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re-describe them so as to follow a certain uniform style, that may 

 facilitate identification in connection with the figures on the 

 plates. I shall be always most happy to acknowledge assistance 

 in matter or material for these papers from contributors to the 

 ' Entomologist,' but venture to suggest that while these " Con- 

 tributions to the History of British Pterophori" are appearing, 

 independent descriptions of "Plume" larvae, concurrently pub- 

 lished in the same pages, may lead to confusion. 



(To be continued.) 



NATURAL LOCALITIES OF BRITISH COLEOPTERA. 



By Rev. W. W. Fowler, M.A., F.L.S. 



No. v.— THE SEA-COAST. 



The beetles to be found on the sea-coast are so numerous, 

 and in many respects so peculiar both in their nature and in their 

 habitats, that it takes a long time to gain the experience necessary 

 for working them to much advantage. A collector, however, who 

 has hitherto collected only inland, will soon feel the sensation of 

 delight that an Entomologist alone can feel, as he realises how 

 totally different are the characters of the sea-coast and inland 

 fauna. Each sea-coast district, too, has its peculiar species, and 

 every fresh place near the sea which one visits is sure, if worked, 

 to produce something new and rare, and very often in abundance ; 

 thus, some time ago, I got over a hundred specimens of the rare 

 Sajjrinus inimundus, at Hunstanton. Last year I found Phytosus 

 balticus (not before recorded from Lincolnshire), in numbers at 

 Mablethorpe ; and last Easter I took Ceuthorhynchidius Dawsoni 

 in profusion near Ventnor. The great secret of all working is, 

 when you have found a good beetle, not to leave the spot in hopes 

 of finding more further on, but to note carefully the circumstances 

 under which you obtained the first, and work j^atiently until you 

 have discovered their habits. A good deal of time may seem 

 wasted, but when you have once found out tlie secret you will 

 probably soon make up the time a hundredfold. 



Although we have lately heard from Mr. McLachlan of a 

 marine caddis-fl}^ and cannot of course, after this, tell what dis- 

 coveries may be made, yet, so far as we know, no beetles are 

 actual inhabitants of the sea. One or two rare beetles, however, 



