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CoLEOPTERA IN THE CoLCHESTEE DISTRICT.- — The best thiiigs taken 

 here during the past month or two are Gnorimus nobilis (one on 

 hawthorn), Conopalpiis testacem, Orsodacna lineola (casually when after 

 lepiclopterous larvae), Neuraphes angulatus (one), Cnjptocephahis 

 Q-punctatns, C. lineola, Harpalus suhulicola, Haplocnemm ni'jricornis 

 (one beaten from Scotch fir), Telcphoriis fnscus, and T. lateralis, and 

 Aleochara lata. Quedius brevis and Awphotis marfjinata (two), with 

 Lasiiisfidiijinosus. I have not seen Hi^iter marijinatns this year, but 

 my brother took one running on a pathway in a wood near here. — 

 Bernard Smith Harwood, Colchester. 



CoLEOPTERA AT DovER. — Mr. H. Douglas Stockwell, a Dover 

 lepidopterist, has just sent me (for examination) a few Coleoptera he 

 has come across in that neighbourhood. They were as follows : Carabiis 

 nemorali^, Miill., C. monilis, F., ToxotiiH meridianiis, Panz., L'lijthra 

 qiiadripunctata, 1j., PyrocJtroa serraticornis, Scop., uni Mohjtes [/eDnanits, 

 L. The last is a very local and usually rare insect and is our finest 

 weevil. — T. Hudson Beare, B.Sc, F.E.S., King's Eoad, Richmond. 



Notes from the Hastings district. — On April 1st and 2nd I had 



two days' collecting in this district with Mr. Donisthorpe and Mr. 



Bennett. On account of the long spell of dry, cold, north-east winds, 



everything was very backward, and beetles were exceedingly scarce, 



and it required very hard working to secure anything at all — what we 



did get, however, was good. On the 1st we cycled to Winchilsea and 



back ; under flood refuse and under decaying reeds in the ditches we 



obtained, amongst other things, Oodes helupioides, F., Anchomenus 



puellus, Dj., Conurus immaculatus, Steph.,and Q tiedius scintillans, Gi\; 



on the way back, at Guestling Wood, out of moss we got Atenwles 



emarr/inatus, Pk. (? with F. fnsca), Caenopsis fissirostris, Walt., and 



Plinthus caliiiinoaus, F., while C'njphalii>i fagi, Fab., were dug out of a 



small beech bough. The next day was devoted to a visit to the stream 



at Bodle Street (just outside the limits of the Hastings' district) here 



again insects were extraordinarily scarce, but we got most of the 



specialities — the water-net, however, had to be used very vigorously 



before this result was secured — including, Deronectes I'^-prntulatus, 01., 



and latus, Steph., Hijdwporus lepidus, 01., Hydraena pulchella. Germ., 



riparia, Kuy., and nif/rita. Germ., Potaminiis substriatus, Miill., and 



Elmis volkmari, Pz. In May I had another day in the district with 



Mr. Bennett. I Avent down on the afternoon of May 19th, and before 



evening secured a fine series of TacJnjN bistriatiis, Duft., under stones, 



at Ecclesbourne reservoir. The evening was devoted to watching the 



wonderful popular outburst of joy at the relief of Maf eking, a sight 



never to be forgotten. On the 20th we cycled to Winchilsea and then 



on to Eye and Camber, returning direct from the latter place to 



Hastings in the early evening. I Avas exceedingly lucky in having a 



most beautiful day, and in securing many species new to me. At roots 



of grass at the side of a ditch at Winchilsea, Panagaem crux-major, L., 



Badister unijnistulatus, Bon., and B. pellatus, Pz. (this in profusion), and 



Oodes helopioides, F., were found. At Rye, in the old locality, on the 



banks of a ditch, Bledius crassicollis, Lac, was taken, and along with it 



Deleaster dichrous, Gr., Bagous tcwpestivus, Hbst., and Tanysi>hjrus 



lemnae, F., the tAVO latter in plenty. At Camber a week earlier Mr. 



Bennett had turned up tAA^o very local insects, and these ^\Q again 



secured, one Avas Bidessus unistriatus, Schr., found sparingly in the 



