observed in the Scil/y Islands. 61 
sess another specimen which I took on Portland Island in Au- 
gust, 1835. 
Aphodius fossor, erraticus, Jimetarius, fcelens, scybalarius, rufescens, 
and rufipes. — All in great abundance. 
*iEgialia globosa. — A few specimens on the sand in Sampson, not 
noticed elsewhere. I took at the same time and place two 
specimens of a small insect which I imagined to be a species 
of Psammodius, but they were both devoured by some Cofti 
which were in the same bottle. 
Serica brunnea.-. — The season for this insect was over when I was 
in the Islands, but it appeared to be very common, as I found 
the remains under almost every stone. 
Melolontha vulgaris, Amphimalla solstitialis, Phyllopertha horticola. 
— The two latter I found in abundance on the Islands, and 
was informed that the first was equally plentiful in the season. 
Cetonia aurata. — In great numbers in the governor’s garden in the 
Star Castle, St. Mary’s : but very few in other parts of the 
Islands. Most of the specimens were of a greener tint than 
usual, having very little coppery gloss : but one which I took 
with the others was of an uniform deep glossy black, with the 
usual white markings, and not differing in any respect, except 
colour, from the common variety. I had taken another exactly 
similar, nearly on the same spot of ground, during a visit of a 
few r hours to the Islands in the summer of 1833. It is curious 
that though this species is found in tolerable plenty on the 
heath about the Land’s End, it is never taken near Penzance, 
or indeed at any distance from the headland. 
Ptilinus pectinicornis. — Common in the houses. 
Leiophlaeus nubilus, Otiorhynchus sulcatus, rugifrons, ovatns , pabu- 
lums and piceus, Strophosomus cognatus. — All of occasional 
occurrence in the Islands. 
*Apion licematodes. — Abundant on heath on the Dolphin Downs, 
Tresco. 
Thyamis tab'ida. — Common on prickly plants on the sea sand. 
*Macrocnema marcida. — This rare species, which is marked as a 
deficit in Mr. Stephens’s catalogue, I found in plenty on the 
euphorbias (I believe) between Blue Carn and Peninnis Head, 
St. Mary’s : but I did not secure many specimens, mistaking 
them at the time, from the colour, for the immature state of 
some other species. 
htjoscyami and napi, Phaedon polygoni, Cryptocephalus 
ochraceus, Coccinella 11 -punctata. — Passim. 
Phylan gibbus, Crypticus quisquilius. — Both common in the sands : 
