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Coleoptera in the Hastings District, 1892. -The following are some of the best 

 species taken by me during the last season. At G-uestling, from grass tufts, early in 

 spi-ing, Anchomenus livens, Lehia cMorocephaJa (2), Badister sodalis, Megacronus 

 cingulatus {S) , PlintJms caliginosus (sparingly), Phytohius 4,-tubercidatus, Apion sorbi 

 (1), ScydmcBnusMrticollis, Ccenopsis Waltoni, AcaUes ptinoides, Leptinus testaceus {\) , 

 and Conipora orbiculata. Evening sweepitig produced i'wifMa Schaumi (1), Aniso- 

 toma grandis (2), Bagous subcarinatus, Gyll., Rhinoncus denticolUs (2), Encephalus 

 complicans, Homalium exiguum (1), Qymnetron melanarius, Cceliodes geranii, and 

 Dorcatoma flavicornis. Three specimens of ScydmcBmis rubicundus occuri'ed in 

 rotten wood.— W. H. Bennett, 11, George Street, Hastings : July, 1893. 



Eubria palustris at Fairlight. — I am pleased to be able to record this little 

 rarity from this district. I was casually sweeping a marshy spot where I sometimes 

 get Phytobius 4:-tuberculatits, when I found a specimen of Eubria in my net ; and 

 continuing to sweep, I shortly took a second specimen. 1 then set to work looking 

 for the beetle in its haunts, and was fortunate enough to find them in a very wet 

 place among the grass and moss. I found the best way to get them was to clear 

 away the long grass, and then very patiently watch the wet moss and small plants. 

 The Eubrice then crawl up the short stems and on the moss, sunning themselves. 

 They are not at all easy to see, as after getting into the required position, they draw 

 back their antennae and remain perfectly motionless. Even when seen they are not 

 easy to get, as they fall to the ground at the slightest touch, and are not easily seen 

 again. However, I managed to get about thirty specimens, and a friend who was 

 with me took fifteen. A second visit to the spot three days later produced only 

 three specimens between two searchers in an hour and a half. — Id. 



Anthrenus varius, Sfc. — During the last week I have taken about a dozen of these 

 pretty little beetles on the sweet-scented flowers of Erigeron philadelphicum in the 

 garden, but only during bright sunshine, and then but two or three at a time ; when 

 the weather is dull they are not visible. They affect the discs of the flowers, and 

 busy themselves with poking their noses down among the florets, moving briskly 

 about in the intervals of feeding. 



These flowers are also attractive to many other insects — Hymenoptera and 

 Diptera, but they rarely settle ; they content themselves with hovering around, as if 

 perfumed air was sufficient for them. One day also a male Trochilium tipuUforme 

 appeared. — J W. Douglas, Lewisham : June Mh, 1893. 



Chrysomela gcettingensis at Box Hill. — I captured a pair of this species at the 

 end of June under a stone near the foot of Box Hill.— T. Hudson Beare, Richmond, 

 Surrey : July \Uh, 1893. 



Chrysomela gcettingensis. — I see the Rev. Canon Fowler records this beetle from' 

 Siierwood Forest. I took a specimen near Cresswell at Easter, and Mrs. Brierley, 

 of this town, brought me two specimens picked up casually near Boston Spa, Yorks. 

 I have also taken Dryocoetes alni freely here on alder. — S. L. Mosley, Beaumont 

 Park Museum, Huddersfield : July, 1893. 



