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Coleoptera at Chirique. — A little while ago I had a short letter, dated September 

 5th, from Mr. G. C. Champion, who has so long been collecting Coleoptera, &c, in j 

 Guatemala : he says that he is now located in the department of Chirique, adjoining 

 Costa Rica ; for the last four months he had been working the forest on the slope of 

 the volcano of Chirique : he had already collected perhaps 1000 to 1500 species, by 

 far the greater majority of which were identical with those of Guatemala : still he 

 has taken many nice additions in Coleoptera — various Cicindelidce, Lehiidce 

 (many species), Lampyridce, Lycidce, Chrysomelidce, Halticidce, Hispidce, Cassidce, 

 Longicomes, Lamellicornes, Prachelytra, &c. Mr. Champion asked me to notify, 

 his change of address from Guatemala to David, Chirique, U. S. Colombia. — W. W. 

 Fowler, Lincoln : November 14th, 1881. 



Phytosus balticus, §c, at Mablethorpe. — Last August I spent a short time at I 

 Mablethorpe on the Lincolnshire coast, and I found a few Coleoptera that are 

 perhaps worth recording : perhaps Phytosus balticus in considerable numbers below 

 high water mark is the best. Phytosus spinifer also occurred in the same locality, 

 but not nearly as plentifully. I believe that the Phytosi have not before been 

 recorded from Lincolnshire. On the sand-hills one of the commonest beetles was 

 Demetrias monostigma, which I had never before taken. Thyamis marcida was 

 fairly abundant, and Psylliodes chrysocephala very plentiful, the var. nigricollis 

 being rather rare. I also took on the sand-hills Taphria vivalis, Ceuthorhynchus 

 asperifoliarum, Otiorhynchus muscorum, Meligethes viduatus (kindly determined for 

 me by M. Brisout), and other things. In a dyke I found Hydroporus assimilis, 

 Philhydrns testaceus, nigricans, and ovalis, and many common water-beetles. The 

 only Hemipterous insect I noticed was Orthostira parvula in some numbers in moss 

 on the sand-hills. — Id. 



Captures of Coleoptera in 1881 — The following notes on my captures during 

 the past season may, perhaps, be of interest. 



At Dulwich : Dromius 4-signatus (3), Pterostichus picimanus and incequalis, 

 Bembidium obliquum (on the banks of a small pond), Aleochara lata, Tachinus 

 scapularis (3), Ochina hederce, Apion cruentatum, Phylloireta ochripes (the com- 

 monest of the genus), and Psylliodes chrysocephala, var. nigricollis, were, perhaps, 

 the best. 



West Wickham produced Padister sodalis ; Calathus picens ; Stenolophus 

 teutonus ; Hydroporus marginatus (one specimen, found in the sweeping net !) ; 

 Mycetoporus lucidus ; Staphylinus stercorarius (three, in cow-dung) ; Ocypus fus- 

 catus (three, beneath stones) ; Antherophagus silaceus ; Aphodius putridus, Zenkeri, 

 porcus, and obliteratus ; Opilus mollis, Hedobia imperialis, Salpingus castaneus 

 (common on pine), Ceuthorhynchideus horridus, Cionus pulchellus, Tychius venustus, 

 Otiorhynchus muscorum, Parynotus obscurus, Prasocuris aucta (several at roots of 

 trees, in February), and Coccinella hieroglyphica (a few, on heather), and ocellata 

 (common on pine). Aphodius porcus was in the greatest profusion in one particular 

 field. I took in all one hundred and sixty specimens, and might easily have cap- 

 tured double the number, had I felt inclined. By far the greater proportion of 

 these were to be found within half an inch of the ground, in patches of horse-dung, 

 the insect appearing to burrow beneath the droppings, and then tunnel upwards. 



