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turned up in a Co.isns-oaten ash at Elmley, along with dead specimens of Eylesinus 

 crenatus, and Nitidula rufipes was taken rather freely in dry carcases of birds. The 

 usual species of Dichirotrichus, Dyschirius, Bledius, Heterocerus, &c., occurred 

 abundantly on the saltings, but Agriotes sordidus was only to be found there very 

 rarely. At the chemical works at Queenborough, Gnathoncus nannetensis was taken 

 in company with large numbers of Carcinops 14:-striata, and Limnolaris T-alhum, 

 although very local, was obtained freely from old straw bottle envelopes laid 

 down as traps in a damp place. In May Donacia typhce and lemncB occurred in 

 profusion on Sparganium ramosum in one ditch, and at the end of the month 

 Telephorus fuscus made its appearance in considerable numbers on the clifEs and 

 elsewhere. Saprimis virescens on a wall in the town itself, Limnichus pygmaus, a 

 few in a damp sandy spot on the cliffs, and Bagous subcarinatus, again not rarely by 

 cliff sweeping and in company with Acupalpus consputus, Salpingus ceratus, &c., 

 were among my captures in June near Sheerness. 



Zabrus gibbus, which had apparently been scarce for some years past, reappeared 

 at the end of June in its old locality near Sheerness, coming up the grass stems in 

 numbers at dusk in a restricted and very public spot, where not a single specimen 

 could be found before sunset. On one hot sunny forenoon early in July, Bagous 

 argillaceus (i-nceratus) , which I had scarcely seen since 1874, and had almost given 

 up for lost as a Sheppey insect when its original locality was destroyed some years 

 ago, occurred in profusion, running actively over the mud in the bed of a nearly 

 dried-up ditch near Queenborough. So accurately was the colour of the beetle 

 adapted to its surroundings, that it could only be detected when in motion, becoming 

 to all intents and purposes invisible as soon as it stopped. On the same day I 

 picked up the first Folystichus vittatus I have seen alive since 1875 within a hundred 

 yards of my own door, and on my last day at home (July 13th) I found a specimen 

 of the curious little Longicorn, Leptidia brevipennis, Muls., running on a window 

 in my house. 



On two occasions I visited Deal, on April 24th and May 29th. and each time I 

 found the special CarabidcB, &c., of that famous locality in more than the usual 

 plenty, Sarpalus servux, in particular, being quite common, and Psammobius sidci- 

 collis occurring pretty freely under small stones on my second visit, when, thanks to 

 a hint from my friend, Mr. A. J. Chitty, I succeeded in taking two specimens of the 

 rare Dyschirius extensus in rejectamenta on the banks of brackish pools. It is here 

 probably associated with Bledius tricornis, which abounded in that particular spot, 

 though a long search in the burrows of that Staphylinid failed to find the Dyschirius 

 " at home." D. impunctipennis, usually somewhat rare at Deal, occurred in profu- 

 sion in April in a damp hollow in the sand hills, accompanied by Bledius arenarius. 



In an afternoon's collecting at Southend, Essex, on June 28th, I found Ceuthor- 

 rhynchus triangulum (vicinus) and C. Chevrolati locally not rare on Achillea mille- 

 folium, and unaccompanied by any others of the genus ; also Salpingus ceratus and 

 Bledius atricapillus on the low cliff towards Shoebury, Donacia thalassina commonly 

 on Sjjarganium in the ditches, and llypera fasciculata under JErodium cicutarium 

 on the beach. 



H.M.S. "Northampton," at the Norc : • 

 July ICM, 1894. 



