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resorted to by L. Adonis at its shallow edges, and abounding with dragon-flies, 

 produced (besides swarms of common Telmatophili and Cercus rufilabris), the 

 magnificent Chrysomela menthastri in some numbers. 



It was, however, by sweeping the boundary line between the waste and culti- 

 vated lands, on the slopes of the inland row of cliffs running from Folkestone 

 Turnpike to Westenhanger, that I made most of my good captures. Here I once 

 or twice found the giant Molytes germanus (also near Salt wood), and Otiorhynchus 

 tenebricosus, the males of which much simulate the hitherto non-Britannic 

 fuscipes ; and here $ Drilus absolutely swarmed, exhibiting the greatest conceiv- 

 able discrepancy in point of size. Of some hundreds that I saw, all were males ; 

 and the closest and most constant work (among snails, at evening and by day, by 

 sweeping and other examination of the banks and plants whereon the male 

 occurred), never produced a female. I imagine, however, that I was too soon ; for, 

 after my departure, Mr. Purday, of Folkestone, found a female, not accompanied by 

 copulative $ , in the middle of a path. This ? is now in my collection. General 

 sweeping along these ridges produced many good things, amongst them being 

 Homalota notha (a very Encephalus in its carriage), H. scapularis (not very un- 

 common), Hypocyptus seminulum ; Hydnobius punctatissimus (three of the very 

 rare small testaceous but quite mature form), Anisotoma litura (pale form), rather 

 commonly, and calcarata rarely ; Choleva anisotomoides, Saprinus virescens, lurking 

 in Helianthemum-ilower, like Cryptoceplialus hypochceridis, and evidently under that 

 mild disguise voraciously intent ; Cryptophagus badius and setulosus, Antherophagus 

 pollens and nigricornis, MaWhodes atomus, Trachys troglodytes (a very large dull- 

 coloured specimen), Mordellistena pumila (extremely common, of all sizes), M. pusilla 

 (equally excessively rare, — to be known from small pumila by its brown pubescence 

 and longer antennal joints), and M. abdominalis ; Cceliodes exiguus on Geranium, 

 not uncommon, and generally distributed over the district ; four species of Bruchus, 

 whereof the best, seminarius, was very abundant ; Apion filirostre (as usual, singly), 

 stolidum, Waltoni, punctigerum, pomonce, and many others, common ; Baridius 

 picicornis,& few, on Reseda, lutea ; Gymnetron pascuorum (absolutely swarming on 

 Sandgate road cliffs), G. rnelanarium and labile, Orchestes pratensis and Amalus 

 scortillum, common ; Rhamphus, Phytonomus polhix and suspiciosus, and Hylastes 

 obscurus ; Crypto cephalus lineola and bilineatus rather rare ; labiatus, aureolus, and 

 Ivypochmridis most abundant (the latter easily to be known from equally small 

 aureolus by its proportionately much shorter scutellum) ; Cassida sanguinolenta (rare), 

 and nobilis (plentiful) ; Platynaspis villosa (rare), Oomorphus, Scymnus sp. — ? (like 

 small Mulsanti, with red bands almost making four spots) ; Mantura Matthewsii, 

 generally distributed, Aphthona hilaris, green var., Bryaxis Eelferi, and many other 

 commoners. 



I was much struck by the prevalence of dark forms ; the black Telephones 

 dispar above alluded to and black Isomira murina being far commoner than the 

 types ; I also found one or two Lema cyanella nearly dull black, a black $ of 

 Baridius picicornis in cop. with blue $ , and three black Rhyzobius litura. 



The above general notes (which do not by any means exhaust my captures), 

 show, I think, that under better auspices, Folkestone is a good Coleopterous 

 locality.— B. C. Rye, 7, Park Field, Putney, S.W., Juh/, 1869. 



