SECOND LIST OF COLEOPTERA OCCURRING 
NEAR HULL. 
By T. STAINFoRTH AND H. E. JOHNSON. 
HE following list includes 148 species which have been 
found in the immediate vicinity of the city since the 
publication of the list of Coleoptera in the Transactions 
of the Club for last year. Most of the species have been 
collected by the late Charles Russell or by the present writers. 
It will thus be seen that the coleopterists have not been idle 
during the past season. Up to the present 453 species have 
been taken within a few miles of the city, and this number 
will be increased when the large and difficult family, the 
Staphylinide, is thoroughly examined. 
A glance at the list will show that some of the new records 
are estuarine species, among which we may mention Dys- 
chirius salinus Dichirotrichus obsoletus, D. pubescens, and 
also, since they are usually found with the foregoing species 
we may include Bembsdium lunatum and B. concinnum. lt 
is perhaps not necessary to point out that at Hull we have 
great facilities for collecting estuarine forms, and when the 
foreshore on both sides of the city is carefully examined, 
doubtless other species will turn up. Most of the ponds in 
the district have been sifted by means of water-nets, with the 
result that we are able to place on record many species of 
water beetles, several of which are common, but one in 
particular is a rather scarce species, viz. Agabus conspersus. 
This was obtained by C. Russell in a pond which now, alas, 
is no more. We are unable to record many of the smaller 
Staphylinide, not on account of paucity of species, but owing 
to the difficulty of proper :dentification. Only one additional 
species of the Cerambycide or ‘‘ Longhorns ’* has been taken, 
viz. Grammoptera analis, which was taken at Springhead. 
This makes two really indigenous species of ‘‘ Longhorns #8 
for the district. The scarcity of Cerambycide is owing to 
the fact that there are not in close proximity to the city those 
large woods or forests where ‘‘ Longhorns” mostly love to 
congregrate. Nevertheless the fact that Hull is a timber 
port often gives us the gratification of seeing foreign ex- 
amples of many rare English species. During September of 
the present year a hundred or more specimens of Acanthocinus 
