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has only hitherto been tal<en most scantily by Messrs. 

 Clark and Wollaston. I also had the satisfaction of finding 

 ont that it is probably one of that singnlar tribe of Coleoptera 

 which are denizens of the ants' nests. 1 discovered a very 

 old nest of Formica fuliginosa, in an old tree well perforated 

 by the Cossns caterpillar, a combination which rendered it 

 very prolific. I dressed it np with grass, moss, &c., and took 

 from it a large number of species, including llaploglossa 

 genlilis, Thiasophila inquilina or Euryusa Kirbyi, whichever 

 it is to be, Homalota confusa, Myrmedonias various, all the 

 usual Cossus things, and lastly, the aforesaid Atomaiia fer- 

 ruginea, which came only from the heart of the tree, where 

 there were most ants. 1 was so surprised at this, that I 

 searched most carefully all round the tree, but found none. 

 1 have had the good fortune to take this insect in two other 

 localities this year, but accidentally only and by sweeping — 

 once at Mickleham, and also in a most favourite spot of mine 

 near Suibiton, which has afforded me about eight specimens 

 at different times. There is an ants' nest in the jdace, but I 

 have not been able to investigate it : I dare say the Ato- 

 niarias will be found to have connexion with it. The same 

 locality has supplied me with a large number of good insects, 

 amongst whicli 1 may mention Ceulhorynchus setosus and 

 viduatus, Eutheia plicata, Agaricophagus ce])halotes, Aniso- 

 toma parvula, Hydnobius strigosus and punctatus, Symbiotes 

 latus, Mordellistena pumila, Anaspis tlioracica, Silusa rubigi- 

 nosa, Epurea melina and longula, Bruchus luteicornis, and 

 many others. — /. A. Power ; 52, Burton Crescent, Septem- 

 ber 23, 1865. 



266. Dromius fasciatus at Littlington, near Roy fit on. — 

 In August I also spent a few days at Littlington, near Roy- 

 slon, a thoroughly inland village, between London and Cam- 

 bridge. One day I was beating the thatch of an old cow- 

 house, in search of the Hemipteroiis Ploairias, when I was 

 astonished to find, running about in my umbrella, a whole 

 host of Dromius fasciatus, which were manifestly breeding 

 there, for they were many of them immature. 1 had always 

 imagined this to be a littoral insect, abundant in the shingle 

 at Brighton, Southend, &c., and I never saw it before except 

 under the influence of sea air. Mr. Sharp tells me that he 

 finds it near Edinburgh, but that is not far from the salt 



