1894.] 207 



three long filaments arising from the meutum are curious; they are 

 very probably connected with the ordinary filaments, but I cannot 

 trace their connection, nor have I seen a similar character in other 

 larva3. That the larva? should eat the body of their mother is most 

 extraordinary ; yet I found no trace of her amongst the larvae in the 

 cottony material sent to me. I could not be quite certain of the 

 number of hairs on the anal ring, but there do not appear to be eight. 



Mr. Dale also sent me two more $ which agree in every way with 

 my description (I. c). 

 Chester : July, 1894. 



COLEOPTEBA IN HAMPSHIRE, KENT AND ESSEX. 

 BY JAMES J. WALKER, E.N., P.L.S. 



My recent appointment to H.M.S. " Northampton," commissioned in June as a 

 training ship for home service, has induced me to place on record the more important 

 species of Coleoptera which I have met with up to the present time ; commencing 

 with the new year, when the chances of Her Majesty's Service located me at 

 Portsmouth until March 17th. 



During this period very few opportunities of collecting fell to my share, owing 

 to unfavourable weather and other circumstances ; but I was able to visit some of 

 the few remaining good localities in the vicinity of Portsmouth, to which I was first 

 introduced by my friend, Mr. H. Moncreaff, many years ago. On the very last day 

 of my stay I was able to ascertain that Drypta dentata was still to be found in its 

 old haunt near Gosport by capturing some half dozen specimens at the roots of 

 grass, in company with the var. chrysocephala of Lehia ehlorocephala. In the same 

 place occurred Badister sodalis, Acupalpus flavicollis, Anchomenus gracilis and 

 oilongus (abundant), Demetrias unipunctatus, Aleocliara brevipennis, and other 

 marsh frequenting species. Sunius filiformis occurred in a tuft of grass at Stokes 

 Bay, but only singly ; and on Southsea Beach Mecinus circulatus, hibernating at 

 the roots of bent-grass in company with numerous Dermestes undulatus, was the 

 only decent insect I could find in this once productive locality. An afternoon's 

 work at Titchfield, near Farcham, produced several Mycetophagus piceus under bark 

 of a decayed oak, Anchomenus puellus, Hygronoma dimidiata, Pcederus riparlus in 

 large numbers, Psammoechus bipunctatus plentiful, &c., &c!. 



On my return to Chatham I visited Chattenden Roughs for the first time on 

 March 24th, and had the satisfaction of once more taking Euryporus picipes in its 

 old locality in moss, accompanied by Alexia pilif era (common), Corticaria cylindrica, 

 Liosomus ovatulus var. collaris, Cassida vibex, and others. Myrmedonia limbata 

 was unusually common in the same spot, and a very large light brown variety of 

 Silpha atrata (quite mature) occurred in tufts of grass along with Pterostichus 

 inaqualis, Achenium depressum, &c., &c. Witliin the next few days the following 

 species of CarabidcB began to appear on the chalky slopes of Darland Hill, and were 

 to be met with throughout April. Ilarpalus punctatulus (one only), azureus (very 

 common, the pitchy-black var. sJHJs//*, Dej., occurring in the proportion of one to 



