20 Vallentin, Notes on the Falkland Islands. 



suddenly observed the water teeming with small red 

 crustaceans, belonging to the genus Galaihcsa, but 

 which are known to the dwellers of these climes as 

 " Whale food." Almost simultaneously with the appear- 

 ance of these crustaceans appeared numbers of "Jackass" 

 and " Rockhopper " Penguins, all of which were busily 

 engaged in catching and devouring them with avidity. 

 I had frequently observed in the undigested morsels cast 

 up by these birds on West Point Island and elsewhere the 

 remains of a species of crustacean ; now I was pleased to 

 be able to see both species of birds actually devouring the 

 living animals. 



FAUNISTIC NOTES. 

 INSECTA. 



COLEOPTERA. 



Beetles were not numerous. I find my collection 

 contains five species, they are as follows : — 



Lissopteriis quadrinotatiis, Waterhouse. Common 

 everywhere in the peat. 



Emalodera multipunciata, Carbis. Evenly distributed 

 all over the islands. Usually found under stones. 



Listroderes. 3 species. 



Hymenoptera. 



I captured one windy day in a sand-pit, some miles 

 from Stanley, a very brightly coloured insect. It was 

 struggling amid a heap of fine sand, and seemed to have 

 been blown thither by the wind. A gentleman in the 

 insect department of the British Museum, writes, con- 

 cerning this specimen, as follows : " This may be a variety 



