64. [March, 



still. Prosterniim unarmed. Elytra greyish-brown, squamfeform in t? , with a dark 

 fuscous lateral streak ; lateral in $ , barely produced beyond the pronotum. All the 

 femora without spines below, posterior ones thickened at the base, with a fuscous 

 streak on either side, pale below. Anterior tibiae with three spines above ; posterior 

 tibiae with four apical spines below ; first joint of tlie posterior tarsi with long, free 

 plantulcs. Abdomen above brown, sometimes with a fuscous, broad, lateral streak, 

 and with a small black central spot in the posterior margin of each segment, above 

 which is sometimes seen a V-shaped fuscous mark ; abdomen yellowish below. Anal 

 segment in <? sulcate, margin slightly thickened, cerci in ^ conical, straight, with an 

 internal tooth near the base ; subgenital lamina in S yellow, with a dark fuscous 

 lateral streak, posterior margin rounded ; subgenital lamina in ? short, transverse, 

 sulcate. Ovipositor well incurved, margin smooth. 



Length of the body, 13 — 18 mm. 

 „ ,, ovipositor, 9 — 10 mm. 



On brambles aDcl bushes in the autumn. From many loeahties 

 along the southern coast, also from near Bedford (Mr. Porritt), Lin- 

 colnshire (Mr. Wallis Kew), Wotton, Gloucestershire (Mr. Perkins), 

 and I have found it in some numbers at Wormwood Scrubs, near 

 London, at Bostal Heath, Plumstead, and at Falmouth. 



(To be continued). 



COLEOPTERA IN NORFOLK. 

 BY JAMES EDWARDS, T.E.S. 



Now that we have in " The Cnleoptera of the British Islands," by 

 the Ecv. Canon Powler (L. Eeeve & Co., London, 18S7, ef seq.), a 

 recent work dealing with the distribution of our British beetles as a 

 whole, the following notes may possibly be found of some interest as 

 a modest contribution to the subject. 



The following species have occurred to me in the neighbourhood 

 of Brandon : — 



Sydroporus marginattts : three or four specimens ; this species is very likely to 

 be passed over in the net in mistake for M. planus, but its larger size and reddish 

 head render it easily distinguishable. JI. oblongus : one example only ; tliis species 

 is recorded from Horning, but I have not yet met with it there. Agabus femoj-alis : 

 very common ; this species does not, so far as I know, occur in East Norfolk. A. 

 affinis : the occurrence of this species in the district under consideration is rather 

 remarkable, since it seems to have been only recorded from near Dumfries ; it did 

 not occur in company vi\\)\Jemoralis, but in a swampy place, where the herbage was 

 only covered by a few inches of water ; A. unguiciilaris, its nearest congener, I have 

 not yet taken, but I was fortunate enough to have by me for comparison a specimen 

 of the latter, obtained of Mr. Janson several years ago as affinis, under which name 

 it formerly stood in our collections. IJybius subceneus ■■ I took one specimen of a 



