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this favourite locality of late years is to be deplored. I believe a 

 fair number of Dianthoecia alblmacula were taken on this part of 

 the coast during June, and the luxuriant and varied mass of wild 

 flowers in the Warren, which is spreading rapidly over the scene 

 of the well-known landslip, should, if undisturbed, prove an 

 attractive bait in future years to many good species. 

 Summerfiold, Weybridge, August 15, 1882. 



NATURAL LOCALITIES OF BRITISH COLEOPTERA. 



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



No. VII.— SALTERNS AND SALT-MARSHES— WATER COLLECTING. 



Salt-marshes contain many peculiar plants, and to these 

 certain beetles, especially Curciilionidse, attach themselves : thus 

 Ajnon limonii may be found in abundance on the sea lavender 

 [Statice limonium). Many good Carabid?e may also be found 

 under stones or running on the mud, but they do not differ as a 

 rule from those already referred to as frequenting damp parts of 

 the sea-coast. 



One of the best collecting grounds in the country is Lymington 

 Salterns : the Salterns consist of a series of ponds, some empty, 

 and some half full of brackish water, with the dry parts and the 

 intervening spaces covered with maritime plants ; at the roots of 

 these plants or running upon the sand many species may be 

 found. My wife found the rare Anthicus saUniis in abundance in 

 April, and also Gronops lunatus, and later in the year I found 

 Sibynes arennrm in the greatest profusion, and several other 

 insects I want( d. I only had part of a day to collect in, or I 

 have no doubt tliat I should have found many good beetles (sucli 

 as Aepas, Dyschirii, Bledil, Sec). I should strongly recommend 

 any Coleopterist who visits the New Forest to run down and 

 work the Salterns for a day at least, as they are a very short 

 distance from Lyndhurst and Brockenhurst ; they used to be a 

 very favourite locality with many of the old collectors, such as 

 Mr. Dawson and others, if we may judge from the frequent 

 allusions made to them in their writings. 



With this passing mention of salt-marshes, which ijrojjerly 

 belonged to the last paper, we must go on to the main subject of 



