208 [Septombov, 



Lathridius filiformis, Qyll., at Upper Tooting. — I liave recently taken four 

 examples of this rare little beetle in a corner of my dressing room, where they 

 appeai-ed to be feeding upon mould growing on the wall. Lyctus hrunneus, which 

 I recorded as taken from a drawing room table at Wandsworth two years ago, has 

 been more plentiful this year, and I have been successful in securing about twenty- 

 five specimens. — Id. 



Coleoptera, Sfc, in the Blean Woods, Kent. — Some half-dozen visits to the Blean 

 Woods this summer have served to confirm and enhance the very high opinion which 

 I had formed respecting this beautiful and extensive tract of Kentish woodland as a 

 resort for the Entomologist. Between May 18th and July 21st the following species 

 of Coleoptera were met with by me, among very many others of less interest. 



General sweeping and beating produced Homalota scapularis, Syntomium aneum 

 (also in faggots), Colon serripes (1), Coccinella distincta (much scarcer, but appa- 

 rently more widely distributed than it was last year), Platynaspis luteorubra, Triplax 

 Lacordairei, one example brushed out of a small birch bush, July 6th (I have taken 

 this species under similar conditions this summer at its old locality, Darenth Wood. 

 Thalycra sericea, two specimens in one sweep, July 6th) ; Antherophagus fallens 

 and nigricornis, Cryptophagus setulosus and pubescens. Microrrhagus pygmceus, 

 about a dozen specimens, mostly $ , by sweeping grass and bracken under oak trees ; 

 this insect appears to be generally but sparingly disti'ibuted throughout the woods . 

 Throscus ohtusus, in profusion, and accompanied by Apian pomonce in equal plenty, 

 by sweeping under an old hedge on a cold damp evening in May. Agrilus laticornis, 

 Rhagonycha translucida (not I'are), OcMna Tiederas, Ernobius mollis, Liopus nebu- 

 losus (common) ; Strangalia A^-fasciata, on bracken, and flying, July 21st ; Crypto- 

 cepTialus fiilcratus and lineola, sparingly, on birch. Mordella aculeata, four taken 

 on June 23rd and one on July 6th, on flowers of dog-rose and Euphorbia amygda- 

 loides, all in the same very limited space where I found it last year. Mordellistena 

 parvula (large form) and pumila, not uncommon. Rhynchites ceneovirens , in great 

 profusion on young oaks in May, with Cceliodes ruber, Balaninus villosus, &c. 

 Apion Soolceri and ebeninum, Strophosomus retusus, Tanyniecus palliatus, Antho- 

 nonius ulmi, Coeliodes exiguus, Rhinoncus denticollis, Ceuthorrhynchus cochlearicB 

 and melanarius ; Xyleborus Saxeseni, in numbers by sweeping under oaks on 

 July 6th. 



By persistent working at the young aspens I obtained a good series of Rhytido- 

 somus globulus, and from the same tree came Zeugophora subspinosa in plenty, 

 Oonioctena rufipes, Polydrusus Jlavipes (sparingly), Dorytomus costirostris and 

 tortrix, &c. 



Faggots, chiefly of birch and hazel, produced Myrmedonia humeralis, Conosoma 

 immaculatum (common), Quedius lateralis and peltatus, Bythinus puncticollis, Lep- 

 tinus testaceus (1), Choleva nigricans, Agathidium varians and rotundatum, Amphi- 

 cyllis globus, Epureea parvula, Coniopora orbiculata, Tetratoma ancora, Rhinosimus 

 ruficolUs (common), Trachodes hispidus, common and fine, and Exomias pellucidus ; 

 the latter species was subsequently found in plenty, trapped in the rain water in 

 wheel ruts, but by no means improved in condition thereby. 



Beating dead sticks in hedges yielded Sedobia imperialis, Cis alni and fostivus, 

 Callidium alni, JBrachytarsus fasciatus, Acalles misellus and ptinoides, and two 

 examples of a small Anthonomus, apparently to be I'eferred to rosince, Des Grozis. 



