244 Addvess to the Lincolnshive Naturalists’ Union. 
I could mention very many more of our records interesting 
from the rarity of the species, or from their unusual distribution, 
but I will refer only to one more :—Cryptocephalus exiguus: This 
I think is by far the most interesting species we have. We are 
indebted to the Rev. A. Thornley and the Rev. E. A. Wood- 
ruffe-Peacock, who discovered it at Freshney Bog. Here, on 
this little area of fenland, we have it well established appearing 
year by year, and this is the only known locality in the British 
Isles. I accompanied Mr. St. J. K. Donisthorpe, on July 2nd, 
1908, on his visit, and we found it in large numbers, but we 
could not conclude anything as to its food plant. Early the 
following year I was distressed to find that the whole area had 
been set on fire, and the flames had spread into the adjacent 
wood, reducing the vegetation to a charred mass. It certainly 
looked as if we should never see the little insect again. How- 
ever, a sunny day in the following July found nature smiling 
again and Cryptocephalus still in its old favourite spot. 
We could wish Nature had chosen it a more safe retreat 
than the outskirts of a spreading town, for it can be only a few 
years before the whole area is changed and our little native will 
have passed away. 
Having endeavoured in my remarks, perhaps in a tedious 
manner, to tell you of the progress made in the study of our 
County Coloptera, I wish I could say something to attract others 
to this interesting study. 
Here sportive Nature revels not so much in varied colour as 
in form and sculptured surface. Numbers she has armed with 
glittering mail which reflects a lustre like that of burnished gold ; 
in others she lights up the dazzling radiance of polished gems, 
and, however small they be, she has given to these her valued 
miniatures the most delicate touch and highest finish of her 
pencil. 
