1996 Insects. 



teva, by my friend H. Doubleday,' there are no less than eleven conspicuous insects 

 registered for the first time : in fact, I believe there are at least 1000 indigenous 

 species of insects, whose names have not yet found their way into our published lists, 

 the insertion of which would probably occupy too much of your valuable space t I will 

 therefore only notice a decade of the more remarkable recent discoveries, including 

 that which induced me to pen this note, viz. 



Pytlio depressus, Perthshire, on firs, in July. 



Cetonia aenea, do. 



Tetratoma Desmaretsii, Henhault Forest. 



Abraeus vulneratus, Windsor. 



Quedius fon talis, about London, in plenty. 



Locusta subcagrulipennis, Southampton. 



Libellula meridionalis, in my own garden. 



Nematis Erichsonii, fir trees, Guildford, in August. 



Strongylogaster eborina, hedges, Coombe Wood. 



Ehamphomyia spinipes, Dumfriesshire. 

 Of the first insect I possess a pair, a blue male and a green female; it is one of 

 our most conspicuous Coleoptera : four specimens were taken by Mr. Weaver during 

 his recent excursion in Scotland, from whom my pair were obtained, as also Cordulia 

 arctica, $• and 5, Hadena assirailis, Doub., <?, Amphisa Walkeri, Coccyx Cosmo- 

 phorana, $ and $ , a new Ctenophera, &c. — J. F. Stephens ; Eltham Cottage, Fox- 

 ley Road, North Brixton, November, 1 847. 



Coleoptera on the Coast of East Lothian. — During a visit to the coast east of Dun- 

 bar, on the 16th of August, I took a few insects, which, as coming from an unexplored 

 district, may be worthy of being placed on record. The coast consists almost entirely 

 of a succession of barren links, and anything worthy of notice was separated by wide 

 intervals, and difficult to procure. In a red sandstone quarry near the town, Amara 

 (Bradytus) ferruginea occurred, but only a single specimen. Aleochara nitida was 

 abundant ; and A. obscurella, with Omalium laeviusculura (0. laeve, Stephens), were 

 met, wherever there was decaying sea-weed to shelter them. Xantholinus glabratus 

 was rather common, in decayed horse and cow-dung, as Mr. Holme (Ent. Trans, iii. 

 125) remarks it is on the coast of Cornwall ; though in this vicinity, it is frequently 

 found at some distance from the sea. Staphylinus maxillosus lurked in great profu- 

 sion under the sea-weed, and accompanying it were two specimens of the rare variety ? 

 Staphylinus ciliaris, Leach, which I had also found in Berwickshire, frequenting dead 

 birds and remains of the smaller quadrupeds. In the same situation, Philonthus sor- 

 didus, P. aterrimus (Gabrius id. Stephens), and Othius laeviusculus, Kirby (O. punc- 

 tipennis, Lacordaire) were found. Quedius frontalis, Nordm. (Q. tristis, Angl.) and 

 Ocypus picipennis (Staph, aeneocephalus) frequented dry places under stones, in com- 

 pany with the customary tenants of the shore, Ocypus olens and O. Morio (O. simi- 

 lis, Stephens). Wherever Cakile maritima grew, Macrocnema marcida was its faithful 

 attendant; and the forests of golden ragwort gave sustenance to a profusion of the 

 pale-coloured variety of Thyamis tabida. Broscus cephalotes dwells along the whole 

 coast, coming abroad about four o'clock in the afternoon. Dead squadrons of Serica 

 brunnea were scattered over the sands, its season having gone by. Otiorhynchus sca- 

 brosus appeared near Dunbar, and O. atroapterus, with Philopedon geminatus, were 

 feeding on the scanty patches of Ammophila arundinacea, which they relish beyond all 

 other fare. By far the most interesting insect was Aepus fulvescens, which I found 



