8998 Insects. 
profusion of Oligota apicata, Atomaria nigripennis, Lathridius elongatus, L. nodifer, 
Comazus dubius, Corticaria serrata, &c., and also a specimen of Lathridius testaceus. 
—J. A. Power ; 52, Burton Crescent, February 18, 1864. 
Captures of rare Coleoptera.—I have recently taken a few good insects, including 
about fourteen specimens of the rare Catups spadiceus; a fine series of Trachys 
pygmeus, at Mickleham; and of Stilicus geniculatus, at Cowley. During a trip to 
South Devon, at Seaton, I obtained Ceuthorhynchus hispidulus; and very lately, at 
Esher, [ tovk some fifty specimens of Ischnodes sanguinicollis in about two hours. 
I found them, with abundance of larve (which I am trying to breed), in an old elm 
tree, embedded in a mass of perfectly soft and rotten wood, which had much the 
appearance of old vegetable mould; in this they appeared to have undergone their 
change, and to be laid up in a torpid state, until the warm weather might call them 
forth: they were lodged deeply in the substance of the tree, where apparently very 
little air could penetrate: I found none in the semi-decayed wood nearer the surface. 
Sundry specimens of this insect are taken from time to time, but I have not heard of 
its having been found so thoroughly “at home” before. Quedius truncicola was in 
its company.—Id. 
On some New or Rare British Coleoptera. 
By G. R. Crotcu, Esq. 
UnIvERSITY business, coupled with absence from England, have 
compelled me to forego sending an account of some additions to our 
list of Coleoptera. In the mean time certain comments have been 
made upon them, and, in justice to myself, I must beg you to insert 
this list of “ Notices of New or Rare British Coleoptera.” 
In forwarding you a list of some species of Coleoptera new to this 
country, I cannot avoid alluding to Mr. Rye’s paper in the ‘ Annual’ 
for the current year. 
No less than eighty-eight species are enumerated by him, respecting 
which he “ regrets that it is not in his power to give further informa- 
tion.” In the first place, I may remark that no application was made 
to me for information. Mr. Rye can, however, hardly be at a loss for 
information respecting the following species, which are enumerated in 
Mr. Waterhouse’s ‘ Catalogue’ as varieties, but which, in common with 
most recent authors, I have regarded as good species, viz. :—Choleva 
longula, Kelln., Telephorus fulvicollis, Fabr., Kiesw., Sitones lineellus, 
Gyll., All., and Philonthus trossulus, Nordm, Kraaitz. 
That he should ignore the records of Liodes axillaris, Gyll., Er., 
Paromalus parallelopipedus, Herbst, Mars., and Cerylon deplanatum, 
Gyll., Er., noticed in the ‘ Zoologist’ (Zool. 8301), is not indeed sur- 
prising, when we see Ptilium affine, H., recorded at page 73, and 
ranked among the species unknown to him, at page 81. Moreover, a 
very slight acquaintance with entomological literature would suffice to 
