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mixture in a very decided manner. Among the Coleoptera 

 which were not mentioned in M. Blanchard's Report, we 

 observed some of great interest, such, for instance, as the Cicin- 

 dela tricolor of Siberia, three species of Purpuricenus (two of 

 which closely resemble our own), a species of Anoplistes, a 

 magnificent Dorcadion, a Clytus of large size and very 

 remarkable appearance, a Cyrtognathus, a species of Aids, 

 several Gymnopleuri, Sisyphi and Orthophagi (nearly related 

 to oar own species), Anomala holosericea, &c. We have 

 been disappointed at noticing, in three boxes of Coleoptera, 

 the absence of the more striking species, such as Carabus 

 pustulifer, Eriplotrupes sinensis, the Goliathi, and others no 

 less interesting. It can scarcely be the fear of accidents to 

 these valuable species that has prevented their exhibition, 

 since admission was by tickets, which were only handed 

 to gentlemen occupied in natural-history pursuits. It cannot 

 be the fear of injury from light, since the collection has 

 scarcely been exposed a week; and the Lepidoptera, the 

 colours of which are most sensitive in this respect, are not 

 yet exposed ; while the Coleoptera are placed so nearly in 

 the dark that they can scarcely be seen, much less examined. 

 —Editor; P. N. E. 



Anthicus himaculatus. — Dr. Marmottan, in an excursion 

 he has lately had in company with M. Berce, has discovered, 

 in an essentially dry spot in the Forest of Fontainebleau, 

 specimens of Anthicus bimaculatus, a species well known as 

 a dweller on the sea-coast and the banks of rivers, but not 

 previously found in dry situations. — Id. 



Coleoptera near Nantes. — At the last sitting of the Ento- 

 mological Society of France, M. Chevrolat gave some account 

 of an entomological excursion he had made, during the 

 second siege of Paris, to Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, near Nantes. 

 He found two beetles new to Science : — a Sitones, which he 

 proposes to call S. guttulata; and an Orchestes, for which he 

 proposes the name of A. luteicornis. — Id. 



Limexylon navale. — M. Berce observes that this beetle, 

 noticed in the last ' Entomologist,' is very common in the 

 timber-yards, and has occurred in the forests of France. It 

 was esteemed rare in the Forest of Fontainebleau, where 

 single specimens only have been taken ; but this year M. Berce 

 has met with it in immense profusion in oaks which had been 



