12 { June, 
It seems to differ in its ways from B.paludosum. Inthe wide gravelly or sandy bed 
of the river, of which a great part is dry in summer, there are little green oases 
formed by tufts of milfoil, common birdsfoot trefoil, &c., under which the creature, 
hides, and is only occasionally seen running over the intervening spaces ; whereas 
paludosum is often found trooping over the damp sand, and is not averse even to a 
little mud. By the river, also, *Amara lucida was taken, once and again. 
Without specifying localities, and omitting many of commoner occurrence, I 
noted the following: Calathus micropterus and rotundicollis, Anchomenus viduus and 
gracilis, Bradycellus collaris and similis. Bembidium anglicanum, concinnum, 
pallidipenne and wprasinum, Helophorus arvernicus, Philhydrus melanocephalus, 
Liodes glabra and castanea, Priobium castaneum, Octotemnus glabriculus, Anthonomus 
ulmi, Otiorhynchus monticola, Donacia sericea and comari, the latter of which seems 
very much more common in Scotland than the former, Chrysomela varianson Hypericum 
perforatum (frequents also H. quadrangulum), Gonioctena pallida, on hazel, Phedon 
betule (first taken in Berwickshire only four years ago), Lyperus flavipes, Orepidodera 
Modeeri, Psylliodes cupronitens, Coccinella 18-guttata, oblongo-guttata and ocellata, 
Exochomus 4-pustulatus. Homalota cambrica (velox), subtilissima (both by sides of 
streams, the former running over the surface, the latter hiding under the shingle, 
accompanied by Thinobius longipennis), elongatula, volans, immersa, analis, brumnea, 
subenea, succicola, fungicola, subterranea, sericea, levana, cinnamoptera, aterrima, 
orbata, and clhientula. These have enjoyed the benefit of Dr. Sharp’s examination. 
Encephalus complicans, Gyrophena gentilisand nanain Agaricus gambosus. Tachinus 
flavipes, *Mycetoporus lucidus (taken by me also in Berwickshire, many years ago), 
Quedius lateralis, wmbrinus, maurorufus, and fulvicollis, Staphylinus nebulosus, 
Philonthus decorus, Lathrobium quadratum, Anthophagus testaceus, Geodromicus 
nigrita, Lesteva pubescens and punctata. 
Pocadius ferrugineus, Sinodendron cylindricum, Pogonocherus hispidus and Byr- 
rhus dorsalis not found by myself, were kindly presented to me by Mr. Norman, who 
has undertaken the investigation of the Lepidoptera of the province. 
The species with an asterisk prefixed are now, I believe, for the first time re- 
corded as Scottish.—Rosr. Histor, Blair Bank, Falkirk, March, 1870. 
Captures of Coleoptera near Lewisham.—I have much pleasure in recording 
the capture of a few more examples of Calodera rubens, Hr., in the same locality 
as those mentioned by Mr. Rye when introducing the species as British. I have 
also taken in the same neighbourhood the following species (with others), already 
known to occur at Lee:—Pachyrinus 4-nodosus, Stenus solutus and pallipes, 
Lathrobium longulum, Tachyporus tersus (of Waterh. Cat.), Huplectus ambiguus, 
Apion diforme, Homalota ewilis (major form rarely, minor form commonly) and 
orphana, Hygronoma, Anchomenus gracilis, Oxypoda lentula, Bryawvis impressa, 
Bythinus Curtisvi, Psammechus and Ocyusa maura.—G. C. CHamvion, 274, Walworth 
Road, London, S., March, 1870. 
Note on the recent abundance of Coccinelle.—Norfolk shared the advantages 
derived from the timely visit of immense flights of Lady-birds, and the plague of 
Aphides, from which vegetation suffered so severely, rapidly disappeared. There has 
