5296 Insects. 



This has been objected to as a British species, because it was found in foreign goods- 

 warehouses; but the objection would apply with equal force to many of the genus 

 Tinea, and our very commonest species would have to be expunged ; but as I con- 

 sider every species (whether imported at first or not) which locates itself here and 

 propagates its kind to be British, I now add it to our list, merely 'remarking that 

 those who do not think as I do are quite at liberty to refuse it admission to their 

 cabinets until they change their minds, which they must eventually do. — C. S. Gregson ; 

 Stanley, near Liverpool, September 22, 1856. 



A Systematic List of Coleoptera found in the Vicinity of Alverstoke, 

 South Hants. By Arthur Adams, Esq., F.L.S., Surgeon of 

 H.M. Surveying Ship ' Actaeon ; ' and William Balfour 

 Baikie, M.D., F.R.G.S., Haslar Hospital. 



The district to which the following paper refers extends from 

 Alverstoke, as a centre, to a distance from four to five miles all round. 

 During our acquaintance with it, comprising, at different times, a 

 period of several years, we have collected a considerable number of 

 species, many of them rare ; and, being now on the eve of leaving 

 England, we are desirous of recording the localities, for the benefit of 

 itinerant entomologists, as well as of adding new habitats for several 

 British insects. The country around Alverstoke is flat and rather low, 

 and bounded along the South by the sea. The formation is the Lon- 

 don clay, which stretches to the eastward as far as the chalky Ports- 

 down Hill. The surface is remarkably free from stones and blocks, 

 which, however desirable for the agriculturist, is not so favourable for 

 the entomological collector. 



The general arrangement we have adopted is that of Schaum's 

 catalogue, several subdivisions being introduced for convenience of 

 reference. The nomenclature of genera and species employed has 

 been guided, as far as possible, by the law of priority : but, for the 

 sake of those who are yet in the habit of using only Stephens' works, 

 his names have generally been added. In comparing and arranging 

 the synonymy we have derived much information and assistance from 

 Dawson's standard 6 Geodephaga Britannica,' and from Murray's 

 model ' Catalogue of the Coleoptera of Scotland.' 



