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THE ENTOMOLOGISTS WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
fields, and tame uninteresting hedge- 
rows of a veritable Pandemonium, far 
removed from even the outer limits of 
Paradise. It is no use, however, be- 
wailing his fate : let the collector rather 
content himself with what he has, instead 
of pining for what he has not, and he 
may perhaps (despite the evils of a utili- 
tarian century) do, at any rate, some- 
thing close at home. 
Although it is true that we have but 
few Coleopterous oases now to boast of 
in once fertile England, the edges of the 
ponds and ditches of our every-day walks 
are frequently very prolific at this season 
of the year, and any rubbish that may 
have accumulated in such positions 
should be habitually turned over. The 
elegant Panagaus crux-major is thus to 
be found. In the vicinity of Peter- 
borough it is at times exceedingly com- 
mon, and its near ally, the P. 4-pustu- 
latus, in some of the more southern 
countries takes its place. But more of 
rejectamenta hereafter. 
In our last week's number we pressed 
upon our Coleopterists the importance of 
directing their attention during the 
commencement of the season to the 
maritime districts ; for there are cer- 
tainly no localities so likely, upon the 
whole, to reward our exertions during 
April, as those in the immediate vicinity 
of the coast. Let us not, however, be 
supposed for a moment to imply that 
there is nothing to be done inland, for 
there is no spot, of a sunny and sheltered 
aspect, that will not afford us some kind 
of game, whilst, even in exposed and 
unpromising places, we may very often 
do much. The Coleopterist, indeed, has 
a special advantage in this respect, that 
he need never be at a loss lor a field of 
action. Though he may not always be 
successful in finding his specimens on 
the alert, he knows full well where to 
look for them even in their hiding places, 
and he can assuredly “ turn them out” 
with as much facility as the hounds do 
the fox from the cover. The collector, 
therefore, may take courage and proceed 
to his work; and though the cold nights 
of April constantly threaten a return of 
frost, and the stern nortli-easters (for 
which old England has ever been so 
famous) sweep across the plains, he may 
sally forth amidst driving hail-storms 
with a cheerful heart, aud make certain 
of his prey. 
The refuse in swampy places, and the 
rejectamenta at the edges of the tidal 
rivers, should now be carefully searched, 
for numbers of Geodephaga and Staphy- 
linidce will be found beneath it, many of 
which we shall, perhaps, fail to meet 
with later in the year. In such situations 
the Agona, in April, begin to be very 
active, and it is but lately that Dr. 
Power and Mr. Douglas have taken the 
rare A. Thoreyi (which used, however, to 
be abundant at Whittlesea Mere) iu the 
Hammersmith marshes. In the fens of 
Cambridge and Huntingdon the A. sex- 
punctatum is found in similar spots, and 
in company with it we may expect many 
rarities to occur, such as the Trechus in- 
ciiis, Daws, (a species very nearly allied 
to, though larger than, the common T. 
minutus), of which the late Mr. Jarman 
had once a considerable number sent to 
him from the neighbourhood of Yaxley. 
The Bembulia, lovers of the sunshine, 
attain their maximum principally later 
in the season, but most of the Harpulides 
(amongst which the Trec/ii are included) 
begiu to stir early, at any rate in the 
lower districts. 
NATURAL HISTORY OF THE TINEINA. 
Several of my correspondents having 
requested me to give a complete list of 
those species, of which the transforma- 
tions are at the present day unknown to 
me, I have prepared the following list: 
Talacporia pubieoruis, 
