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uncommon at l>rand()n in June 190G, and Oulton Uroad, lUOO. *Silu.m rnhi- 

 t/inosa Er., Oulton Broad, one specimen in a Cussits burrow, December 1908. 

 Megacromts ciw/ulutiis Mann., Barubv Broad, February 1907, and subsequently 

 sparingly. *IIe(erot/top8 nit/ra Kr., abundant in moles' nests in the Lowestoft 

 district. Philonthus trossidus iSurdm.: in view of Ur. Sharp's revision of the 

 Gabrius group I think it well to record this somewhat scarce species, of which 

 I took a single example at Oulton Broad in March 1907. Morley records the 

 insect as common throughout the county, having probably failed to dis- 

 tinguish it from P. nigritulus Gr. *P. 2ien7mtus Sharp also occurred at the 

 same place in 1898. P. proxunus Kr. was found in Cossus burrow in an alder 

 on Oulton Marshes in August 1902, and P. longicomis Kr. in sedge refuse at 

 the same place in July 1905. P. qidsquiliarius Gyll. was not uncommon 

 at Oulton Broad, August 1905, and Herring-fleet, June 1909. Lnthruhimn 

 fidvipenne Grav. turned up on the Gorton cliffs in June 1909, arid 

 L. qiiadratinn Payk. at Oulton Broad in February 1909, thus confirming 

 another of Stephens's records for tlie County. Cn/ptobiiim glaherrimum 

 rierbst I first found at Benacre Broad in 1899, and subsequently at Oulton 

 and Barnby Broads in abundance. Evaesthetus scaber Grav. was not uncommon 

 at Barnby Broad in September 1911, by carefully sifting sedge-refuse at the edge 

 of a ditch ; the species does not appear to have been recorded for the County 

 since Spence's record in 1809. Stemis guttula Muls. is not uncommon in damp 

 spots on the Gorton cliffs, and «S. subaeneus Er. occurred sparing!}' with it in 

 June 1909. Three specimens oi S. ater Mann, were taken from reed-refuse at 

 Oulton Broad in December 1903, and S. incrassatus Er. at Herringfleet in 

 1909, Bledius opacus Block, an uncommon Suffolk species, occurred at Brandon 

 in June 190G. PlatystetJms cornutus Gyll. was common at Gorton and Herring- 

 fleet in 1901 and 1909. Trogopldoeus foieolatus Sahib, was uneartlied from a 

 reed-bed at Benacre Broad in September 1900, and T. elotrgatulus Er. was not 

 uncommon at Oulton Broad in flood-refuse in December 1907. Coprophdiis 

 striatidus F. : this insect, though often common enough in London streets, is 

 apparently a rarity in Suffolk, the only two specimens I have seen in the County 

 having been found by myself at Oulton Broad in March 1900. Philorhimim 

 mrdidum Steph. was abundant on furze-bushes at Brandon in June 1906. 

 Homalium excavatwn Steph. turned up on the Gorton clifl's in June 1909. 

 H. pundipenne Thorns, was found under fir-bark at Herringfleet in September 

 1906, and H. vile Er. at Oulton Broad under oak-bark in June 1909. 



Bythinus puncticoUis Denny was fairly numerous at Barnby Broad on 

 various occasions, but very local ; no specimens with incrassate femora were, a 

 however, to be found. Bryaxis helferi Schmidt occurred in profusion at 

 Benacre Broad, where also a single specimen of B. haematica Reich, was 

 found in September 1906. *yeuvaphes minutus Chaud. : two examples of 

 this little rarity put in a very welcome appearance at Barnby Broad 

 on September 18th, 1911, by sweeping at dusk. Cholera intermedia Kr., 

 Barnby and Oulton Broads, in moles' nests, in 1907, and C. nigricans Spence 

 at the same places in 1901 and 1908. C. vwrio F. at Oulton Broad in 

 1902 and 1903. C. grandicoUis Er., also at Oulton Broad in September 1898. 

 *C. fuliginoia Er. at Barnby Broad 1901, Gorton 1904, and Oulton Broad 

 1908. Ptomapliagus sericatus Chaud., under a dead fish on the banks of Lake 

 Lothing in June 1909. Sericoderus lateralis Gyll.. Oulton Broad, September' 



