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THE BRITISH NATURALIST. 



[August 



CoLEOPTERA AT MiTCHAM. — Having done most of my spring 

 collecting at Mitcham this year a few notes as to my success may not 

 be uninteresting. My special object was to increase my Staj^hylinidce, 

 which I have certainly done, having captured about 50 species there 

 that were new to me. The following are some of the best things I 

 have taken during the last four months. In February : Cymhoidyta 

 marginelltis, Philhydnis melanocephalus, Chilopora longitarsis, Tachyusa 

 atra, Philonthus signaticornis, Trogophlmis pusillus. In March : Berosus 

 affinis, Dytisctis pttnctidatus, Philonthus signaticornis and fidvipes and 

 Mycetoporus reyi. In April : Cymbiodyta marginelkis and Stenus guttida 

 commonly; also Tachyusa atra, Stenus incrassattis, Berosus signaticollis, 

 S^c. In May : Pterostichiis gracilis, Stenolophus teutonns, Acupalpus 

 gvUenhali, A. consputus, Dyschivius globosus, Calodera riparia, Tachyusa 

 atra, Myrtuedonia limbata (from ants' nests commonly), Bledius 

 fracticornisy Scopceus minutus, Deinopsis erosa, Orchitis cyaneus. The 

 number of common insects which occur at Mitcham are very numerous, 

 and altogether I have taken about 200 to 250 species. — H. Heasler, 

 Peckham. 



Captures during June. — June 6th.— I visited Loughton for purpose 

 of beating the hawthorne. The blossom was hardly so forward as I 

 expected, and in several places not yet opened. Adimonia sanguinea 

 and Anthonomus pedicidarius were fairly common. Rhynchites cequatus 

 abounded, R. pauxillns scarce, R. ceneovirens (three only, and these 

 were on oak). Mr. Cripps took one Asclera coendea. July 13th. — 

 Superintended a cricket match at Netting Hill, but during intervals 

 of leisure explored the railway fences, getting an odd specimen of 

 Callidium violaceum and several Ernohius mollis. June 20th — Accom- 

 panied Mr. J. T. Carrington's party (South London Entom. Soc.) to 

 Eynsford, Kent. The weather was everything that could be desired, 

 and Coleoptera abundant. I found Polydrostis undatiis fairly common 

 on birch and oak, by beating. Swept several Bruchus atomarius from 

 veitch ; CEdemera lurida occurred commonly on the chalky slopes ; 

 likewise took Mordellistena pumilla and many other common things. 

 By beating hawthorne and hazel, I obtained a plentiful supply of 

 Cistela murina and some half-dozen C. Inperiis. Mr. R. South brought 

 me a specimen of Dascillus cerviniis, and I beat out five others during 

 the afternoon. Another member kindly captured Ciyptocephaliis 

 aureolas and handed to me, and soon afterwards I swept a second 



