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iilso occurred, the latter, of course, was also flying about, and settling 

 anywhere ; Blediufi tipacnii was very profuse in the sand, which no 

 doubt accounted for our Dyachitins being fairly abundant. We had the 

 good fortune to secure one SaprinnH rin'scens, which had a good try to 

 escape from us, but without success ; one Laeon unirinus was taken, 

 the only one I have yet seen in the district. Plaf/io(iu7ins arenarius 

 was about at the rabbit dung, accompanied by common Aphodii ; 

 Stows subaenetis and Lercyon unipmictatus occurred very sparingly. Of 

 the commoner species the following were taken : — Trechiis imnutas, 

 Deinetrias atricapillns, Drusilla canalicidata, Hoinalota depressa, the two 

 common Tachypori, of course, were present ; Quedivs rafipes, Ocypun 

 olens, Philonthus politua and variiis, Xantholinus lonfiireiit) is, in the 

 sand ; Paedervs littoralis, Stenns similis, Mycetoponta lepidiis and 

 clavicornis, Claiiibiis armadillo, Ayathidiiini ma ryi nation, Cholera ciste- 

 loides, two or three in rabbit-burrows; Micraspis IG-pmictata , CorticaHa 

 elonyata, Telephorus liridns and bicolor, on wiug, settling on sand, etc.; 

 (Jhaetocnenia hortensis. Plectroscelis conciima, Apiun iiiiniatimi, Hypera 

 niyrirostris, and Metabletiis obsciiroyuttatiis, the latter fairly plentiful. 

 No doubt more species were to be had there, but we only had two or 

 three hours to spare before returning to London. — Hereward Dollman, 

 Hove House, 14, Newton Grove, Bedford Park. 



CoLEOPTERA IN SussEx, 1904. — The following captures of coleoptera 

 during the past season may prove interesting. I took an example of 

 O.rypoda spectabilis in April, crawling down a rabbit-burrow in a sand- 

 pit, at Ditchling ; one (Hlea silphoides beaten from "sallow" in same 

 locality, in early September; one Cyrhrtis rostratiis from moss, in 

 April, at Ditchling, in fact from moss oil" Ditchling Beacon itself; two 

 or three Taphria niralis in September, from moss at same locality ; 

 Stiliciis siibtilis fairly common in moss in spring and autumn, at 

 Ditchling. — Ibid, 



LaRV^ AND OVA OF CoLEOPTERA WANTED. Will Coleopterists who 



find anylarvffi or pup® of coleoptera which they do not require let me 

 have them for figuring purposes? Also any ova which are not wanted 

 would be most useful, as I wish to illustrate the metamorphosis of 

 every species I can obtain. I will do my best in return in coleopterous 

 imagines. — Ibid. [We trust that any entomologists who can help in 

 this direction will do so. It is really most desirable to have a coleop- 

 terist who is also an excellent artist, depicting the early stages of our 

 coleopterous fauna. — Ed.] 



CoLEOPTEEA IN THE New Forest IN 1904, — I have already recorded 

 the species of coleoptera I took in the New Forest in May {h!iit. J lee, 

 1904, p. 245), and, having visited the Forest twice since, ?'.«., four days 

 in July and the whole of August, when I made my head-quarters at 

 Lyndhurst, I now record the better species taken on these latter 

 occasions. Taphria niralis occurred at the roots of a " Cossus " tree, 

 and Notiophilus rnfipes was found on several occasions among dead 

 leaves. In a small pool of water in the sand-pit at Brockenhurst, 

 Hydroporus fiaripes, Hydraena testacea, Paracymus niyruaeneus and 

 Hydrochns a7i(/vstatiis, were fished out. Tachyporus hinncrnsns, (k-ypvs 

 compressus,Myllania kraat::ii,a,nd a nice series of Qitediiis iiiyriceps were 

 shaken out of moss. Mycetoporus daricornis was swept under beech- 

 trees, and Meyarthrus liemipteras was found in putrid fungi. Four 

 specimens of the rare Qnedius rentralis were taken by sifting very damp 



