Insects. 1939 



notice the following, which, with one or two exceptions, occurred in 

 tolerable abundance, and some in the greatest profusion, for the most 

 part beneath the stones. 



Dromius fasciatus Aphodius haeiuorrhoidalis 



Licinus Silphoides Cavdiopborus Equiseti 



Calathus fuscus Necrobia ruficollis 



Pogonus ubalceus Mecinus circulatus 



Broscus cephalotes Hypera dissimilis 



Curtonotus convexiusculus variabilis 



Harpalus serripes Plantaginis 



melancbolicus Phytonomus mixtus 



anxius Micronyx Jungerraannii 



neglectus (Dej.) Otiorbyncbus rugifrons 



Actephilus vernalis Sitona fusca 



Opbonus pubescens Coccinella ll-punctata 



Masoreus luxatus Crypticus quisquilius 



Dermestes tessellatus Phaleria cadaverina 



Simplocaria semistriata Omophlus Armeriae 



Saprinus aeneus Antbicus fenestratus ? (Dej.) 



Leaving this rich locality, and proceeding over the bridge towards 

 Weymouth, we find ourselves on another sandy flat, called the Small- 

 mouth Sands, and forming the opposite side of the mouth of the nar- 

 row gulph we have before alluded to. These sands are in continuity 

 with the beach along which we have to pass, and may in fact be 

 looked upon as forming part of the beach itself, which at low water 

 is left dry to rather a greater extent than usual. From this point to 

 the ruins of Sandfoot Castle, where our road leaves the shore, a rich 

 field" is before us ; though, singularly enough, scarcely any of the rare 

 insects which occur on the Chesil Bank are found here. With the 

 exception of Phaleria cadaverina, a single specimen of which occurred 

 here, I can recall but three species which I observed as common to 

 the two localities, viz., Cardiophorus Equiseti, Philan gibbus, and 

 Dyschirius thoracicus : everything else was totally distinct. Argutor 

 longicollis was in the utmost profusion, but not a specimen on the 

 other side of the bridge ; also Cleonus sulcirostris, ^Egialia globosa, 

 Opatrum sabulosum, Otiorhynchus atro-apterus, &c; whereas of such 

 species as Harpalus serripes, anxius and neglectus, Cillenum laterale, 

 Omophlus Armeriae, Otiorhynchus rugifrons, and the little black An- 

 thicus, which were in the greatest abundance on the sands adjoining 

 the Chesil Bank, not so much as an example was to be seen. 



But as space fails me, and having now noticed the most remarkable 

 Coleoptera of this immediate district, I will quit these sandy flats with 



