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mixture in a very decided manner. Among the Coleoptera 
which were not mentioned in M. Blanchard’s Report, we 
observed some of great interest, such, for instance, as the Cicin- 
dela tricolor of Siberia, three species of Purpuricenus (two of 
which closely resemble our own), a species of Anoplistes, a 
magnificent Dorcadion, a Clytus of large size and very 
remarkable appearance, a Cyrtognathus, a species of Akis, 
several Gymnopleuri, Sisyphi and Orthophagi (nearly related 
to oar own species), Anomala holosericea, &c. We have 
been disappointed at noticing, in three boxes of Coleoptera, 
the absence of the more striking species, such as Carabus 
pustulifer, Eriplotrupes sinensis, the Goliathi, and others no 
less interesting. It can scarcely be the fear of accidents to 
these valuable species that has prevented their exhibition, 
since admission was by tickets, which were only handed 
to gentlemen occupied in natural-history pursuits. It cannot 
be the fear of injury from light, since the collection has 
scarcely been exposed a week; and the Lepidoptera, the 
colours of which are. most sensitive in this respect, are not 
yet exposed; while the Coleoptera are placed so nearly in 
the dark that they can scarcely be seen, much less examined. 
—Editor; P. N. E. 
Anthicus bimaculatus.—Dr. Marmottan, in an excursion 
he has lately had in company with M. Berce, has discovered, 
in an essentially dry spot in the Forest of Fontainebleau, 
specimens of Anthicus bimaculatus, a species well known as 
a dweller on the sea-coast and the banks of rivers, but not 
previously found in dry situations.—J/d. 
Coleoptera near Nantes.—At the last sitting of the Ento- 
mological Society of France, M. Chevrolat gave some account 
of an entomological excursion he had made, during the 
second siege of Paris, to Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, near Nantes. 
He found two beetles new to Science :—a Sitones, which he 
proposes to call S. guttulata; and an Orchestes, for which he 
proposes the name of A. luteicornis.—Td. 
Limeaylon navale-—M. Berce observes that this beetle, 
noticed in the last ‘ Entomologist,’ is very common in the- 
timber-yards, and has occurred in the forests of France. It 
was esteemed rare in the Forest of Fontainebleau, where 
single specimens only have been taken ; but this year M. Berce 
has met with it in immense profusion in oaks which had been 
