40 Uuly, 



the surface of the soil, for hibernation here is very different to hibernation in Yoko- 

 hama, where the severe winter drives everything deep into the earth. Nagasaki is 

 protected on all sides by hills, and is perhaps the warmest nook in all Kiushiu, and 

 during the last ten days I have taken Adoretus, Chalcophora and Mesosa clinging 

 to a species of Celtis, and this morning a man brought me a dozen fine fresh speci- 

 mens of Batocera in a basket. Here Ophionea cyanocephala is abundant, but 

 nowhere else have I seen it in Japan, and other subtropical species are also confined 

 to this district, and I do not wonder in finding Eustra associated with them ; but 

 it would be a matter of surprise if it occurred in the north, where the winter is 

 long and severe. It was April before I obtained a specimen of Carabus in Yoko- 

 hama. — G-eorge Lewis, Nagasaki : 26th February, 1881. 



Coleoptera, Sfc, near Hastings. — On the 27th May last, I was fortunate enough 

 to meet with a specimen of Anthribus albinus in a sand pit here. A few days before 

 this I had picked up a specimen of Ccenopsis fissirostris in another sand pit. In the 

 latter pit we have found, at various times, plenty of Pselaphus Heisii, Bryaxis 

 fossulata, Cytilus varim, Orobites cyaneus, Lasia gJobosa, &c, and occasional speci- 

 mens of Pristonychus subcyaneus, Cychrus rostratus, Trox scaber, Plinthus caligino- 

 sus, Tanymechus palliatus, Chrysomela staphylea, C. didymata, &c. Of Hemiptera, 

 we have found there abundance of Sehirus biguttatus, a few Aradus depressus, and 

 an occasional specimen of Podops inunctus and Aneurus Icevis, and last, but not 

 least, the two specimens of Bothynotus pilosus already recorded. — E. N. Blomfield, 

 Gruestling Rectory : June, 1881. 



Notes on Coleoptera taken near Hastings. — Last September, I took on a mud-flat 

 at Darvel's Hole, near Battle, a Tachyusa I could not make out. I sent it to Dr. Power, 

 who has kindly examined it and determined it to be T. coarctata, a species introduced 

 by him as British ; and he thus remarks upon it : " Tachyusa coarctata is most in- 

 teresting to me, for I imagined that two in my collection were its sole representatives." 



I have several times taken Notiophilus quadripunctatus under Calluna ; there 

 seems to be much irregularity in the position of the four punctures from which it 

 takes its name. Tbese are in some specimens much farther apart than in others, 

 and even in the same insect their position is sometimes different on the two sides, 

 while one specimen I have has a point altogether deficient on one side. 



At Battle I have lately taken Conipora orbiculata by sweeping, and Euplectus 

 nanus with Phlozocharis subtilissima in dead oak twigs ; and at Hollington Scyd- 

 mcenus denticornis in moss. From Battle some of my pupils have brought in several 

 specimens of Anchomenus livens. Several collections made in this neighbourhood 

 have recently passed through my hands ; they contained, amongst other things, 

 Euryporus picipes and Acidota cruentata taken by Mr. S. Hume, and Ocypus 

 fuscatus and Megacronus cingulatus by Mr. W. Bennett. — E. A. Butleb, Hastings : 

 June 13th, 1881. 



Cicada montana. — A specimen of Cicada montana has been recently taken in 

 the larva state by Mr. G-eorge Tate, in the New Forest. The perfect insect emerged 

 a few davs ago.— B. riFFAEn, Lvndhurst : June \6th, 1881. 



