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Lamprinus saginatus, S^c, in Dean Forest. — On Grood Friday last, I found a 

 single specimen of Lamprinus saginatus in moss, in one of the enclosures in the 

 Forest of Dean. In a large Boletus growing on a Beech stump near the " Speech 

 House," occurred Gyrophcena strictula and minima, and, under the bark of the same 

 stump, I captured Leptusa analis, and about 50 specimens of Pteryx suturalis. I also 

 took a few specimens of Homalota eremita in moss. B. eremita has occurred to me 

 in several midland counties, and is, therefore, not altogether a hill species as hitherto 

 supposed. — W. G-. Blatch, 214, Green Lane, Sraallheath, Birmingham : May \Qthy 

 1884. 



Coccinella hipunctata, L., and C. variabilis, III.^ in cop. — To-day I found a 

 male of the former in absolute conjunction with a female of the latter. The contrast 

 of colour and marking between the two was very conspicuous, for although C. 

 variabilis is protean in the pattern of its markings, it never simulates the constant 

 maculation of C. hipunctata.— J . W. Dof&las, 8, Beaufort Gardens, Lewisham : 

 I7th May, 1884. 



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A hunting ground on the south-east coast. — As the season for visiting the seaside 

 i is approaching, it may perhaps be useful to such entomologists as turn their atten- 

 i tion to Hastings as a summer resort, to be reminded of one of the few good hunting 

 grounds (at least, for Coleoptera and Hemi-ptera) that still remain intact in that 

 growing neighbourhood, where "bricks and mortar" are so rapidly carrying all 

 before them. The spot referred to has been frequently mentioned in the pages of 

 this Magazine, and is known as the Camber sandhills ; it consists of a stretch of low 

 dunes of blown sand held together by sturdy growths of Psamma arenaria, on the 

 eastern side of the mouth of the Bother. A run of twenty minutes from Hastings 

 in the commodious (!) carriages of the South-Eastern Eailway carries the explorer 

 to the ancient town of Rye, the point of disembarcation for Camber. Passing 

 through the town or round the base of the hill on which it is built, a ferry is reached, 

 by which one is conveyed across the muddy Bother. A level and uninteresting 

 [■walk of about a mile and a half, which in anticipation does not seem nearly so far, 

 'then leads along the bank of the river to the sandhills. The visitor should go pre- 

 pared to make a day of it, for, once landed at Eye, there is (owing to the delightful 

 i'^l arrangements of the Railway Company) no chance of a return to Hastings between 

 ^JL mid-day and evening, except on one day in the week. Arrived at the sandhills, 

 '''''1 various rejectamenta first claim attention, and are pretty sure to yield in plenty 

 i"fli £rosous, the two Bichirotrichi, and the disgustingly odorous Pogonus chalceus. 

 "?J Excrementitious matters and dead animals generally furnish good kSaprini, in- 

 cluding immundus, metallicus, and maritimus. Keptaidacus sus has also turned up 

 on one occasion. At the roots of the Psamma there are plenty of common things, 

 some of them, such as Coccidula rufa, in absolute swarms. JS'otoxus also is some- 

 times abundant hei-e. Though not a matter strictly entomological, it may be in- 

 teresting to note here that the pretty little pseudo-scorpion, Chelifer I)egeerii,Koch, 

 lf^\ is common in the same places. All the Calathi occur except 'piceus, the most ubi- 

 quitous being mollis, which is a perfect nuisance to the collector. On windy days 

 Mgialia arevaria 9.wd CneorJiinus geminatus vie with each other in equally futile 



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