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THE BRITISH NATURALIST. 



April to June, and also from August to October. T have bred it from 

 an AjT^ancus 



108. D. (joritieiisis, Mik. = oniata. Common amongst the grass 

 growing on the side of cliffs on the sea coast, during spring and 

 autumn. 



109. D. (iujnetonuii, Meig. Common under trees during the 

 summer. 



110. /). didyara, Meig.^oscillans. Occurs in wet situations in 

 June. 



111. D. liitea, Meig. Common in June. 



112. D. cliorcd, Meig. The commonest of the family. There are 

 two broods ; some of the first appearing as early sometimes as the 

 end of March. 



113. D. stigniaticd, Meig. ? Closely allied to chorea but larger and 

 more robust. It occurs in my garden at Glanvilles Wootton ; but is 

 only on the wing for a short time in the end of May. 



114. D. uwdesta, Meig. A common autumnal species everywhere. 



115. D. ptlipennis, Kgy. A scarce species. 



116. ; Dr sericata, Meig.^.glabvata, VV^alk. A scarce species 

 ' occurring at Glanvilles Wootton in May. 



117.. Limnolma macrostigma, Schum.=albifrons, Walk. Common 

 by the side of wet ditches in June and September. 



118. L. tripuHctata, Fab. A common species through May and June. 



119. L. flavipes, Fab. Common m June. 



120. L. nubeculosa, Meig. A very common species in spring and 

 autumn. It is one of the earliest on the wing, and also one of the 

 latest, and I have beaten it from ivy on November loth. 



' ■ ' (To be continued) . 



THE SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF 

 THE BRITISH COLEOPTERA. 



BY JOHN W. ELLIS, M.B. (vic), F.E.S. 



(Continued from page 165/ 



Thorax and its Appendages. — What is usually called the thora.x 

 in a beetle is really the pronotuin or upper surface of the first 

 thoracic segment, and this portion of the body occasionally exhibits 

 some variation in shape in the two sexes. A few examples will 

 suffice. In the Elateridae (AtJwiis, Coiymbites, &c.) the thorax is 

 frequently longer and more parallel-sided in the male, a condition 

 whicli is also })resent in Piimis lichemtni ; on the contrary while that 



