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equal, very finely and thickly punctate, and gibbous at the sides. Elytra smooth and 

 not pubescent, distinctly punctate-striate, the striae being formed by large irregular 

 points, producing a somewhat angulose appearance. It was taken in fungus in Scot- 

 land, near Loch Tay, in September, 1862, by my friend Mr. H. Montague. — John A. 

 Power 52, Burton Crescent, September 16, 1863. 



Coleopterous doings in Kent and Devonshire. — I have recently been amusing myself 

 with a short ramble, during which I looked for insects, though not altogether on En- 

 tomology intent. I found Coleoptera extremely rare, and few to be obtained of any 

 value, except in one or two limited spots. The east coast produced me almost nothing, 

 with the siugle exception of Deal, which was pretty prolific. I found the usual 

 insects, such as Harpalus cordatus, H. servus, &c., Helops pallida, Masoreus luxatus, 

 Philonthus lepidus, Hydroporus parallelogrammus, Agabus conspersus, Dyschirius 

 nitidus, D. salinus, Syncalypta setigera, Limnichus sericeus, &c, but obtained 

 also a few rarer ones, new I think to the place, including Homalota caesula, Saprinus 

 metallicus, Philonthus vernalis, Falagria sulcatula, the latter iu abundance. I then 

 transferred myself to North Devonshire, where I found a still greater deficiency of 

 insect life ; and besides the ordinary coast things, such as Tachyusa sulcata, Cercyon 

 depressum, Nebria complanata, Aepys marinus, Apion Hookeri, &c, the only insects I 

 took worthy of notice were Stenus Guynemeri in profusion, and Quedius auricomus in 

 plenty, in company with that frequent haunter of small waterfalls, Dianous caeruleus. 

 Myllaena brevicornis was in abundance ; Homalota maritima also occurred, far below 

 high-water mark. My favourite haunt at Mickleham has recently produced me a fine 

 series of the rare Haploglossa gentilis and H. pulla, a few specimens of the lovely Lycus 

 nrinutus, with a profusion of Tachyusa umbratica and many other fair insects. — Id. 



Proceedings of Societies. 

 Entomological Society. 

 August 3, 1863.— F. P. Pascoe, Esq., V.P, in the chair. 



Donations. 



The following donations were announced, and thanks voted to the respective donors: 

 — 1 Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou,' Annee 1862, No. 1 ; 

 presented by the Society. Five quarto Tracts on Fossil Insects, &c, by H. A. Hagen, 

 C. von Heyden, H. von Meyer and H. Rathke ; Ten Numbers of the 'Neue Preus- 

 sische Provinzial-Blatter' for various years, containing articles on Entomology; Six 

 octavo Tracts on Neuroptera, &c, by Dr. H. A. Hagen ; Five octavo Tracts on Neu- 

 roptera, &c, by F. Brauer; Three octavo Tracts on Coleoptera, Myriapoda, &c, by 

 Professor E. von Siebold; Two octavo Tracts by Victor Motschulsky; Oue octavo 

 Tract, by Franz Loew ; Ten octavo Tracts, by Mons. E. de Selys Longchamps ; One 

 octavo Tract (' Separatabdruck naturwissenschaftlicher Abhandlungen aus der Schriften 

 des Zoologisch-Botanischen Vereins in Wien ') ; presented by Dr. H. A. Hagen. 1 The 

 Intellectual Observer,' No. 19; by Messrs. Groombridge and Sons. 'The Zoologist' 

 for August; by the Editor. 'The Athenaeum' for July; by the Editor. 'The Reader' 

 for July ; by the Editor. ' The Journal of the Society of Arts ' for July ; by the Society. 

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