20 THE entomologist's record. 



again in 1857, under the name of Luperinanickerlii, a perfectly correct 

 determination as we now know. But not satisfied with his own judg- 

 ment, he sent his specimens to Dr. Nickerl for his opinion, and in reply 

 M. Graslin was informed that he (Dr. Nickerl) " etait siir ijuc vHait la 

 iiieiiie csjiecf." In 1847, when first obtained, M. Graslin took these 

 specimens for southern forms of L. testacea, but on obtaining the larvae 

 in 1857, he compared them with those of f.. tcstacea, and found that 

 they were abundantly distinct. Subsequently, a look at Herrich- 

 Schafter's figure 5G5 of L. uichrrlii gave him a clue, and when he 

 considered the material obtained by him in the Pyrenees he included 

 Lupen'na nickerlii as a species new to the French fauna. 



Graslin's description of the larva is as follows : — 



" EUe est assez courte, amincie aux deux extremites, et ofifre 

 I'aspect d'une larva de Coleoptere. Lorsqu'elle est parvenue a la 

 derniere mue, elle est d'une couleur de chair sale, jaunatre, ou verdatre, 

 suivant les individus, un peu plus foncee sur le milieu des anneaux, 

 luisante et sans autre dessin que le vaisseau dorsal, qui parait d'un 

 gris roussiitre ou noiratre a travers la peau. Quelques individus ont 

 le dessus du dernier anneau lave de noiratre. La tete est petite, de 

 couleur d'ecaille blonde tris pale, ainsi qu'une plaque anale arrondie 

 par derriere et formant, vue de profil, comme deux bourrelets separes 

 par une depression circulaire; cette conformation n'est guere visible 

 qu'au moyen de la loupe. Les stigmates tres peu visibles ; meme vus 

 a la loupe, ils sont ovales, d'une couleur de chair rosee et finement 

 cercles de noir. Toutes les pattes sont de la couleur du ventre, avec 

 la pointe des ecailleuses et les crochets des membraneuses d'un brun 

 noir." 



He goes on to say that the larvrc feed on grasses which grow in 

 sandy places, hiding themselves about their roots. They surround 

 themselves as a rule, with their excrement, which forms a kind of 

 chamber for them. They attain their full size in the month of June, 

 and they fasten together with silk grains of sand, fibres of the roots of 

 grasses and their excrement to form, what can scarcely be called a 

 cocoon, so frail is it. 



The chrysalis is indistinguishable from that of L. iextacea. 



The imago emerges at the end of August and in the first fortnight 

 of Septeml)er. 



Coleoptera taken at Uitchling, Sussex, during 1911. 



By HEIIEWARD C. DOLLMAN, F.E.S. 

 April, the first ten days of May, August and September found me at 

 Ditchling. I was able, at various times, to do a considerable amount 

 of collecting, and now record those captures which seem of interest. 

 Benihidiinn ijiiadn'piistnlatioii, Dj. One specimen of this rare "Bem." 

 was taken from thick pond moss on August 17th. The pond at that 

 date was almost dry, and within a few days was baked up entirely. 

 Hi/d>'«l>'>>'i'^ ilixrrctns, Fair. A short series was taken by shaking out 

 reeds from ditches and ponds, in April and August. IJelo/ihoiu^ 

 tlorsalis, Marsh. A few of this species were taken from a running- 

 ditch at Ditchling on May 7th. Ihjdrnecia ni;irita, Germ., was very 

 common in this water. Both these species were found again in great 

 profusion at Ilolm Bush on August IGth. I owe my grateful thanks 

 to Dr. Longstafif for motoring me over to this one-time famous 



