﻿COLEOPTERA AT CAMBER DURING 1889. 51 



Harpalus rotundicollis, anxius, and puncticollis, and a single 

 specimen of H. cordatus. Acupalpus consputus was rare by the 

 side of a ditch, and the only Bembidiums that were worth 

 mentioning were B. mannerheimi and B. varium. From the 

 ditches I got Hydroporus parallelogrammus (plenty), Agabus 

 conspersus, Hydrobius oblongvs, Octhebius margipallens, 0. bicolor, 

 and 0. ceratus in plenty, and 0. punctatus and 0. exaratus rare. 

 Under tidal refuse, on one occasion, 0. rwftmdrginatus was to be 

 found in the utmost profusion. It is curious that, although I 

 take this species every year at Camber, I have never taken a 

 single specimen in the water, but have invariably found them 

 under tidal refuse from the river. 



A few very good Sfcaphylinidge occurred. Philonthus quis- 

 quillarius, and var. dimidiatus, and Actobius signaticomis, under 

 decaying vegetable matter almost in the water ; Bledius tri- 

 cornis (common but very local), B. unicornis ditto, B. opacus 

 very sparingly. The rare B. crassicollis, hitherto only recorded 

 from Deal, also turned up, but in very scanty numbers, the 

 most determined searching only resulting in one or two speci- 

 mens a day. As might have been expected, Trogophlceii occurred 

 in numbers on the muddy sides of the ditches. T. corticinus 

 swarmed in the spring, and T. bilineatus and elongidatus 

 were both common. In carrion there occurred Homalium 

 riparium (one), H. fossulatum, and H. oxyacanthce ; also 

 Aleochara algarum and A. obscurella in numbers. On the sand- 

 hills I met with Anisotoma calcarata and A. dubia ; and at the 

 same place, in dead birds, I found Saprinus maritimus (common), 

 S. metallicus, and S. immundus (sparingly) ; also a fine series of 

 Nitidula 4-pustidata, and on one occasion I beat out of the dry 

 carcass of a dog Cryptophagus pilosus and Dermestes undulatus. 

 Among the Byrrhidse, Syncalypta hirsuta was not rare among 

 moss and stones, while on the banks of a ditch I got a nice 

 series of the queer Scymnus-like Limnichus pygmceus. Heterocerus 

 obsoletus was common, and H. scricans I got in numbers for the 

 first time, but it is very local. Hdops pallidus occurred 

 sparingly, and deep in sand. Among the weevils I got Metallites 

 marginatum (two), Hydronomus alismatis, Bagous lutosus (one), 

 and B. tempestivus. This last species seems excessively local 

 here ; I found it at one ditch only, and there it occurred in dry 

 roots of grass in the utmost profusion. Some idea of the 

 numbers can be gathered from the fact that I counted fifty in my 

 paper at once after shaking a few handfuls of grass. The only 

 other species worth mentioning were Tanysjihyrus lemnce (com- 

 mon), Phytobius leucogasta, Baris t-album, Phloeophagus spadix, 

 and Jlyperaspis reppensis. 



I have paid no attention to the Lepidoptera, but I have no 

 doubt many good species occur. I might mention that a few 



