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liinhata, L., Laccobins simiaUis, Mots., Benmis sif/naticollia, Charp. — In 

 pools, etc. B. luridus, L., and Hijilrochus elongatiin, Schall. — In 

 pools, etc. Mi'ijaHtcrnnm boU'tophonnm, Marsh. — By evening sweeping. 

 Alt'ochara fusciiu's, F. — In fish refuse. A. lanw/inom, Grav. — In 

 vegetable refuse. Hi/f/ivnoiiia duiddiata, Grav. — Under cut herbage, 

 shaking bundles of reeds over paper, also by sweeping. ConoHoma 

 pediridariHiii, Grav. — In vegetable refuse. Mt/cctoporus lowjicornis, Kr. 

 — Under a stack of cut herbage. Quedim molochhms, Grav. — Under 

 debris of reeds, (k-i/im^^ (dens, Miill. — Under vegetable refuse, etc. 

 O.fuscatus, Grav.— Under cut herbage. CK cuprcm, Kossi., and <>. 

 morio, Grav. — Under stones, etc. O. compressus, MarSh. — Under a stack 

 of cut herbage. Xantholinus tricolor, F. — Under cut herbage, in 

 vegetable refuse. Lathrobium hrunnipes, F. — Under vegetable refuse. 

 Stilicus rufipes, Germ. — In vegetable refuse, etc. Paederus littoralis, 

 Grav. — Under cut herbage. I*, riparius, L. — At roots of grass. 

 Stcmifipahuitris, Er., a.nd S.jiavipcs, Steph. — By sweeping. S. puhescens, 

 Steph. — At roots of grass. S. fiimilis, Herbst. — By sweeping. S. 

 pafiamis, Er. — Under cut herbage. 'S'. spectdator, Er. — In vegetable 

 refuse, at roots of grass. (Kvijporus riif'us, L. — Professor Beare 

 took a specimen by sweeping. Falarjria obsciira, Grav. — Under 

 cut herbage. Anuotoma ovalix, Schmidt., A. calcarata, Er., and 

 Colcni-s dcntipi's, Gyll. — By evening sweeping. Necrojihorm hiuiiatur, 

 Goeze, and .Y, ve-ydllo, L. — In fish - efuse. Nccnjdes littoralis, 

 L. — I took a fine male and female under a cod's head that I had 

 deposited as a trap. Silplui tristis, 111. — On paths and at roots 

 of grass. -S. rw/osa, L., and S. sinuata, F. — In fish refuse. Cholera 

 amjmtata. F. — At roots of grass. Colon serripes, Sahib., and C. 

 hrunneum, Latr. — By evening sweeping. Bnja.ris junconun, Leach, 

 Phalacrm corruscus, Payk., F. caricis, Sturm., Hippodamia imitabilia, 

 Goeze, Coccindla variabilis, III., and Hali/zia 22-punctata, L. — By 

 sweeping. Cliilocorus siiiiilis, Kossi. — By beating sallows. The pupa 

 is often found in the drie'd larval skin attached to a sallow leaf. I 

 have reared specimens taken in this way. Bhi::obiHs litura, F. — In 

 cut herbage, by sweeping. Coccidida ru/a, Herbst. — By sweeping 

 reeds, etc. Tripla.r ritmica, L. — I took one specimen by sweeping, a 

 very unusual way of taking this insect. It is generally found in 

 rotten wood and fungoid growth on trees. Jlistcr cadarcrijius, Hoti'., 

 JI. ne(jln-tus, Germ., H. carbonar ins, 111., and Sapri)im nitididus, Payk. — 

 Under fish refuse. Cerciis riijilabr is, hatr., and C. hipustxdatus, Payk. 

 — Bysweeping. Kpuraeaaestiva,lj. — In dog-roses. Nitidula bipustidata, 

 L., and N. rujipes, L.— On old bones. Pria didcantarac, Sco]^. — By 

 sweeping. Mdhji'thcs rufipcs, Gyll. — In dog-roses. M. aenvus, F., 

 M. riridescens, F., and Lathridius lardarius. Be G. — By sweeping. 

 Coninomiis nodifcr, Westw., and Melanophthahna transwrsalis, Gyll. — 

 In vegetable refuse, rsanniioi'chns hi])U)irtatus, F.— In the stems of 

 reeds, by beating bundles of cut reeds over paper. Telmatophilnn 

 caricis, 01. — By sweeping, and in stems of Tijphn. Anther opajus 

 uigricoruis, F. — By sweeping. Atomaria fnscipes, Gyll., and A. 

 (itricapilln, Steph. — In vegetable refuse. Anthrenns varlus, F. — 

 By sweeping. Limnius tnberculatus, Miill. — By dragging in small 

 pool, not running water. Parnus prolifericornis, F., and P. auii- 

 cnlntns, Panz. — In pools, ditches, etc. P. uitidntus, Heer. — I took a 

 specimen of this very rare species this year in a half dry ditch. Only 



