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and Malthodes sanguinolentus, are all more or less common. Priobium 

 castaneum, Cistela luperus (once), Pyrochroa serraticornis, CEdemera, 

 nobilis, Otiorhynchus picipes (occasionally), Apion punctigerum, Poly- 

 drosus undatus, P. pterygomalis, Phyllobius, uniformis, P. argentatus, P. 

 pyri (all very abundant), Polydrosus cerviuus, Pliyllobius calcaratus, 

 Sciaphilus muricatus, Sitones regensteinensis, Orobitis cyaneus, Apoderus 

 coryli, Erirhinus maculatus, Balaninus nucum, B. pyrrhoceras (^moderate- 

 ly so), Tychius ypunctatus (I have taken but six examples of this 

 rather scarce Tychius, it seems very local, indeed all the specimens 

 captured in this district, have been swept in a lane near Guest- 

 ling sandpit) Atellabus curculionoides, Liosomus oblongulus, (once), 

 Rhynchites betida, R. germanicus, (^commonj, Rhynchites uncinatus, 

 R. nanus (scarce), Ceuthovhynchus assimilis, Bruchus atomarius, 

 (common), Zeugophora subspiuosa, Pogonochenis hispidus (once), Lema 

 cyanella, L. mdanopa, Lamprosoma concolor, Cvyptocephalus moral, 

 C. labiatus, Chrysomela hyperici, Haltica ericeti (occasionally), Phcedon 

 tumidulum, Adimonia suturalis, Prasocuris phellandrii, Hermceophaga 

 mercurialis, Crepidodera aurata, C. ferruginea, C. transversa, Phyllotreta 

 fiemorum, Apteropeda gramminis, Sphcerodenna testacea (all more or less 

 common), Cassida vibex and C. nobilis (once), C. viridis (common). 



On the May blossom and on various umbelliferous plants I have 

 found Clytus arietis, Strangalia armata, S. nielanura, Granimoptera 

 tabacicolor, G. rnficornis (common), Strangalia \-fasciata (once), Anaspis 

 frontalis, A. melanopa (both very abundant"), A. ruficollis (moderately 

 so), A. snbtestacea and A. fasciata frarej, Byturus tormentosus, B. 

 sambuci, Epuraa (estiva (common), Adimonia sanguinea, Rhynchites 

 cequatus, Balaninus glandiiim, B. nucum, Anthonomus rubi and A. 

 pedicularius ( occasionally ). 



I seldom go to Guestling without visiting the sandpit, which has 

 on different occasions produced some very good things. The two 

 best species I have obtained are Ccenopsis Waltoni and C. jissirostris ; 

 of the former I have taken on various occasions seven, and of the 

 latter two. Among the other species which I have taken in this 

 sandpit are Liosomus oblongulus (2), Cytilus varius, Orobitis cyaneus 

 (several of each), Lasia globosa fcommonj, Pogonochenis dentatus (1), 

 Geotrupes sylvaticns, Pristonychus terricola, Tliroscus dermestoides, 

 Trachyphlceus scaber, T. scabricitlus (occasionally) ; while Notiophilus 

 biguttatus, N. palustris, Bembidium lampros, and Sitones tibialis are 

 always abundant ; besides these there are several species which I 



