COLEOPTERA TAKEN AT DITCHLING. 21 



locality. Here it was that Dr. Power found Lehia crux-minor not 

 uncommonly, O.riilaemwi rarioloms, and other most choice 

 species. Ochthebius e.varatiis, Muls. One example from off 

 Siiariianiuin on September 12th. Vhloeopora corticalis, Gr. 

 Occasional specimens from out of oak boughs, and under oak- 

 bark in April and September. ■■'Caloilera riparia, Er., by shaking 

 thick moss in a small wood in May; very rare. -'Calodera 7niibrosa, 

 Er. One from a sand-pit on May 12th. Thcniiiaraea cinnainoniea, 

 Or., and -'T. hospita, Miirk, from C'o.ss?f,s-infected oaks in August. 

 ■•'Alianta incana, Er., was very common in leaf-axils of Typlia lati- 

 folia throughout the late summer. ' Homalota vldoiKjiuacida, Sbp., 

 was not uncommon in dead leaves and thick moss in the spring. 

 ■■'■H.jjar/ana, Er., several in "water-traps" on the Downs in September. 

 H. nitjella, Er., was found in reeds ; not uncommonly. H. aequata, 

 Er., and "^ linearis, Gr., were both common in fallen oak boughs in 

 April and May. *//. innuersa, Er.,was also found in these rotten oak 

 boughs, though not commonly, -'H. cnspidata, Er., rarely under bark 

 of oaks. '^H. intermedia, Th., and */^. testndijiea, Er., were both 

 found somewhat freely in thick moss in a field adjoining the house. 

 '^Tachyusa atra, Gr,, rare, in pond debris. ■''Mj/riiiecojiora iirida, Er. 

 I found this species in great profusion among sea-weed at Shoreham 

 on April 24th. Fyncephalns conijdicans, West. Some twenty specimens 

 were shaken from moss and out of grass roots in April and May ; one 

 example was found also in late September. ^Oijrophaena stricttila, Er., 

 was obtained in the greatest profusion from Daedalea quercina on an 

 old stump on May 5th. ■■'Silusa rid)i;iinosa, Er., somewhat rarely, in 

 oaks attacked by larva' of L'osaus on September 10th. Deinopsis erom, 

 Steph., was first taken in the Ditchling district on April 13th. Only odd 

 individuals have been noticed since, and always on the margins of small 

 ponds or ditches. ^Tachijporus forinosus, Mat., and T. solutus, Er. These 

 two species, although very local, both occurred in moderate numbers in 

 one or two chosen haunts. I obtained both by shaking out large 

 tussocks of coarse grass. ■■Tachyporus pallidus, Shp., was very common 

 indeed among reed heaps at the Offham osier beds, near Lewes. 

 Mycetoporus clavicornis, Steph., was common in the sand pit during 

 late spring. M. angidaris, Rey., was taken once only from a hay 

 stack on August 14th. ■'Heterotliops binotata, Gr., was not uncommon 

 among seaweed at Shoreham on April 24th. ■■QiiediKs rentralis, Ahr. 

 1 was very delighted to take this tine insect at Ditchling, it being a 

 very interesting addition to my list of the coleopterous fauna of the 

 district. I discovered it in its usual habitat in a large beech copse 

 near Stanmer Park, some 800 feet above sea level. Stap/iylinus 

 pubescens, De G. The first and only specimen I have taken around 

 Ditchling was captured on April 30th, in a manure heap. ■■■ L'hilonthuH 

 corruscus, Gr. One fine male captured from a dead rabbit on 

 May 5th. In spite of much hard work, I failed to turn up 

 any more of this very scarce and handsome species. ■'Actobias 

 procerulhs, Gr. Three or four from the sand-pit on May 6th. 

 Suniiis intermedins, Er. A few from stack refuse in the spring, and 

 commonly therefrom on September 29th. The genus Stenns is 

 strongly represented around Ditchling. I have now a record of just 

 40 species from the neighbourhood. Among these, a few of this 

 year's captures are of the more scarce forms : — incrassatus, Er. (not 



