324 THE entomologist's record. 



®^OLEOPTERA. 



CoLEOPTERA AT MiCKLEHAM AND DeAL IN SEPTEMBER, Dui'ing the 



latter part of September I had some collecting in the south of England, 

 one day being spent on Micklehara downs, and about a week at Deal 

 and in its vicinity. Having now worked out the captures, with the kind 

 assistance of Professor Beare, I append a list of the more interesting 

 species taken : — Harpaliis seri-ufi, Duft., H. serripes, Sch., and H. 

 iijnavus, Duft., were obtained sparingly on the sandhills at Deal, as was 

 also Demetrias unipimctatits, Germ. In some ditches near the golf club- 

 house, the following water- beetles were obtained — Noterus >iparsus, 

 Marsh., Laccop/iilus interruptns, I'unz., L. nlm'iirm,J^anz., L. rarieiiatus, 

 Germ., Hydroportis lineatiis, F., H. a)i(iiistatus, Sturm., and H. rittula, 

 Er. On the pavement at Canterbury, one bright sunny day, I took an 

 example of the var. biniacidatiis, Grav., of Fhilonthiin raiiiis. At Deal, 

 on a dead sea-bird, Derinestes undidatus, Brahm, was taken, and, on the 

 road between Deal and Walmer, Aphodiim foetms, F., A. porruK, F., 

 and Adinionia tanaceti, L. Psi/lliodes attennata, Koch, was obtained by 

 sweeping, and Heliopathea pibbiis, F., was plentiful on the sandhills, but 

 I only captured one specimen of Microzontii tibialc, F. At Shepherds- 

 well, by sweeping, I obtained Apion siibiilatinn, Kirb., A. viciniim, Kirby, 

 and at Mickleham, Apion pnbescens, Kirby. By beating young oaks at 

 Shepherdswell, I took three specimens of Orchestex ai-ellanae. Don. 

 Sibinia priniita, Herbst, turned up singly at Mickleham, and 6^2/w«('t/-o?/ 

 melanariiis, Germ., at Shepherdswell. Ci'utlwrhi/nfhiis f/eof/rapkicus, 

 Goeze, was found sparingly at Deal by sweeping Echiiim vuhjarc, and 

 of C. e^iphorbute, Bris., I got one example at Mickleham, also one 

 specimen of Ceiitlior/n/nrJiidii(s rufulns, Duf., at Deal. — James E. 

 Black, F.E.S., Nethercroft, Peebles, N.B. Octobey 19th, 1904. 



DORYTOMUS MELANOPHTHALMUS, Pk. — ErROR IN CATALOGUE. In OUr 



catalogue (Beare and Donisthorpe, Cat. Brit. L'oleoptera, 1904, p. 40), 

 by a printer's error, we are made to represent that only the var. 

 a<inatlius, Boh., of Dortjtoumx melanophthahim^, Pk., occurs in Britain, 

 and not the type. The " v." should have been placed in front of 

 atjnathus, and not on the line above. I), tiielanopht/iahnns is, of course, 

 British, as well as its var. There is a long series in the "Power" 

 collection taken by that collector at Esher, and I have a specimen 

 which I took at Shortlands on June 14th, 1890. D. nielanop/ithalinus 

 may be known from D. jwctoralis by its longer rostrum, which is bent 

 and rounded for its whole length. The var. afpiathnx has the siiture 

 of the elytra dark. — Horace Donisthorpe. November l.st, 1904. 



CoLEOPTERA IN SussEx. — Oil May 25th this year, Mr. Donisthorpe 

 and myself had a trip to Ditchling, Sussex, in quest of Ih/schirius 

 politua, Dj. The day was ideal, and we started for our locality, which 

 was a large sand-pit, with great expectations. We soon settled down 

 to work, breaking up the lumps of sand near burrows made by Bledius 

 opacus, in which place I had before taken it. Soon we had our first 

 capture, which was followed by others, until we each had enough for 

 our series. While at work, we came across a few other species, some 

 of which are rather unusual, so I have added a short account of them. 

 Bembidiiiiii fenioratuvi and B. littorale were plentiful in the sand, with 

 a few Harpalua ru/icornis, Pteroiiticlnis viadidiiti, etc.; Aleochara cunicu- 

 lorujii was in fair quantity in rabbit-burrows, where Lcstera lomielytrata 



