Insects. 5299 



N. palustris, Dufts. N. tibialis, Steph. Common ; hiding in 

 damp hedgebanks. 



N. semipunctatus, Fabr. N. biguttatus, N. palustris, Steph. Very 

 common ; in dry banks. Runs quickly in the sun. 



6. Fam. HARPALiDiE, MacLeay. 



1. Panagaeus, Latr. 



P. quadripustulatus, Sturm. One specimen taken near Fort 

 Monkton, by Mr. Dawson, and another, by one of the authors, on 

 the roadside at Browndown, in 1855. 



2. Loricera, Latr. 



L. pilicornis, Fabr. Very common ; under weeds and stones along 

 sides of damp ditches. 



3. Chlaenius, Bon. 



C. vestitus, Payk., Fabr. Not common ; along the banks of ponds 

 near Stokes Bay. 



C. nigricornis, Fabr., Steph. C. melanocornis, C. fulgidus, Steph. 

 A specimen taken by H. Adams, Esq., in a muddy ditch at Grange, 

 September, 1855; and another captured by one of the authors in a 

 field near Alverstoke, August, 1856. 



Dinodes, Bon. 



D. Maillei, Dej. An imperfect specimen taken by one of the 

 authors, in the spring of 1851, at Fish-hook Bay, Isle of Wight. 



4. Oodes, Bon. 



O. Helopioides, Fabr. Five specimens have been captured, four 

 from decayed willow-pollards in Rovvner swamp, and one under dead 

 reeds in a ditch at Grange. 



5. Badister, Clair v. 



B. unipustulatus, Bon. B. cephalotes, B. suturalis, Steph. One 

 specimen taken in June, 1855, under a log at Rowner. 



B. bipustulatus, Fabr., Steph. B. microcephalus, B. lacertosus, 

 Steph. Not unfrequent ; under debris in dry ditches. 



6. Pristonychus, l)ej. 



P. tenicola, Herbst. (1794). P. subcyaneus, ///. (1801). Abun- 

 dant in cellars at Haslar Hospital. 



