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besides Sinodendron cylindricuvi, the remains of one o£ the " red 

 Maters " were occasionally met with ; but only one living example 

 was taken by Mr. Grorham, and it appears to be the unicolorous form 

 of E. sanguinolentus. 



On the following day our party, reinforced by Mr. E. Adkin, set out 

 for Wicken, our principal object being to obtain Oherea oculata, which 

 earlier in the week had been taken rather freely by Mr. Donisthorpe 

 and other Coleopterists. It was not long after our arrival on the 

 Fen that the first specimen of this beautiful Longicorn was met with, 

 and during the day we had the satisfaction of capturing eleven 

 examples in all. One or two of these were caught on the wing, but 

 the greater number were found sitting on the topmost sprays of the 

 sallow bushes, very much on the alert, and unless carefully " stalked," 

 flying off with great activity to some inaccessible spot, more than one 

 being lost in this way. 



Other beetles were by no means as plentiful as at Chippenham 

 Fen : Anthocomus rufus occurred sparingly by sweeping, but we were 

 evidently too late for A. terminatus ; we also got MeligetJies fulvipes, 

 Donacia limbata, Aphthona nonstriata, Qaleruca lineola, Limncibaris 

 T-album, &c. Lina populi was common in all its stages on the dwarf 

 sallows, and on the leaves of the same shrub the curious spiky pupa 

 cases of Ghilocorus similis were frequently met with, as well as the 

 perfect beetle in all stages of maturity. A single example of Harpa- 

 lus salulicola was found running on a pathway outside the Fen, and 

 a large fungus knocked off an ash tree produced TripJiyllus suturalis, 

 Triplax russica, Orchesia micans, &c. A belated straggler of Papilio 

 Machaon in good condition, taken by Mr. Adkin, was the only 

 Lepidopterous insect of any note seen during the two excursions. 



Amongst the Hemiptera Mr. Champion obtained Drymus piceus 

 {Lamploplax Sharpi) from heaps of cut grass at Chippenham, and 

 Nahis lineatus at both Chippenham and Wicken, by sweeping. 



23, Ranelagh Road, Sheerness : 

 September 15th, 1898. 



ANCSOMENUS GBACILIPES, Dttftschm., IN BRITAIN: AN 

 ADDITIONAL RECORD. 



BY CLAUDE MORLEY, P. E.S., <&c. 



In a box of insects recently sent me for identification by Mr. 

 Ernest Bedwell, of Lowestoft, I find a single specimen of this ex- 



