1890.] THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



possess a tolerably complete series. Mr. South has also captured a few 

 specimens in North Devon, ('Entomologist,' Vol. XIV., p. 182,) where 

 he states : — " I take with the net P. zetterstedtii" Mr. South further 

 adds (" Entomologist," XV., p. 33): — " Plenty of 5. vivgaurea grew in 

 the woods where the insect occurred in North Devon. It maybe that I 

 did not stumble across the head-quarters of this insect and, that the 

 few examples I met with were stragglers." Dr. Jordan also records 

 the species from Switzerland, " Entomologist's Monthly Magazine," 

 Vol. XVI., p. 121 where he writes : — "P. zetterstedtii, in fields beyond 

 Zermatt church, also on the Riffelberg and on the way to the 

 Schwarzen." 



(To be continued). 



COLEOPTERA AT GUESTLING. 



By A. FORD. 



During the present season I have spent a good deal of time col- 

 lecting Coleoptera at Guestling, which is by far the best locality for 

 Coleoptera and in fact for all orders of insects in the Hastings dis- 

 trict (with the exception of Cumber), it is about four miles from the 

 town of Hastings. 



Thanks to the kindness of the Rev. E. H. Bloomfield who has 

 directed me to the best parts for collecting, I have managed to take 

 about 350 species of Coleoptera, many of which may be worth re- 

 cording. 



By general sweeping I have taken on different occasions the 

 following species : — Amara spinipes, Demetvias atricapillus, Anthobium 

 opthalmicum, Anisotoma calcarata, Olibrus omens, Brachypterus urticce, 

 B. pubescens, Anther ophagus nigricornis, Throscus dennestoides, Atlious 

 longicollis, A. diffovmis. The latter species is very abundant in a 

 field at the back of Guestling Rectory ; in the evening, it can be ob- 

 tained in any numbers by sweeping the long grass, the female is 

 rather scarce and I usually take 100 males to one female. I have 

 never on any occasion taken this insect in the day-time, although I 

 have several times swept the same field for it. Dolopius marginatus, 

 Cyplion variabilis, Telephorus rusticus, T. nigricans, T. lividus. T. limbatus, 

 T. lituratus, T . fuscicornis, T . flavilabvis, T. bicolor, Malthinus punctatus, 



