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alarm, run swiftly to their dens,^ — projecting from tlie mouths 

 of which their heads may be seen watching for prey. On 

 holding another beetle to the hole, the one within would imme- 

 diately seize hold of it with its jaws, and continue so tightly 

 fixed as to suffer itself to be drawn out without quitting its 

 hold. They appear to be very ferocious insects ; and, from 

 the number of elytra and other parts strewed about the sand, 

 it may be supposed that they prey on each other. 



Cicindela maritima. — I found this insect in great plenty on 

 the bare sand, where it is overflowed in the spring and autumn 

 by the high tide. It flies more heavily than the common Cicin. 

 campestris, and not so far at a time. I remarked, also, that 

 the abdomen hung down very much in flying. Growing 

 among the Elyrmis arenarius I found a single plant of Oeno- 

 thera biennis, the leaves and whole plant had a red fleshy 

 appearance. It was several miles from any house or garden, 

 and growing, as it is reported to do, in Lancashire. Can this 

 be a new habitat? Robert Foster. 



Bromley, August 1, 1832. 



VvwQl aeavToy. 



Scene — T/te Parlour at the Bull Lin, Birch-wood-corner. 

 Erro and Entomophilus, seated. 



Entomophilus. Well, old gentleman, do you seem the 

 better for it ? 



Erro. I am going to take a look — {opens his box) — What, 

 what, what! all in abuzz — whirling like teetotums. 



Ent. There, Rocky, there's the last bit for you. Make 

 haste and bolt it : there, don't let Mrs. Jewell see you eating, 

 or else she '11 charge three dinners — there's a good dog ! 



Erro. {Still looMng in his box, settling and shifting his 

 insects) — Eristalis floreus ; come, be still ! There he is, off^ 

 again, w-whirr-rr-ee ! 



Ent. What a wretch ! — {taking out Ms boxes and balancing 

 his chair on the hind legs, his head resting against the wall) — 

 Virens, Fullo, Sycophanta. I wanted duplicates of these. 



Erro. Mihi, my eye, mihi ! Mofly, do you think these 

 fellows have any feeling ? They seem excessively merry — ee ! 



