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female Ilybius which possesses the characters laid down for this species by Mr. 

 Eye, quoting Redtenbacher, in Ent. Ann., 1867, p. 57 ; much working failed to pro- 

 duce a second example. HydrocTius carinatus : this species occurred again this 

 year, but much more sparingly than in 1888. Philhydrus minutus : I have not 

 found this species in any other locality. Bagous sp.? : I have on two or three 

 occasions taken single specimens of a Bagous, which does not agree well with any 

 description to which I have access, but seems to come nearest to B. limosus. 



Although the Horning and Ranworth marshes are not the entomological para- 

 dises that certain writers on the "Broad " district would have us believe, still they 

 are charming places in the summer time, and a diligent collector may undoubtedly 

 meet with some beetles which are usually accounted rare ; personally, I rather prefer 

 the former, on account of some minor details of accessibility, but the Coleopterous 

 Fauna of both localities is, in the main, very much the same. 



The following is a list of some of the best things that have 

 occurred to me at Horning : — 



Qyrinus Stiffriani : perhaps the best character for separating this species from 

 its congeners lies in the punctuation of the striae near the suture of the elytra, 

 which is distinctly stronger towards the base ; it may be readily distinguished in 

 the field by its small size and almost invariably solitary habits ; it never swarms 

 like G. marinus, which occurs in profusion at the same time and place, but is so 

 closely mimicked by males of the latter when swimming more than ordinarily sub- 

 merged, a habit which they frequently affect, that I have more than once been 

 completely deceived, until I had the insect in my hand. Hydroporus ferrugineus : 

 I took one example of this species amongst Lemna in a ditch on June 14th, 1888. 

 Hydrochus hrevis : occurs sparingly. Anthocomus terminatns : very rare ; I have 

 two examples taken at different times by sweeping ; the species has not apparently 

 been recorded for many years. 



Household Heath, near this city, has long had a great reputation 

 as a good collecting ground, and in the year 1883 I had the oppor- 

 tunity (not likely to recur) of working at it day after day, a circumstance 

 which accounts in a great measure for the best things enumerated in 

 the following list : — 



rterostichus dimidiatits : scarce, not seen of late years. Ocypus cyaneus : about 

 a dozen specimens occurred in 1883, but I know of no captures here more 

 recent than this. Onthophilus siilcatus : verj rare : I have three specimens, two 

 taken in 1883, and one from an old Norfolk collection. Cleonus nebiilosus : has 

 occurred but rarely, and that not of late years ; this species and the three preceding 

 are mentioned in a " Catalogue of Insects found in Norfolk," by the Rev. John 

 Burrell, piiblished in the Trans. Eut. Soc. Lond., vol. i (old series), about the year 

 1807. Ccenopsis Jissirostris : this species has occurred, not very uncommonly, 

 generally under Spergulai-ia rubra. C. Waltoni : much scarcer than its congener. 



From observations on the genus Laccolius made in the field, I had, at first, 

 some reason for thinking that L. sinuatus and bipunctatus were but the two sexes of 

 the same species, and that alutaceus and minutus stood in the same relation to each 

 otlier ; as my stock of material increased, however, I found that I possessed both 



