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An account followed of the ground round Halliday Hill, where a 
few good things were taken, amongst old wood, chiefly Beech, Elater 
lythopterus, several fine specimens ; from oak, E. pomonae\ by beating 
thorn blossom, E. sanguineolentus (1); and by beating oak E. clonya- 
tulus. Beating blossom produced a nice series of Cory mbites bipustulatiu, 
several being the chestnut self-coloured form; sweeping heather 
Cryptocephalus lineola. On an old beech stump a fine Pyrrochroa 
coccinea, and out of the wood larvae of Athous rhonibeus ; under oak 
bark, Pediacus dermestoides and Laemophloeus bimaculatus. Here 
Nemeobins lucina was quite ahuundant, and Calloplmys rubi not rare, 
but for coleoptera it is undoubtedly one of the best collecting grounds 
in the Forest. 
Another day on the open heath, not far from Denny Bog, was 
productive, several specimens of Scodiona belyiaria and a series of 
Xemoria riridata being secured. 
A dead rabbit yielded Necrophorus interrupt us (1), Nididula i-pustu- 
latus and N. rufipes ; on the return to Lymington a gravel pit, after 
some hard work, produced a fine series of Pterostichus dimidiatus. 
From a belt of pines an almost black form of Halyzia ocellcita was 
obtained. Near Brockenhurst (which is sufficiently definite) he secured 
a few specimens of the aberration of Aphodius foetens (since named 
ab. hypocastaneus, Bouskell), of a dark chesnut colour, and a mile away, 
from a clump of broom Lcbia cyanocephala was taken, the only recent 
record for the Forest. 
A sappy oak, which all cpleopterists pray for, was found, amongst 
its hosts of tenants Epurea 10-yuttata was in numbers ; Cryptarcha 
striyata and imperialis, Ips 4 -yuttata and 4 -punctata, were also secured. 
An old decaying birch turned out a few Mycetophagus atomarius, 
Clinocara undulata in numbers under the hark, pupje and perfect 
insects of lschnomera coerulea right in the wood. 
A large fungus on the same tree contained Thy mains limbatus, and 
some pupae which hatched out Orchesia niicans. 
An account of July and August collecting was given ; the usual 
lepidoptera found in the Forest were alluded to, and an account given 
of a good night at sugar, when Catocala sponsa and promissa were taken 
in numbers miles away from Hurst Hill, Triphaena orbona ( subsequa ) 
and Noctua ditrapezium also turning up (Mr. W. J. Kaye also recording 
the latter from the Forest). 
The author then gave a description of parts of the Forest in 
December, with notes on the birds and insects he had noticed. A 
sketch of the coast country between Lymington and Beaulieu River at 
Easter followed, with notes on the wildfowl, and a description of the 
nest of a woodcock, and notes on the beetles he had taken at Lyming¬ 
ton Salterns (already recorded). 
In conclusion he advised collecting rather more out of the beaten 
track, instancing Pterostichus dimidiatus and lepidus, and Mesosa nubila 
taken by Mr. Donisthorpe near Stoney Cross, and lschnomera 
sanymnicollis by himself in a fresh locality. Amongst the beetles he 
had not taken were Anthaxia nitidula (a), Ayrilus shut at ns (a), Athous 
rhombeus (a), Veilleus dilutatus (b), Platydema ciolaceum (b), and Ayabus 
(a) Taken July, 1901, by himself. 
(b) Taken August, 1901, by Mr. Donisthorpe 
