118 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Coleoptera. The larva and imago feed on tlie false chamo- 

 mile, from which the imago may be taken in April, May and 

 June, wherever the above plant occurs. The imago leaves 

 the pupa stale in autumn and hybernates, and may be found 

 sparingly during the winter months by pulling tufts of grass 

 and shaking them over paper, 



Phyllotreta meltena. Extremely numerous on sea-rockets 

 and other plants in May, June and July, and at roots of grass 

 during the winter all over the island. 



Thyamis dorsalis. Generally considered a scarce species, 

 but very common here on groundsel and ragwort in April and 

 August (being double-brooded }), the leaves of which are 

 quite riddled by them. It is to be found at the roots of grass 

 all through the winter. 



Ischnomera melanura. Another very abundant species, 

 occurring among the shingle at bottom of stakes, old pools, 

 &c., in company with Anobium domesticatum ? and Helops 

 caeruleus. It is a curious habitat for this insect. The larva 

 feeds in the tops of the stakes, many of which are covered 

 with water in gales of wind and at spring tides, but in June 

 the imago leaves the lop of the post and ascends to the 

 shingle, where they copulate, and the female ascends again 

 to lay her eggs in the upper part of the post. The imago 

 should be searched for not later than the middle of June. — 

 H. Moncieajf; Southsea, July 20, 1868. 



Entomological Notes from Deal. — This has indeed been a 

 butterfly year : for many a year I have not seen Pyrameis 

 Cardui so numerous, and the larva is not at all particular 

 about its food ; I have some feeding on scarlet beans and 

 others on mallow (Malva sylvestris). Choerocarapa Porcellus 

 and C. Elpenor have frequented the blossoms of the honey- 

 suckle in some numbers, and I have taken several ; and also 

 a single specimen of Deilephila Galii. Lithosia pygmaeola is 

 now out on the hills; Pterophorus Leinigianus is also out in 

 its locality. Sugar is well frequented at night with swarms 

 of Xylophasia polyodon and Agrotis Segetum : they are quite 

 a pest, as there is no chance of getting anything else while 

 they occur : they give battle to everything that comes in 

 their way. The larvae of the common puss are to be had in 

 any number on sallow, willow, and black poplar. — /f. ./. 

 Harding ; 131, Lower Street, Deal, Kent. 



