IIQ [October, 



Notes on Coleoptera at Southend and its neighbourhood. — Having been located 

 here since the beginning of May, with leisure to resume my entomological pursuits, 

 I have been able to investigate a Httle the riches of this place as regards beetles. 

 The follomng are among the most noteworthy I have observed, but I have captured 

 many small species, undetermined at present, of which I hope to send a supplemental 

 account. 



The sand-banks between this and Shoebury are the great feature here, and 

 these have produced to me Falagria thoracica, Quedius humeralis, Sunius filifonnis, 

 8, intermedius, Xantholinus tricolor, Crypticus qtdsquilius (this species is very 

 common here, and seems to delight chiefly in such parts of the sandhills as have 

 moss growing in the sand, when, by parting the moss with the digger, they appear 

 in httle companies, instantly diving headlong again for shelter), Anthicusinstahilis, 

 Trachyphlceus scaber, scahriculus, and spinimanus, Omias Bohemanni, Otiorhynchus 

 raucus, Orthochcstes setiger, Chrysomela, Banksii and lamina, Cassida nohilis, Lasia 

 glohosa (abundant), and Psatnmoschus hipunctatus. 



Damp places between the town and the Shoebury bank contain Stenus pici- 

 pennis and Molytes coronatus. 



My best captures, however, have been among the wood-feeders : in decayed 

 oak I observed Helops cceruleus (the larva of which must be two years at least 

 before maturing, as I saw it in all sizes, as well as the perfect beetle), Euglenes 

 oculatus, and Dorcatoma flavicornis, chrysomelina, and rubens (the latter I only 

 found dead, being too late for it ; in one tree, however, it must have abounded) ; 

 I also took Paromalus flavicornis, Symhiotis latus, Quedius cruentus, Scolytus rugu- 

 losus, and Hylastes cwiicularius ; and, in dead broom, Phlceophthorus rhododactylus 

 (common) and one Hijlurgus pilosus (?J. In fungi there were to be had Oxyporusrufus, 

 Pocadius ferrugineus, and Triphyllus suturalis. Casually I found in the road, near 

 Benfleet, Panagaus 4.-pustulatus, and, in a similar situation, near Rochford, Ta/phria 

 nivalis was common one day, and nothing else to be seen. Harpalus rwpicola 

 is common at the west of Cliif Town, and Baridius lepidii, Cceliodes exiguus, Lisso- 

 dema i-g^Mata (common in dead sticks). Colon sp?, Syntomium ceneum, and Thia- 

 sophila angulata, occurred in chance places. 



Taking the hint given by Mr. Eye in a former No. of the Magazine, I visited 

 some plants of Sisymbrium officinale, and soon had the pleasure of getting a good 

 series of certain CeuthorhyncM : — C. cyanipennis, chalybceiis, quadridens, floralis, 

 pyrrhorhynchus, and contractus, making quite a family party. Notes like his are 

 much to be valued, affording as they do pleasure to read, and more practical results 

 in the enrichment of collections. A Ceuthorhynchus, which Mr. Rye informs me 

 is the C. vicinus of Brisout, hitherto considered by British entomologists as a small 

 variety of C chrysanthemi, occurs on the sand rarely. — Henry S. Gouham, 10, 

 Cambridge Terrace, Southend, August llth, 1867. 



Notes on Coleoptera in Morayshire. — While spending a portion of June and 

 July of the present year in Morayshire, I gladly availed myself of the opportunity 

 of becoming acquainted with its Coleopterous inhabitants. As the soil in the 

 neighbourhood of Forres, where I had my head quarters, is very dififerent in its 

 character from that of the district in which I usually reside, I anticipated the 

 pleasure of falling in with a few desirable species. For several miles inland, 



