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swept off fern ; Protinus atnmarius, by evening sTreoping ; Evplectus Devnyi, mrely, 

 under bark ; Scydmmius exilis, under bark ; S. denticornis imd angtdatus, by exening 

 sweeping ; Amphicylliis globus, with one specimen of a small pale unieolorous variety, 

 by evening sweeping : Liodes orhiculariK, two or three by evening sweeping ; 

 Anisotoma nigrita, usually somewhat rare (seen alive for the first time here by me) 

 seemed generally distributed over the forest, and not rare, as by sweeping from 

 sunset till dusk, in the rides of the plantations, we managed by hard work to secure 

 a good number, generally about a dozen in the two or three hours we worked for it 

 of an evening, and it was far commoner than calcarata. A. dvhia and litura and 

 Cyrtusa pauxilla (m-inuta, W. C.) also occurred sparingly. Colon hrunneum, a few, 

 in company with the ^?? 150^07)103 ; Phalacrus suhstriatus, one specimen, swept up; 

 Meligethes pedi''ularius, which seems to be the commonest species of the genus 

 (except, of course, ritfipes, ceneus and picipes) in the New Forest, as it occurred 

 freely by sweeping in the rides of the enclosures ; M. umbrosus, Ips femigineus, 

 Rhizophagus cribratus ; Thymalus, tolerably common in its usual habitats. Synchita 

 mediolanensis again occurred sparingly, under the bark of a small standing but 

 dead beech tree. LoeniophlcBus bimaculatus, two or three, Lathridius carbonarius, 

 a few, and Biploccelus fagi. The latter species (seen by me alive for the first time) 

 occurred in quantity, in company with the three preceding species, under beech bark, 

 apparently preferring the looser part, especially near the ground. Trachys troglo- 

 dytes, one specimen, by casual sweeping; Microrhagus pygmceus, a few specimens by 

 sweeping fern, &c. ; — one little patch of long grass invariably producing it. Elater 

 elongatulus ; I swept up, off fern, a single $ example, which sex is very much larger. 

 than (J , and apparently rare in British collections. Atlious rhombeus, two or three 

 specimens, dug out of a rotten oak log. Corymbites bipicstulatus, by sweeping. 

 Sericosomus brimneus ; rarely swept up. Malthodes dispar rarely, and M. atomus 

 commonly, by sweeping in plantations. Dasytes niger ; this scarce species, which 

 occurred to me very rarely last year, turned up in quantity one very hot day, 

 in flowers of Helianthemum vulgare, Pote')itilla reptans, Leontodon taraxacum and 

 Hieraciam, on the banks of a dry ditch, outside a young plantation of Scotch fir ; 

 it seemed very local, as I had been about the forest a week and had only picked up 

 two or three specimens previously. A second visit to the locality only produced a 

 few specimens, owing, perhaps, to it being very windy at the time. It also occurred 

 very rarely on stumps, in which I expect it breeds. Aspidophorus, swept up rarely. 

 Salpingus ater, by sweeping. Ahdera bfasciata, rarely, by sweeping. Phloeotrya 

 Stevensii ; we found about a dozen of this, with many more in the earlier stages, 

 in one rotten oak log. Connpalpus testace us ; I managed to secure a good set of 

 this by chipping away at the rotten, large broken-off oak boughs, and also in the 

 decayed part of the trunk, near the ground, of a standing oak ; I have also bred 

 two or three, since I have been back, from pupae taken. This species was not accom- 

 panied by Vigorsii. Tnmoxia bignJtata, tolerably common, as before, running about 

 in the hot sunshine, and settling on stumps and logs. Tychius 5-punctatus, tolerably 

 common, by sweeping two species of vetch in plantations ; one day I took about 40 

 specimens on one small patch of the plant ; but it is very difficult to secure in 

 good condition, more than half of the specimens taken being rubbed at the time of 

 capture ; it is also very wiry-legged, wanting to remain in laurel some time before 

 it will set easily. Of Rhinoncus denticollis I swept up three or four specimens, 

 in company with the Anisotomoe. Coeliodes subntfas, occasionally by sweeping. 

 Tomicus Saxesenii, by sweeping. Strangalia nigra, tolerably common in flowers, &c. 

 Leptura scrdellata, a number, dug out of the same stump as that in which I found 

 it last y«ir. Anoplodera sexguttata, rarely, in flowers. Chwtocnema confusa, by 



