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single Cyrtusa minuta ; Saprimis rugifrons, common under horse-dung and in dead 

 rabbits ; Hippuriphila Modeeri, very common, on Equisetuni ; Oronops lunatus and 

 Sibinia primita, fairly common ; Bagous lutulentus, var. nigritarsis, several ex- 

 amples : Mr. Champion has kindly named this for me, as well as several others ; 

 Tychius squamulatus, rare, on Lotus corniculatus. — B. Tomlin, LlandafE : Sep- 

 tember 2lst, 1898. 



Nebria complanata, Linn., at Briton Ferry. — I found this species on September 

 21st locally abundant near Briton Ferry, in Dillwyn's old locality, under logs, old 

 boots and hats, &o., on the sea-shore. They are very fond of hiding in the crevices 

 of the wood, but do not seem to burrow in the sand as Broscus does, which was 

 swarming in the same place. Colonies of 4 — 6 were frequent, and in one case I got 

 15 together. When unearthed, they are not in any hurry to run, trusting 

 apparently to their protective colouring, but when once off they go like the wind. 

 The only other species of importance that I got was Hypera fascioulata. — Id. : 

 September 23rd, 1898. 



Coleoptera at Llanfairfechan, North Wales. — During a stay of a fortnight at 

 the above North Wales resort in June last I spent some time in looking up the 

 Coleopterous fauna of the neighbourhood. No doubt this locality would prove to 

 be rich in Coleoptera if worked systematically, as there is no lack of variety in the 

 collecting grounds to choose from. The sands by the sea ai"e extensive, and bordered 

 here and there by marshes of a brackish character, in which Fogonus chalceus and 

 Dichirotrichus pubescens abound ; several streams flow from the hill sides into 

 these marshes, and there are hills of considerable elevation (2000 — 3000 ft.) witliin 

 three or four miles of the town. Through the frequency of rain storms I was forced 

 to give up the idea of collecting on the high ground, excepting for a very short time 

 on two occasions, and the only species of interest noticed were Nebria Oyllenhali, 

 Myll<JBna infuscata, M, brevicornis, and Lesteva pubescens, out of moss by the side of 

 a tarn, and Corymbites aneus (2), under stones, this latter species being probably 

 about over. About the hill side streams, a short distance from the town, several of 

 the riparial IIomalotcB were found, including H. currax, H. pavens, S. cambrica 

 (common), H. frag His, H. exiniia, H. hygrotopora, and, besides these, Gnypeta 

 ccsrulea (2), Bembidium tibiale and B.prasinum, and single specimens of Agathidium 

 niyrinum and Amphicyllis globus, va.r. /errugineus, under stones in the bed of a 

 stream, these latter possibly carried there when the stream was swollen by heavy rain. 

 In the marshy ground by the shore the following were taken : — Trechus lapidonus, 

 Cillenus lateralis, Homalota orbata, abundant in marine refuse, and H. macrocera 

 (1), in dead bird, Myllmna Kraatzi (1), under a stone, Ocypus ater, and Heterocerus 

 sericans. At those points where the streams from the hills entered the marshes I 

 found Cryptohypnus dermestoides, witli the variety quad rig utlaius, very plentiful 

 beneath stones, and they appeared to prefer those stones whicli covered the closely 

 matted I'oots of the quitch grass {Triticum repens). Cryptohypnus maritimus was 

 found very sparingly under stones on tlie banks of streams. The sweeping-net was 

 not much used, the following being the only species, other than quite connuon ones, 

 taken by that means: — Aleochara ruficornis ((?), SyntomluiiL ancuin, Autalia puuc- 



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