1^56 [November, 



From August 14th to 19th I was staying at Sandown, Isle of Wight, there I 

 found StapTiylinus stercorarius, 01., flying in the hot sunshine, but nothing else 

 worth recording. A day at Blackgang Chine on the I7th, with the help of my wife 

 and niece, secured a good series of Cioindela germanica, L., a beetle easily enough 

 seen, but most difficult to secure, from its extraordinary speed in running, especially 

 when the temperature is between 120° and 130° in the sun. The cliffs at Luccombe 

 produced Bledius atricapillus, Germ., in all its stages in the utmost profusion, the 

 cliffs being perfectly riddled with the borings ; B. spectahilis, Kr., occurred with it 

 in more scanty numbers, I hare always taken this insect before on sandy marshy 

 flats on the shore. 



August 20th was spent at Wicken Fen with Mr. F. Bouskell and Mr. H. Donis- 

 thorpe, on a hunt for Oberea oculata- L. : we all three secured a good number of 

 this handsome Longicorn by persistent work, the day being exceptionally favourable. 

 During the Zoological Congress, Mr. Donisthorpe and I went out on the 24th to try 

 our luck on the Devil's Dyke, Swaffham, for Sarpalus ohscurus, F., though the hot 

 dry weather was against us, I turned up one after a few minutes' work, and we 

 eventually secured seven in all. I kept mine alive for a few days in glass tubes to 

 allow them to mature, and one of the four ate its way out through half an inch of 

 cork during the night and escaped ; he thoroughly deserved his liberty. 



From the 27th to 31st I was again at Sandown, here Aphodii were becoming 

 very common, and I secured a single specimen of Oeotrupus vernalis, L. The after- 

 noon of the Slst was spent on the Bembridge flats, here I took a solitary specimen 

 of Bledius tricornis, Herbst, while TacTiys scutellaris, Grerm., both species of 

 DicMroirichus, and many other Sarpalini, were in abundance. Turning over a 

 plank lying in long dry grass I saw a number of beetles, which I at once recognised 

 as something new to me, they bolted off in every direction into the grass, but, 

 helped by my niece (Miss Banks), I managed by careful work to secure five fine 

 specimens of Anisodactylus paeciloides, Steph. I have come across no record of the 

 capture of this insect since one by Mr. Champion some 28 years ago (Ent. Mo. Mag., 

 vol. vi, p. 231) ; it must be very scarce in most of our modern collections. — T. 

 Hudson Beaeb, King's Koad, Eichmond : September 2\st, 1898. 



\_A. paeciloides was found in plenty by Mr. W. Holland last year at Bembridge, 

 but not recorded. — G-. C. C] 



Coleoptera near Bridgend. — With the aid of a bicycle, I have been able this 

 season to explore an interesting bit of the Grlamorgan coast near Bi'idgend, in the 

 parish of Merthyr Mawr, the most prolific ground being the sand-hills close to the 

 ruins of Candleston Castle. There is a tiny valley running through the fir woods 

 (which have been planted to prevent the drifting of the sand), with a stream, which 

 in summer loses itself in the sand. All the species mentioned below occurred here :— 



TacTiypus pallipes, swarming in June and July on the sand ; Bemhidium palli- 

 dipenne, common, and preying on the myriads of Bledius arenarius ; Dyschirius 

 politus, a dull var., generally reddish towards the apex of the elytra j Georyssus 

 pygmcBus, very common ; Bledius subterraneus, rare ; Parnus nitidulus, several, 

 buried in sand at roots of small plants ; Anisotoma dubia, not uncommon, and a 



