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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
COLEOPTERA. 
Deal. — In the course of two hurried 
day excursions to the sand-hills of this 
locality (giving about four hours’ col- 
lecting each) I have taken, amongst 
others, the following species : — 
Demetrius unipunctata. Plentiful. 
Dyschirius salinus. 
Notiophilus. Wishing to get aqua- 
ticus, I took about forty examples of 
the black -legged species, and found 
among them two only, all the rest being 
palustris. 
Pogonus luridipennis. 
Calathus flavipes. Very abundant. 
... mollis. Do. 
Amara spreta. Including an entirely 
black example. 
... tibialis. Swarming. 
... orichalcica. 
Harpalus cordatus. 
... rupicola. 
... servus. 
... anxius. Common. 
... attenuatus. 
Anisodactylus pceciloides. In great 
profusion and of all colours ; I took about 
seventy-six. 
Bembidium obtusum. 
... norifiannum. 
Xantholiuus tricolor. 
Quedius Boops. 
Silpha tristis. Plentiful. 
... opaca. 
Heterocerus flexuosus (60). In plenty 
under stones near Sandown Castle. 
Phylax gibbus. Very common. 
Opatrum tibiale. 
Crypticus quisquilius. 
CEgialia globosa. 
Apion pomona;. 
Sitones crinitus. 
Otiorhyucbus atroapterus. 
Chrysomela hscmoptera. 
Gronops lunatus. 
— E. C. Rye, 284, Kings Road, Chelsea , 
S.W.; Sept. 16. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
Further particulars of Bryophila perla. 
— In March last (Intel, v. 108) I gave 
some account of the habits and economy 
of B. perla. I have some further par- 
ticulars, which may not be unwelcome to 
your readers. To watch the operations 
of the nest-building larvse more nar- 
rowly, I removed a dozen of them from 
their quarters on the house-side, and 
built them a tiny rock-work of lichen- 
covered stones, covered over with a bell- 
glass. Here they soon busied themselves 
in constructing new nests, gnawing off 
fragments of the stone, and cementing 
them together with all possible care. 
They fed, when thus kept, in the early 
part of the day, withdrawing to their 
nests when their breakfast was over. 
Sometimes, by moistening the stones I 
could invite them out during the day ; 
but when this was not done they usually 
remained at home till the following 
morning. About the close of May the 
larvie assumed their pupal state, and the 
same nests that had been their homes in 
their previous stage of existence were 
made use of to protect them during their 
period of helplessness, no additional vest- 
ments being put on. Most of the larvse 
underwent their pupal change; but, owing 
probably to the stones being kept too dry 
under the glass, only one emerged from 
its cocoon. The pupa itself is of a 
light shining browu. — Petek Inchbald, 
Storthes Hall , Huddersfield ; Sept. 14. 
Hymenoptera v. Diplera. — Mr. Inch- 
bald’s communication (Intel, vi. 199) has 
called the following circumstance to my 
mind. Last spring I noticed in the sill 
of one of our windows a great quantity of 
wood-dust, evidently formed by some in- 
sect, but, as the window closed down 
tight, I was unable to get at the hole. 
This autumn, however, as the wood was 
much decayed the sills were replaced by 
new ones; I consequently broke them 
