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Insects. 



comparatively but little attended to, it may not prove unacceptable 

 to many of your readers. 



Chlaeniiis nigricornis 

 Rliyzopliagus rufus 

 Elatev bipustulatus 

 Aplotarsiis longicollis 

 Mycetochariis fusca 

 Throscus dermestoides 

 Aphodius erraticus 

 Byrrhus sericeus 

 Rhinusa tricolor 



Rhagium Inquisitor 



bifasciatum 

 Strangalia elongata 

 Luperus rufipes 

 Altica Helxines 

 Chrysoraela Banlisii 



hoemoptera 

 Cassida equestris 

 Helops stria tiis 



Apoderus Avellanse 

 Hylurgus piniperda 

 Hypera punctata 



Rumicis 

 Pogonoeherus hispidus 

 Saperda laevis 

 Leptura apicalis 



melanura 

 Pachyta 8-maculata 



I ought perhaps to state that in this short catalogue 1 have admit- 

 ted only those species which I have observed to be more particularly 

 abundant in the neighbourhood. A single specimen of Callidium 

 variabile was also taken, but it is the only instance of which T have 

 heard. — Vernon IVollaston ; Jesus College^ Cambridge, Januanj 5, 

 1843. 



Note on captures of Coleopterous Insects near Cambridge, in De- 

 cember, 1842, and January, 1843. Within the last six weeks the 

 following Coleoptera, amongst many others, have been brought to me 

 from the fens. Some of them have occurred in immense numbers, of 

 these Thanasimus formicarius, Panagaeus crux-major and Opilus mol- 

 lis ought to be more particularly mentioned. 

 Lamprias clilorocephalus Thanasimus fonuicarius 



Leistus spinibarbis 

 Panagaeus crux-major 

 Colymbetes guttatus 

 Oiceoptoma sinuata 



Hylurgus piniperda 

 Bruchus Pisi 

 Dorytomus pectoralis 

 Saperda oculata 



Opilus mollis 

 Anobium castaneum 



tessellatum 

 Hylesinus Fraxini 



Vernon IVollaston. 

 Note on the Larva of Cis Boleti. The larva is white, shining, se- 

 mitransparent, cylindrical, longer and more slender than the perfect 

 insect, but much resembles it in its movements, having the same habits 

 and dwelling. The body is composed of thirteen segments, the first 

 or the head is light brown, the eyes are like two black specks, the jaws 

 and mouth are dark brown. The three following segments each bear 

 a pair of short legs ; the second or the prothorax is as large again as 

 any of the following, which are nearly equal in size. The twelfth and 

 thirteenth segments are pale brown above, and the last is ai'med with 

 two dark brown spines, bending upward. — Francis Walker ; South- 

 gate, January, 1843. 



Note on the capture of Coleopterous Insects during a flood. Al- 

 though summer is the usual season for entomological excursions, every 

 insect-hunter knows that il' ho is industrious much may be added to 



