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Simplocaria serai-striata, but never on the side facing the sea. They occurred by 

 hundreds, and appeared to exist, more or less, under every stone. 



Omias sulcirostris (Schbn.) In tolerable plenty near Plymouth, in May, especially 

 at Mount Edgcumbe (Zool. 702). 



Strophosomus squamulatus. This insect and Sciaphilus muricatus appear to be 

 two of the commonest in the West of England. Wherever I searched, whether on 

 the coast, or inland, they were sure to occur ; and in the early part of the season, espe- 

 cially, they were most abundant. 



Sitona Cambrica. Widely distributed throughout Devonshire, but apparently 

 less abundant in Cornwall. 



Polydrusus undatus, cervinus, and chrysomela. All tolerably common, especially 

 cervinus. The last appears almost peculiar to the coast, where I brushed it off the 

 fine grass, growing on the most exposed rocks, facing the sea. 



Cleonus nebulosus. In the greatest profusion on the sand-hills at Braunton 

 Burrows, near Bideford, in June. 



Bhinocyllus latirostris. Whitsand Bay, on the south coast of Cornwall, where, 

 in the month of May, they appeared by thousands, frequenting the thistles growing 

 on the sides of the cliffs. Every plant, for miles, was positively infested with them ; 

 and on several occasions I took fifty or sixty specimens, by shaking even a single plant 

 over my net. The insect is considered rare, I believe, in many parts of England. 



Apion. Of this genus I captured, in all, not more than twenty-five species ; and 

 in very few instances did any occur in actual abundance. On the contrary, the 

 greater number were decidedly rare ; and I may here remark, that many of the spe- 

 cies which I have captured in almost every other part of England in profusion, I did 

 not meet with at all, either in Devonshire or Cornwall, during the whole summer. For 

 instance, of the three species, Pomona?, Rumicis and aeneum, which I have usually, 

 in other localities, taken in abundance, I have not so much as a single example. The 

 only ones which I observed in any profusion were Radiolus, Carduorum, rufirostre, 

 striatum, virens, flavipes and apricans. The following, however, I observed, although 

 sparingly, in both counties : — Apion subulatum, curtirostre, tenue, seniculus, viola- 

 ceum, haematodes, frumentarium, Onopordi, Hookeri, Ervi, Loti, Kirbii, ebeninum, 

 Viciae, Pisi, and subsulcatum. — T. Vernon Wollaston ; Jesus College, Cambridge, 

 November 17, 1844. 



Capture of Coleoptera in the Scilly Islands. In a visit to the Scilly Islands during 

 September, I captured the following species of Coleoptera, in addition to those enu- 

 merated in the ' Entomological Transactions,' vol. ii. p. 58. 

 Odontonyx rotundicollis Calandra granaria 



Amara nitida Aleochara 2-maculata 



Harpalus notatus Tachinus pullus 



Necrophorus Vespillo Staphylinus cantianus 



Oiceoptoma rugosa Philonthus lituratus. 



Cryptophagus Abietis Raphirus nitipennis 



Latridius porcatus Cafius fucicola 



Byrrhus sericeus Gyrohypnus linearis. 



Aphodius contaminatus 



Of the Odontonyx T took a single specimen on Tresco ; the denticulations on the 

 claws very distinct, at least on those of the anterior and posterior tarsi ; for the inter- 

 mediate ones I cannot answer, as they were broken off. I am informed bv Messrs. 



