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get wearied even of pine apple, cbam- 
pagne, truffles, pdiS de foie gras, or any 
other luxury), on the next day, under the 
same guidance, I tried the surrounding 
country, in hopes of finding some real 
fens, — there being nothing particularly 
different between Boston and Battersea, 
as far as I could see, saving an absence 
of trees in the former, — but no reedy 
haunts of Chlcenius holosericeus and Dro- 
7nius longiceps were to be found, — hardly 
anything but the eternal Pellalus, which, 
sparingly, turned up miles from its first 
place of capture, where also the com- 
monest Staph, appeared to be Cryptohium 
fiactieorne — by no means a drug in the 
South. Of other species the only note- 
worthy were Anchomenus viduus and 
Badisler unipustulalus, and the London 
district Skrimshiranus , vespertinus, con- 
sputus and luridus; Barynotus mcerens, 
Quedius maurorufus, Slenus oculatus, 
lalifrons, paganus and pusillus. How 
another Coleopterist came from the North, 
and how more Peltatus fell, and how 
fresh journeys were made after my de- 
parture, and how Livens was taken, will 
doubtless appear in “ another place,” as 
they say in the House of Commons. — 
E. C. Rye, 284, King’s Road, Chelsea, 
S.W. 
Phcedonfastuosa. — To-day I have taken 
a great many fresh specimens of this in- 
sect, and I shall be happy to supply 
those to whom I have promised it and 
any one else wauling it, either mounted 
on card or relaxed, if they will send a 
small pill-box and stamp. The best way 
to ensure the safely of the boxes is to 
pack a small one inside a larger, stuffing 
the interstice well with wool. I have 
also the following species to spare : — 
Dromius glabratus, 
Anomala Frischii, 
Bembidium 4-gultatum, 
... pallipes ; 
the latter not very good. I also cap- 
tured to-day, by sweeping grass, some 
line specimens of Cionus pulcheltus . — 
R. Tyeeb, jun.. Hill House, Eye, Suf- 
folk; May 12. 
A Family Party. — In searching for 
bugs I lately dropped upon a locality in 
which the following species of the Cas- 
sidtE family had formed a settlement, 
viz. Cassida ruhiginosa, C. obscurata and 
C. ohsoleta. It was a bank covered with 
coarse herbage, intermingled with moss, 
among which the above species were 
found in some numbers. Separated from 
this bank by a narrow lane was a higher 
and drier one, upon which C. nohilis had 
established itself; this species, however, 
occurred much more sparingly than either 
of the others, two examples only having 
been met with. I have a few unpinned 
and unset specimens of C, oisoZeia, which 
I shall feel pleasure in sending to any 
Coleopterist in want of the species ; 
boxes need not be sent, nor will any re- 
turn whatever, save a line acknowledging 
the receipt of the insects, be expected. — 
S. Stone, Brighlhampton,Witney, Oxon; 
May 11. 
Hammersmith. — Among an immense 
number of the usual insects taken at the 
above prolific locality, we have to record 
the capture of Achenium depressum. This 
we believe to be the first time this 
beautiful insect has been taken here. — 
A. & M. Solomon, 6, Spenser Road, 
Newington Green; April 21. 
Wimbledon . — On the 6th instant we 
paid a visit to the above place, under the 
pilotage of a gentleman well acquainted 
with the best spots in this fine locality. 
Among a great variety of captures w-e 
think the following worthy of notice : — 
E. sanguiuolentus (6), 
C. arvensls (6), 
A. sexpunctatus (10), 
A. versutus, 
S. dorsalis, 
P. strenuus (9), 
P. versicolor, 
O. rotundatus, 
A. vulgaris. 
— Ibid. 
