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lata, Ev.,* Oxtfpoda formiceticola, Mark.,* Homalota parallela, Mann.,* Dinarda 

 >«a/-^e/«, Kies.,* and Leplacinus formicetorum, Mark.* Two additional Clavicorns 

 also occurred, viz. : Monotoma coniciculli.i, Aube* (fairly connnon), and H. formice- 

 torum., Til.* (one only). Homalota analls, Gr., was very common in tliese nests, 

 H. circellarls, Gr., less so. The only nest which produced Myrmedonia humeralix, 

 Gr., was a discarded one, but a year or (wo ago I took a number in this locality in 

 moss on the ground some short distance from active nests. On the sides of streams 

 and ponds I took amongst others CaUicerim rigidicornis, Er., Homalota hepatica, 

 Er., Mylliena infuscata, Matth., Steiius 2}usillus, Er., Lathrobium quadratum, Pk., 

 Trogophlaeiis fuHginosufi, Gr., and Hygronoma dimidiata, Gr. Among tiie debris 

 under haystacks, and in hay sheds, I met with Monotoma longicollis, Gyll , Mycetsea 

 hirta, Marsh., Cryplophagus bieolor, Sturm, Atomaria munda, Er.,* A. nigripen- 

 nis, Pk.,* and Cartodere ruficollis. Marsh. Atomaria umbrina, Gyll., and A. badia, 

 Er.,* were swept, the latter beneath fir trees. I beat a single Corticaria fenesfralis, 

 L.,* from birch. A few Alexia pilifera, Miill., were found in moss in a fir wood, 

 also Agathidium convexum, Shp. A. seminulum, L.,* which I took some years ago 

 but orerlooked, is worth mentioning, as it does not appear to have been recorded 

 hitherto from the north of England. At the roots of coarse grass a good find was 

 Neuraphes angulatua, Mull.,* which also is apparently new to the north of England. 

 In rotting wood I secured Euplectus piceus, Mots.,* Bibloporiis bieolor, 'Denny, wwA 

 Pteryx suturalis, Heer. I noticed a few Cory mi ites pectinicortiis, Jj., in the sum- 

 mer, also Sericofsomus brunneus, L., and Athous vittatus, F., and Haplocnemtts im- 

 pressus, Marsh., was found under bark on a fallen oak. 



The most interesting Longicorns to occur were Acanlhocinus xdilis, L., pro- 

 bably introduced in timber, Saperda scalaris, L., and Callidium violaceum, L., of 

 which I captured what is probably the second Cumberland example, the first being 

 recorded from Eskdale by Canon Fowler (Ent. Mo. Mag., 1899, p. 292). 



Amongst the weevils Litodactylus leucogaster. Marsh.,* Eubrychius velatus. 

 Beck.,* and Phytobius canaliculatus, Fahr.,* were taken at Edenhall among 

 aquatic plants washed up on the margins of a large pond. The last named species 

 was very abundant. Bagous clandicans. Boh.,* occurred sparingly in the same 

 way, B. glabrirostris, var. nigritarsis, Tii.,* being swept on Newton Moss. Several 

 Apion's were unusually common. I never went out without coming across A. 

 spencei, Kirb., and A. ebeninum, Kirb., as well as, of course, other more generally 

 common species of the genus. I swept a single A. cerdo, Gerst., from a rough 

 hedge bank. Sweeping also produced Hypera variabilis, Hbst., Tropiphorim 

 obtusus, Bonsd., &c. A good series of Salpingtis icratus, Muls., was obtained by 

 beating some partially burnt and blackened hawthorn and birch bushes. This 

 species is, I believe, usually found under bark and in dead twigs. It is likely, how- 

 ever, that the bushes here mentioned were dead before being burnt, and the beetles 

 already in possession. Later in the year I took a single specimen in another part of 

 the county by evening sweeping.— F. H. Day, 151, Goodwin Terrace, Carlisle : 

 February \st, 1907. 



Notes on (Edemera virescens, Linn., and Malacldus barnevillei, Puton. — The 

 fact that these two species of beetles are at present only known as British from their 

 occurrence, each in one locality in Norfolk, has made me anxious to further investi- 



