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I may add that the same locality produced many Coleoptera of tolerable rarity, 

 amongst which Homalota longula, Heer (=thinobioides, Kraatz), was perhaps the 

 most important. We likewise took sparingly Scopmus Erichsoni (= loevigatus, Wat. 

 Cat.), Apion confluens, Kirby, and Amalus scortillum; as also, more plentifully, 

 Lionychus quadrillum and Dermestes undulatus. — T. V. Wollaston, Teignmouth, 

 June 30th, 1869. 



Notes on Coleoptera at Folkestone. — Having spent the greater part of last June 

 at Folkestone, a place so productive of good species to the Lepidopterist and 

 Hymenopterist, I come to the conclusion, in spite of cold, windy, and rainy 

 weather prevailing during the greater part of my stay, that it, and the district 

 round it, is equally good for the Coleopterist. Had it not been for the bad weather 

 I expect that many species then only occurring to me by single examples would 

 have been more plentiful. Never having been to Folkestone before, and having no 

 one to guide me, I unfortunately did not investigate the best part of the far-famed 

 " Warren ; " upon which (under stones) I could find nothing better than Plinthus, 

 which was anything but plentiful, and very often broken. With it were Myrme- 

 donia Umbata, Pterostichus ruficollis, Lebia chlorocephala, Xantholinus tricolor, 

 and such moderate things. The only other beetle worth naming was Phytonomus 

 trilineatus, common on Lotus. Thanks to the kindness of the Rev. Mr. Tylden, 

 I was enabled to find, near Westenhanger, Bembidium Sturmii, Anchomenus livens, 

 and Poophagus nasturtii, three species not falling to the lot of every one. Ceuthor- 

 hynchus tarsalis appeared to be as hard to get as ever. Walking many miles to 

 find its favourite Sisymbrium (on which the to me hitherto rare var. dispar of 

 TelepTiorus lividus was very abundant), and beating many pecks of that ungainly 

 plant, I managed to secure a short row of the beetle for my cabinet, though it took 

 eleven days hard work before I got the first specimen. It occurs in the immediate 

 neighbourhood of Folkestone, and at Hythe, and I found one specimen at Saltwood 

 Castle, on Alliaria, in company with alliance, Bris. (inomatus, Wat.). On the 

 Sisymbrium, C. cyanipennis was very plentiful, C. constrictus very rare, and C. 

 sulcicollis and quadridens abundant. Of many other species of the genus, chrysan- 

 themi, melanostictus, and cochleariae only are noteworthy. Of the allied Ceuthor- 

 hynchideus, melanarius (common on Nasturtium) , terminatus and frontalis occurred ; 

 and I would here note my conviction that Chevrolatii — in vain sought by me, 

 though I obtained troglodytes in every possible size, variety, and splendid condition, 

 — is a good species. Remembering a former capture of Ceuth. marginatus with 

 sisc-jointed funiculus, I took a large number of that somewhat abundant species, 

 and had the satisfaction of finding four similar examples. There seemed to be no 

 punctiger among them. I look upon these as monstrosities only, among which class 

 must certainly be placed a Rhynchites germanicus whioh I took here, with each 

 antenna bi-clavate. 



In a pond at Hythe, I was fortunate enough to obtain a small row of Tehna- 

 tophilus sparganii, certainly one of our rarest beetles ; it was accompanied by 

 caricis and typhoe, and by two specimens of brevicollis, Aube, a species new to me, 

 and most distinct. A similar pond, near " Caesar's Camp," at the base of the hills, 

 covered with flags, reeds, water lilies, and other flowering aquatic plants, muoh 



