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Abax strloIa« F. — Occasionally under stones. 



Amara lunlcollls, Schiod.) 



A. communis, Panz, V On paths, &c., close to the town. 

 At trlvlalls, Gyll. ) 



Calathus clsteloldes, Panz. 



Anchomenus parumpunctatus, F.~Damp places. 



Bembldlum rufescens, Guer.— Scarce, under stones. 



B. obtusum, Sturm. 

 B. lam pros, Herbst. 



Demetrlas atrlcapillus, L. 



Dromius linearis, 01. 



D. nigrrlventrls, Thorns.— Scarce, under stones on hillsides. 



Agrabus bipustuiatus, ly. 



Gyrlnus opacus, Sahl. 



Aleochara brevlpennis, Gr.— One specimen. 

 A. lanugrinosa, Grav. 

 A. maesta, Grav. 



Oxypoda longrlusciila, Er. — In wet places. 



Astllbus canallculatus, P. 



Homalota vestlta, Gr. — On muddy sea-shore. 

 H. g:ramInIcola, Gyll. 



Tachyporus obtusus, var. nitldlcollls, Steph.~Not rarely, by 



sweeping, &c. 



Tachlnus ruflpes, Iv. 



Megracronus cingulatus, Mann. — One specimen, under a stone. 



IVIycetoporus splendens, Marsh. 



Quedlus tristis, Grav. 

 Q. moloctilnus, Grav. 

 Q. fumatus, Steph. — One example. 



Staphyllnus pubescens, DeG.— Four specimens, on dusty road. 

 S. caesarcus, Ceder. — Common. 



Ocypus ater, Grav. — Occasionally under stones. 



Phllonthus splendens, F.— One fine male, by sweeping. 

 P. lamlnatus, Creutz. 

 P. marglnatus, F. 



XanthoIInus linearis, Ol. 



Baptolinus alternans, Grav. — Under decaying fir bark. 



Lathroblum boreale, Hoch. 



L. brunnipes, F. — Common. 



L. quadratum, Payk. — One specimen, in wet place. 



Platystethus cornutus, Gyll.— By sweeping. 



- Bryaxis haematica, Reich.— One, by sweeping. 



Sllpha atrata, L. — Common, and very variable, from the most 

 pronounced form, subrotttndata, Steph., to specimens indistinguishable 

 from those I have from Kent and Hampshire. 



Choleva serlcea, F.— By sweeping. 



Hlster carbonarlus, 111.— Taken on the wing. 



