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cupreus Eoss. " WW " ; 0. pedator Gv., half a dozen specimens were 

 taken by turning over stones on a salt marsh on the edge of the 

 shingle at West Worthing. 0. compreasiis Marsh. " WW " ; Philon- 

 . thus viicans Gr, " G "_; Gabrdus pennatns Shp. " F " ; Oafius xantho- 

 loma Gr. " WW " ; Xantholinus pnnctulatns Pk., and X. ochraceus Gyll. 

 " WW " ; Achenium depressnm Gr. "WW" ; Steniis erichsoni'R'ye "F" ; 

 ■Platystethus arenarins Fourc. " GW " ; P. cornutiis Gr. " WW " ; 

 Oxytelus insecatns Gr. " WW " ; 0. nitidulm Gr. " WW " ; 0. sculp- 

 tits Gr. " S " ; Cyrtasa pauxilla Schm. " WW " ; Choleva cisteloides 

 Froh. " F " ; Catops sericatns Chaud. " GW " ; C. sericeus Pz. " WW " ; 

 Bryaxis helferi Schm. " WW " ; Sericoderus lateralis Gyll. " S " ; 

 Scymnus fro7italis F. " C" ; 8aprinus virescens Pk., swept in a field of 

 sainfoin at Lancing. Micropeplus margaritae Duv. " WW " ; Epnraea 

 longula Er., swept at Lancing Clump. Pria dulcamarae Scop. " WW " ; 

 Meligethes difficilis Heer. " S " ; Corticaria elongata Gyll. " G " and 

 " F" ; Atomaria linearis Steph., A. atricapilla Steph., and A. hernlinensis 

 Kr. "WW"; Byrrlms fasciatus F. "WW " ; Lncanus cervus L. Tarring. 

 HojMa philanthusFxiss. "F"; Rhizotrogus sohtitialis 1j. "WW"; Lacon 

 murinus L. "F"; Athous longicollis 01. "C" and "WW"; Dascillus cer- 

 vinus L. " F " ; Teleplioras fiiscns L. " F " ; T. lividus L. ab. " WW" ; 

 Rhagonycha fulva Scop. " WW " ; MaltJiodes minimns L. " C " ; Psilothrix 

 nobilis 111. " C " ; Drilus flavescens Eoss. " F " ; Ptiyius fur L. " WW " ; 

 Priohium castaneum. F. "F"; Anobium domesticnm Fourc, Sompting, 

 beating a hedge ; it was very' abundant in my house at West Worth- 

 ing, and I captured its parasite, the Chalcid Cerocephala formiciformis 

 West., emerging from its burrows in an old oak wardrobe. Cis biden- 

 tatns 01. " F " ; Lema cyanella L. " GW " ; L. vielanopa L. " S " ; 

 Cryptocephalas pusill us F. " GW " ; Phaedon tumidulus Germ. " F " ; 

 Sermyla halensis L. " C " ; Longitarsus luridus Scop. " GW " ; L. 

 tvaterliQusei Kuts., abundant on a very large bush of Solatium dulca- 

 mara at West Worthing; L. exoletus L. " G" ; L. succineus Foud., on 

 a few plants of Reseda at Cissbury ; L. ochroleucus Marsh. " WW " ; 

 Haltica oleracea L. " C " ; Phyllotreta nodicomis Marsh. " C " ; P. 

 nigripes F. " C " ; P. atra Pk., and P. cruciferae Goez. " S " ; Apthona 

 venmtula Kuts. "F " ; Crepidodera aurataMsbVsh. " GW " ; Apteropeda 

 orbiculata Marsh. " C " and " F " ; Cassida fastuosa Schal. Goring 

 Woods, all the specimens taken occurred on flea bane and were of a 

 bright yellow and black colour ; as this variety does not appear to 

 have a name I propose that of flava n. var. for it. I may mention that 

 though freshly emerged they were quite mature, moreover, I kept some 

 of them alive for a long time. Eagivort is the plant given for this 

 species, and Bedwell took it on Ploughman's Spike-nard {Inula 

 conyza) at Box Hill. C. viridis L. " GW " ; Lagria hirta h. " li." 

 Salpingus ater Pk. (?), by beating Tamarisk blossoms at West Worthing. 

 This is certainly not the species we call aeratus Muls. It is more 

 convex and robust and quite black, as are also the legs and antennae. 

 Oedemera nobilis Scop. ab. "L"; 0. lurida Marsh, ab. " GW " ; 

 Nacerdes melanura L., abundant in and about the sea-breakers at West 

 Worthing, also at Worthing and Lancing, varying considerably in size 

 and colour. Anaspis maculata Fourc. pale ab. "WW"; Apion 

 nigritane Kirb., on Tamarisk blossom-s "WW"; A. tenue 

 Kirb., on Melilot, " WW " ; Exomias araneiformis Schr. ? Five 

 specimens were taken in a small pit on the downs at Findon. 



