j<)S ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Sept 



wind-twisted stunted evergreens that mark the timber line, 

 the rest of the vegetation consists only of low herbs which be- 

 come of less and less height as we ascend until at last we find 

 the flowers blooming almost on the level of the ground from 

 which they emerge a scanty circlet of leaves, crowned by a 

 stalkless blossom and the spaces between the boulders are 

 clothed with a flower-studded carpet of vegetation which has 

 the general effect of moss, though really very different. Between 

 timber line and the summit we secured Pterostichux zuryenx, 

 Amara hyperbot'ea, Cymindix crihriro/Jix, Ct/tihtx tririttatits, Ap- 

 hodius aleutus, A. /t/uto/itfrux, A. ritfatttx and fragments of the 

 before mentioned ('arabnx and of Entomoscelix <i<l<iidis. 



The lower hills near town were worked for Carabidse by 

 careful search under stones. As a result we got Notiophihtx xi- 

 birirus, Pleroxtichus protractus, Pt. luczotii, innumerable Amaru:, 

 CalathiiK hit/ratus, Cymindis unicolor, C. cribricollis, Harpalux in- 

 noduus and H. montanus. Incidentally we secured some beetles 

 of other families in the same situations, Cytifux tririttahix. 

 Cryptohypnus \abbreviatus } \C. nocturnus, C. tumescenx, Gruplwp* 

 crinH, Adimonia externa and a species of Macrops. Foliage 

 of the dwarf evergreens on these hills was beaten over an um- 

 brella with results as follows : Scymnus utilis, one specimen, 

 Athens simplex, rather scarce, Podubni* hit fr alia more abun- 

 dant, Dasytes hmlsonim, a few,Callidium liirt<'/luni,-<i couple, and 

 PtK'lit/hi^tchyfi xitbvittatuft, several. On poplars we found a Di- 

 cerca (tcHcbt'OHH ?) and numerous Zeuyophora ahum-mix, the lat- 

 ter eating irregular holes in the leaves. Some dead tops of 

 coniferse yielded several Mti;/d!ix, Plagithmysus iiuiricatnlnx 

 in plenty^ and a specimen of Sniping it x rirrxcciix. Flower 

 working and miscellaneous sweeping showed up (besides some 

 commoner things) Coscinopteravittigera, Trichodes ontatiix, Epi - 

 canta pruinosa and Entomoscelis adnnidix. Rhynchites hicolor was 

 not uncommon on wild roses. A few pieces of wood and the 

 rubbish accumulated by a former rush of water through a 

 deep ravine, furnished shelter for Pcrifa.i'ia ntf/ico/lixnud <x'/*'- 

 phanocleonus cristatus. The insects of the marshes are mostly 

 Staphyliuidse, not yet worked out ; however I can name a iV\\ 

 beetles from these spots, as follows : 'Elaphrus dairvittei, rare, 

 Tacltittux anymtatuxj Mycetoporus sj)., and an firycux which 

 seems to be morio. 



