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tarsalis, omlatus, hrunnipes, fulvicornis, huphtlialmns (now almost extinct) and 
cicindeloides, — the last-namccl in myriads. Evcesthetus lceviusc%dus and ruficapilhis, 
Stilicus geniculatus and orhiculatus, Tachyporus solutus and scitulus, Mylloena 
trevicomis and mimita (hard to get and harder to set), the common marsh Quedii J 
and Trogophlcei, Lestevap^mctata,ai,TidPhilont7iusvarius, var. hipustulatus, cinerascens ' 
and signaticornis, complete the note-worthy Braclielytra. P. signaticornis seems 
very rare : it occvirs in matted grass-roots, and may be known from villosulus by 
the usually darker base of its antennsB, its darker legs, and its duller, because more 
closely punctured, elytra and abdomen. Of the Geodephaga, Stenolophus Tetdorms 
and AncJiomenus airatus are the best ; and of the Rhyncliophora, Erirhinus schirrliosus 
(not uncommon), Pachyrinus comari and the black-necked Cionus verhasci : Hydro- 
nomus, Phytonomus polygoni and pollux (as at Hammersmith marshes, accompanied 
by its plainly striped form), and other vulgarities abounding. Donacia sericea, 
Telmatopliihis caricis, Chwtarthria and Cyclonotum in swarms, Simplocaria, Praso- 
curis heccabimgcB (also not seen by me so near London before), Cassida ohsoleta,, 
Phyllotreta hrassicw, Corticaria denticulata and Bryaxis juncorum, though all common, 
will help to swell the list. 
I have also found here what I suppose to be Limnehitis papposus, conspicuous 
for the inflation of the middle joint of its palpi. Of the authorities at my command, 
I can only find mention in Eedtenbacher of this peculiarity ; indeed, the equal size 
of the joints of the palpi appears to be one of the generic characters of Leach's 
Limnehius. 
In the Hemiptera I was surprised to find, commonly, the little enigmatic Hehrus. 
This does not seem to have been observed near London before. Of some species of 
Salda to be taken here, elegantula, readily to be known by the suddenly incrassated 
apical joints of the antennae, is not uncommon, with Monantliia humuU. S. Flori 
occurs in grass at the edge of the Thames Bank ; the specimens with pai'tially 
yellow apical joints to their antennae being apparently varieties of the ? . 
On Wimbledon Common I was much pleased to light upon a little colony of 
the strident Trox sabv.losus, in and under a very small and desiccated dead lamb. 
This curious beetle, after foolishly giving notice of its whereabouts by its peculiar 
squeak, shams death pertinaciously. The grass beneath a very small tuft of wool 
harboured three specimens. In digging up the roots I found Corymhites holosericeiis, 
just out of pupa, with its larva. The dry carcase above mentioned also contained 
several of the pretty Nitidulaquadripustulata, with other commoner carrion-feeders. 
On the sallows I found Erirhinus salicis, plentifully; replaced in a week by Elleschus 
hipunctatus. Apion minimum and Epurcea melina also accompanied these species ; 
and Oxystoma genistce was not uncommon on small spiny broom. In a marshy 
place, not before examined, I took some PhilontJius nigrita, and P. samguinolentus 
with its elytral spots confluent ; and, at the old pond near the Mill, Tachyusa atra, 
Stenits longitarsis, and a nest of Aleochara hrevipennis. When the small scattered 
ponds here dry up, many Agali, Hydropori, Hydrochi, &c., are easily and plentifully 
to be taken. In this way I have found Agahus nigro-cBueus, Marsh., considered 
specifically distinct from chalconotus by continental authors, but not recorded 
otherwise than as a var. of that insect in our modern lists. Hydroporus lepidus is 
particularly abundant here. 
