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Rhyzobius litura (F.) (1) and (3), very common.
Tythaspis aexdecimpunctata (L.) (3), near the creeks, fairly com-
mon.
Coccinella undecimpunctata L. (1) and (2), generally very
common. Numbers were found in shore refuse, ix.59 and
iii.60.
Chilocorus renipustulatus (Scriba) (2), in shore refuse, 1 ex., iv.61.
Oedemeridae
Oedemera nobilis (Scop.) (2), 1 ex., vi.60.
Anthicidae
Anthicus instabilis Schmidt (2), shore refuse, 1 ex., iv.60.; (3),
under loose bark of a blackthorn branch, 1 ex., ix.59.
Tenebrionidae
Schaphidema metallicum (F.) (2), from fallen elm branches, 6
ex., ix.59.
Cerambycidae
Clytus arietis (L.) (2), several flying, vi.60.
Chrysomelidae
Lema melanopa (L.) (2) and (3), generally common.
Longitarsus luridus (Scop.) (1) and (2), several by sweeping,
iv.61.
*Crepidodera impressa (F.) (1), 2 ex. were found in copula on a
withered flower-head of Sea Lavender (Statice vulgare
Mill.) on the foreshore. Previously only recorded from the
South coast, this is an interesting capture (Hammond,
1959). However, I have recently seen two specimens of
C. impressa in the E. A. Newbery coll. of Coleoptera, in the
Museum of Zoology, Cambridge University, which are
labelled: 'Nr. Colchester, Aug. 1919, P. Harwood'. There
seems no reason why the species should not be found
wherever its foodplant, Sea Lavender, occurs in the south
of England.
Chaetocnema concinna (Marsh.) (2) and (3), common by sweep-
ing.
Chaetocnema hortensis (Geoff. in Fourc.) (2), general sweeping,
1 ex., iv.61.
Sphaeroderma testaceum (F.) (3), general sweeping, 1 ex., ix.59;
1 ex., iv.61.
Curculionidae
Apion curtirostre Germ (3), general sweeping, 1 ex., iv.61.
Apion ulicis (Forst.) (2) and (3), common on gorze.
*Phyllobius artemisiae Desb. (2) and (3), iv.61, common by
general sweeping.