148 THE kntomologist's record. 



black Ptcrostiflii ; all the species of Leiitm (excluding the mountain 

 form), and CJdaenius irstitm also occur, while on Sheen Common, 

 only separated from the park by a low wall, I have taken sparingly, 

 StcuolopJnis teutonns and Acupcdpus dorsalis. The only Harpali I 

 have ever seen in the park are the universal species, H. acnem and II. 

 rvjiruniis. The I'terosticlii and Avuirae are equally scarce. Out of rabbits' 

 burrows I have taken, at times, Pristimi/cJms tcrruola ; I have also taken 

 this insect fairly freely at Wimbledon Common. In the small damp 

 wood mentioned before, AncJioincnns ctnausticdUis, (hnsalis and ohlongus all 

 occur in profusion, while, of course, that ubiquitous species albipcs occurs 

 everywhere. Of the Bemhidia, I have taken nifcsccns under bark, freely, 

 and in damp spots, i-i/uttatnm, A-vmcidatwn, femoratnm , bni.irUcnse 

 (sparingly), littorale, hipimctatuiii, and also Tachypvs fiavipes, this latter 

 always in moss at one spot; three or four of the commoner Dminii are 

 abundant under bark, but atjilis is very scarce, I have only once found 

 it in the park. There are a number of ponds, and the brook, men- 

 tioned before, well stocked with water beetles ; in fact, I have taken 

 nearly half the English species in the limits of the park ; many of them 

 are most curiously local, found in one pond, and one only ; of Halijilus, 

 I have taken seven species out of the eleven, including cincnms andfluvia- 

 tilis, while C^iemidohis iiiipn'ssm also occurs, though very sparingly. The 

 squeaker Piiobiiis tardus occurs to me every spring in one pond, 

 rarely elsewhere, though it is found in the Penn Pond ; it always 

 announces its presence in the net by its persistent squeak, and is 

 a most awkward beetle on its long wiry legs. The smaller Ihjdropori 

 are well represented, and one or two nice species occasionally turn up, 

 such as CoelaDibun paralld(»/)a)inii}is, Ili/drojioinis iiinbrosus, discrctus, etc. 

 Of the A(iabi, (/uttatus is very scarce, paludosus and didi/nius very 

 common in the brook, fttiinnii and bijiushdatus equally so in the ponds. 

 Ill/bins fidi(ii)iosus and fenestrates are common in two ponds, ater and 

 (ibscnrus occur with them, but in very scanty numbers; not a single 

 Rhantus, though diligently sought for, has, so far, rewarded my industry. 

 Dytiscus marijinalis is fairly abundant, but punctulatus I have only once 

 taken, in a pond in which CoJijmbetes fiiscus and Acilius sidcatus occur 

 in plenty. Only Gxjrinus natator occurs, though I see no reason why 

 Orectochihis vUIosus should not turn up some day on submerged logs in 

 one of the larger ponds. 



Hydrophilidae are not very numerous or choice, the best is Enochrus 

 bicolor, while Ci/donotnm orbicidare occurs in the debris around " Penn 

 Pond." I have certainly taken water beetles much more freely than any 

 others, perhaps they have been less worried by the cleaning-up operations. 



It will be wearisome to go in detail through the Stapln/linidae, 

 so I will just mention a few of the better things I have turned up 

 from time to time, mostly in moss or in dead leaves. Aleochara 

 ciinicidonim is to be found fairly commonly, at any rate, in one 

 warren, by raking out the debris in rabbit burrows ; I should say the 

 burrows are its true habitat. It is, perhaps, worth noting that 

 Mr. Donisthorpe and I found in a rabbit burrow, last year, a 

 Honmlota, which ultimately proved to be Hoiindota occulta, but which 

 gave considerable difficulty in its identification, and for a time we lived 

 in hopes of adding another now beetle to the British list. Alitalia 

 impressa, Gijrnphaena (jeiitilis, Jachinns huweralis, etc., and many 

 other fungi feeders occur freely in the autumn, but the park is 



