THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



No. V. 



MARCH, MDCCCXLI. 



Price 6d. 



Art. IX. — Notes on Captures. By J. W. Douglas, Esq. 



Sir, 



As everything that tends to facilitate the collection of 

 specimens, and thereby adds to the pleasures of the votaries of science, 

 is desirable, and knowing the advantage that lists like the following 

 have been to myself, I ofler these Notes for the pages of ' The Ento- 

 mologist.' 



And am. Sir, 



Your obedient Servant, 



J. W. Douglas. 



To the Editor of ' The Entomologist.'' 



COLEOPTERA. 



Tarus angularis. Near Freshwater, Isle of Wight, June ; and Boxhill, October. 



Licinus depressus. iBoxhiU, October ; under stones. 

 „ silpnoiaes. j ' 



Tetratoma Fungorum. Putney Heath ; decayed trees in winter. 



Copris lunaris. Near Ventnor, Isle of Wight, June. 



Aphodius depressus. Richmond Park, February. 



Aleurostictus nobilis. Banks of the Thames, Putney, on the flowers of elder ; not 



uncommon. 



Elater nifipennis. In a garden at Brixton Hill. 



„ bipustulatus. Putney Heath, decayed elms ; November. 



Anobium pertinax. Richmond Park, old thorn trees ; May. 



Cis bidentatus. Richmond Park, Boleti ; March. 



g;i'r;Xrr'" l ^ewrorest, o. seed, ^r-, June. 



Mi:^l?gettrlNea,.Do.e,;A„gu,.. 



Otiorhynchus sulcatus. Kingston Hill, on flowers of ivy ; October. 



Leptura ^ig'^^^-^^^^ Jncw Forest, on Umbelliferce ; June. 



Pachyta livida. Isle of Wight ; June ; common. 

 Chrysomela Banksii. Isle of Wight ; June. 

 Helodes Phellandrii. Putney Heath, on aquatic plants; May. 

 Endomychus coccineus.. West Wickham Wood ; May. 

 Hypophlseus bicolor. Putney Heath, decayed elms ; winter. 



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