 sand, very little damp marshy ground, but a few large ponds. The 

 ground evidently gets very much dried up by the end of summer, as 

 indeed Mr. Champion mentions in his note. Lundy, on the other hand, 

 stands straight out of the sea, some 300 to 450 ft. high, so that, even 

 in fine weather, there is often a cloud clinging to its summit, which 

 no doubt prevents undue evaporation of moisture. On the east side 

 there are many damp places and small rock pools, and here the moss 

 is wonderfully deep, and the vegetation thicker and more luxuriant 

 than anything I saw on Scilly at the same time of year. The follow- 

 ing is a list ot the Goleoptera not before recorded from the Scilly 

 Islands, including two which I saw in a small collection made by one 

 of Mr. Dorrien Smith's gardeners, Mr. E. Smith. 



Cicindela campestris, L., very abundant. Notiophilus biguttatus, F. Leis/ns 

 fulvibarbis, Dj. Nebria brevicollis, P. Loricera pilicornis, F. Dyschirius glo- 

 bostts, Ilbst. Badister peltatus, Pz , not rare by shaking old bundles of reeds lying 

 on the ground. Stenolophus vespertinm, Pz. Acupalpun exiguus, Dej. Harpalus 

 latus, L. Anisodactylus bi>io(atus,v. spurcaticornis, Dej., two specimens. Pterosti- 

 chus cupreus, L. ; P. nigrita, F ; P. gracilis, Dej., common. Amara lucida, Duft. 



