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sand on tlic beach in company with a rather dark form of Bledius arenarius ; 

 Pteroslivhus vitreus, Trechus rubens, and Pairobus assimilis, rarely under stones on 

 high moorland ; Cillenus lateralis, sparingly ; Creophilus maxillosus, in carrion and 

 decaying seaweed ; Bledius spectabilis and Heterocerus marginatus, common in 

 sandy mud on the shore, the latter species varying to a handsome unicolorous dark 

 fuscous form without any markings ; Oliorrhynchus blandus, on the sandhills, and 

 O. rugifrous, under stones on turf walls ; Sitoties griseus, a very large form, and -S. 

 lineellun, rarely on the sandhills, with unusually large and nearly white females of 

 Philopedon geminatus ; Orchestes saliceti, Dorytomus hirtipennis, and D. pectoralis, 

 sparingly on young willows. — Jajies J. Walkee, H.M.S. " Northampton," Devon- 

 port : Aftgusl lOM, 1895. 



Coleoptera in KeKt during Jane. — I spent nearly the whole of June on leave of 

 absence at Sheerness, but found beetles decidedly scarce, chiefly owing to the per- 

 sistently dry weather which prevailed during that month. Still, I managed to add 

 a few interesting species to my list of Coleoptera occurring in the Chatham district, 

 which now includes nearly 1400 species, more than two-fifths of the British list. 



At Snodland and Cuxton I met with Taphria nivalis and Ocypus pedator, under 

 stones on the chalk hills ; Ani-sotoma curvipes, Schmidt {ynavropus, Rye), a fine ^ , 

 in company with A. punctulata, by sweeping in a woody lane, miles away from any 

 fir trees ; Telephorus translucidus, sparingly in wood paths (also at Cobham Park) ; 

 Silis rtificolUs, Malachius marginellus, Cassida equestris, Donacia affinis, and 

 Gymnetron veronica, by sweeping in a marshy place close to Snodland ; in this spot 

 I also found Aitoplvs roboris rather freely on young alder shoots, and obtained a good 

 series of Ceathor rhynchus urticie by persistently working at Stachys palustris, which 

 had not yet come into flower. These last two insects were exceedingly local, each 

 being confined to a space of a few yards in extent. 



Heptaulacus villosus again turned up at Cobham Park in the precise spot where 

 Dr. Sharp and I found it in 1889, and curiously enough, on the anniversary of that 

 great haul of the species (cf. Ent. Mo. Mag., ser. i, vol. xxv, pp. 325, 359), but on 

 this occasion it was in very scanty numbers. 



Chattenden Roughs produced, among very many other species, both forms of 

 Lehia chloroeephala, Throscus elateroides and carinifrons, Telephorus figttratus 

 (common), Saperda populnea in abundance on some youug aspens, Gryptdius 

 equiseti, Liosomus oblongulus (3) ; I also found this species here in March last, in 

 moss, along with Euryporus picipes, Dryoccetes coryll (1), &c. 



Cryptocephalus hipunctalus, var. lineola, occurred in profusion on some st unted 

 hazels at Queendown Warren at the end of June, and in the same locality I took 

 Hydnohius strigosus, Phyfctcia rylindrica, Cryptocephalus biliiieatus, Rhynchites 

 pubescens, &c. 



I had one day's collecting at Deal, which was somewhat spoiled by a cool east 

 wind, but on the banks of a ditch, at the back of the sandhills, I took no less than 

 nine species of Donacia in a few minutes, viz., bicolora, thalassina, cinerea and 

 affinis sparingly, and limbata, simplex, clavipes, sericea and nigra in abundance. 



The only beetle worth mentioning from the Isle of Sheppcy was Bruchus canus, 

 oi which I got a small series by sweeping on the edges of the uliils.— Id. 



