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sure everywhere to abound. In such 
situations, particularly where there is 
shingle intermixed with the sand, Dro- 
mius truncatellus and quadrillion, and 
numbers of Harpali, may be captured, 
and ere long the Anthicus inslabilis will 
join them. 
It is indeed to the coast that we must 
mainly look for “ the treasures of the 
early spring;” for whilst many localities 
will afford us species, most of which will 
occur in much greater profusion here- 
after, the sea-shore has a Coleopterous 
Fauna of its own, which attains its maxi- 
mum about the end of May. True it is 
that some of its inhabitants will appear 
on the stage again late in the autumn, 
but many of them will not, and even if 
they do they may then be scarce, or we 
may fail to meet with them ; besides, 
there is an old and true proverb, that “ a 
bird in the hand is worth two in the 
bush;” so let us bear this steadily in 
mind, and go forward to our task without 
trusting too much to the future. What 
advantage is there in procrastination, 
“Quae tamen inde seges?” (so asks 
Juvenal). 
NATURAL HISTORY OF THE TINEINA. 
The subscribers to this work will be 
glad to hear that the second volume is in 
progress, and the MS. almost com- 
pleted : it will treat of the genus Litho- 
colletis. 
But we must not be forgetful that in 
order to amass material for Vol. III., 
now is the time for w’ork. 
In the genus Elachista the following 
larvat are still unknown to us : 
magnificella, 
apicipunctella, 
Holdenella, 
trapeziella, 
occultella, 
obliquella, 
Eleochariella, 
serricornis, 
triatom ea, 
triseriatella, 
collitella, 
pollinariella, 
ochreella, 
flavicomella (E. A., 1856, p. 39). 
Professor Frey has bred two species, 
Telragonella (allied to our Trapeziella ), 
and Ulonella (allied to Rhynchosporella), 
from Carex, and a large species Quad- 
rella , different from any thing we have, 
from Luzula : this latter changes to 
pupa inside the mined leaf. Do we 
search sufficiently on Carex and Luzula 
for the larvae of this genus? Mr. Scott’s 
Scirpus miner must also not be forgotten. 
I wish also to call the attention of my 
readers to the larvae of Lithocolletis Sco- 
pariella and Ulicicnlella : they cannot 
long elude pursuit, if looked for, and are 
probably more abundant than the larvae 
of L. Vacciniella, of which so much was 
said in our columns last year. It is 
hardly necessary to observe that Scopa- 
riella may be expected to occur in the 
leaves of the broom, and Ulicicolella ou 
some part of the furze. Please don’t 
prick your nose when looking for the 
latter, or it may disturb that even serenity 
of temper so necessary to the successful 
search for latent larvte. — H. T. Stain- 
ton ; March 31, 1857. 
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