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we believe, by Mr. Gorham or Mr. Chittj ; the former gentleman, 

 like ourselves, found the burrows of the insect under the bark ; we 

 were not, however, able to jBnd the larva, and all our efforts to procure 

 the allied species (A. slnuatus) were fruitless. The Longicornia, of 

 which twenty-one species were observed, were more abundant than 

 usual, the guelder-rose being particularly attractive to these beetles. 

 Not an AntJirihid of any kind could we find, and Scolytid(S were 

 extremely scarce. During our stay we had the pleasure of being 

 occasionally accompanied by various friends — Messrs. McLachlan and 

 Bateson, Colonel Terbury (whose Coleopterous, finds helped to increase 

 our "bottle"), and the Eev. H. S. G-orham. 



The following list includes the more important species we met 

 with: — Gychrus rosfrafus, Calosoma inquisitor, and Pterostichus ohlongo- 

 pwnctatus, a few specimens under chips of wood. Carahus aroensis, 

 on the heaths. Sydrovatus clypealis, one specimen, in a pond near 

 Lyndhurst ; previously taken by Sharp at the same locality, but not 

 recorded. Hydroporus discretus, rarely, in a small muddy pool. De- 

 ronecfes latus, sparingly, in running water. Hydrcena angustata and 

 H. nigrita, by swilling the banks of running streams, not uncommon ; 

 the first mentioned has not, we believe, been previously recorded from 

 the south, though we have taken it here on previous occasions. Ocyusa 

 incrassata, several examples, under sappy bark of beech ; this widely 

 distributed insect seemed to be equally at home here, as it is in 

 moss on the Scotch hills. Hoinalota hepatica, one specimen, by sweep- 

 ing. Oligota apicata, in rotten wood. Meqacronus cingulatus and M. 

 inclinans, rarely, in rotten wood, &c. Velleius dilatatus, occasional, at 

 sugar ; both sexes obtained. Quedius fruncicola, a few specimens 

 in a hollow tree, in very wet rotten wood. Q. xanthopus, one 

 specimen, in rotten wood ; not hitherto met with in the south by 

 either of us. Staphylinus latebricola, S. erythropferus, and S. ccesareus, 

 occasionally, in the roads, &c. Medon ohsoletus, two specimens, in very 

 rotten wood. Stenus Justrator, two examples, running on old cord 

 wood. Omalium iopterum, under bark. Rapalarcea pygmcea, by sweep- 

 ing. Eupleclus punctatus, E. piceus, and E. Karsteni, Bibloporus 

 hicolor, Scydmcsnus exilis, and Neuraphes Sparshalli, under bark or in 

 wet rotten wood. Anisotoma nigrita, evening sweeping, under pines. 

 Silpha quadripunctata, on oaks and also on the wing, frequent, during 

 the early part of June. Sister merdarius, one specimen, in a hollow 

 tree, in company with Quedius truncicola. Gnathonciis nannetensis, in 

 a dead hedgehog. Plegaderus dissectus, in some numbers, in decaying 

 beech. Ptenidiuin Gressneri, not uncommon in a hollow tree, in com- 



