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Coleoptera at Fairlight during 1892. — I have devoted a good deal of my 

 time this season to working the Fairlight portion of the Hastings district, and have 

 met with a few very good species. Lixiis algirus occurred to me this year for the 

 first time at the same place where it was taken by Mr. S. Stevens in 1848, and in 

 numbers by Dr. Power in 1867- It was not at all common, but by continuous search- 

 ing I managed to get a fair number of specimens. The time of appearance must be 

 very variable, as I took larvae, pupae, and imagos at the same time, late in September. 

 I was not able to rear any of the larvae, but the pupae hatched out all right. These 

 pupae were extremely active, moving up and down the interior of the thistle-stem 

 quite rapidly. Each segment of the abdomen is furnished with a series of little 

 hooks, and when the pupae are alarmed the apex of the abdomen is pressed against 

 the sides of the stem, and by a series of jerks, they work their way either up or 

 down with great ease. I notice Canon Fowler, in his " Hand-book," says that the 

 larger species of Lixus occur only singly in the stem ; this is certainly not always 

 the case with L. algirus, as on one occasion I found three pupae in a single stem, and 

 several stems with two perfect insects. The species seems extremely liable to attacks 

 from earwigs. I found a number of immature specimens partially eaten by them, 

 where the thistle-stem happened to be broken, so that they could enter freely. 



By beating dead wood, I secured a very nice series of Acalles rohoris and A. 

 turbatus ; a few specimens of Orchesia minor, Cis alni (1), TSndomychus coccinetts 

 (1), and plenty of Lathridius angusticollis. 



On July 11th, I beat three specimens of Cissophagus hederce out of old ivy, 

 but although I tried very hard for more, I only succeeded in getting one more speci- 

 men on August 7th. 



Evening sweeping produced only Colon brunneiim, Anisotoma calcarata, and A. 

 hadia, Platytarsus ecMnatus, Liosomus oblongulus (1), and Phytohius 4i-tuberculatus. 



In old refuse I found two specimens of Pseudopsis sulcata, one of which, un- 

 fortunately, got destroyed on the cork of the collecting bottle. Agathidium rotutid- 

 atum (3) occurred in powdery fungi on a dead tree ; Apion subuJatum was not rare, 

 on Lathyrus pratensis ; and Sitones Waterhousei somewhat common under Lotus 

 corniculatus.—'W. H. Bennett, 11, George Street, Hastings : November, 1892. 



ApionidcB, S{c., at Llantrissant, S. Wales, September, 1891.- — Sweeping in a 

 couple of fields near the G. W. Railway, about two miles from Llantrissant, 

 produced the following species : — Apion seniculum, ervi, Gyllenhali, plaialea, subu- 

 latum, ebeninum, Spencei, vicinum, vicice, nigritarse, carduorum, and cruentatum. I 

 may at the same time record from the same locality : — Phytobius velatus and leuco- 

 gaster, Hypera suspiciosa, Erirhinus Nereis, and Hydronomus alismatis. — A. J. 

 Chitty, 33, Queen's Gate Gardens, S.W. : December 13th, 1892. 



Coleoptera at Craig ellaoTiie, N. B., September, 1892. — ^ While spending a few 

 days here in September, I took a pair of Agathidium rhinoceros in a fir stump. The 

 male has the horn on the left mandible fairly well developed. Aphodiusfoetidus, 

 Hylastes palliatus, Anthophagiis testaceus, and Barynotus Schonherri occurred on the 

 hills. ASgialia sabuleli, Chilopora rubicunda, Bemhidium tibiale, prasinum, and 

 paludosum, Tachypus pallipes, and Coccinella ^-punctata were to be found by the 

 River Spey.— Id. 



