272 [December, 



series, and remarks that C. pallidus is taken on flowers, not under 

 bark, &c. 



It is almost certainly mixed with C. '/(?»/«/'«« in our collections, 

 although T do not possess it myself. Mr. Britten's specimens were 

 taken amongst dead leaves near Lowther Castle, Westmoreland, in 

 December, 1900, and at Great Salkeld on various dates since 1901. 



Bradfield, Berks. : 



November lOth, 1907. 



COLEOPTERA AT AVIEMORE AT EASTER. 

 BY PROF. T. HUDSON BEARE, B.Sc, F.R.S.E., F.E.S. 



The weather in Edinburgh during the days preceding Easter was 

 so magnificent that I decided to carry out a long-cherished plan and 

 have a few da)''s' collecting in the Highlands in the early spring. 



We left for Aviemore by an early train on Friday, March 29th, 

 and returned early on Tuesday, April 2nd. Except for a short spell 

 of cloudy atmosphere on the 30th, the weather was perfect, the rather 

 intense heat of the sun shining from cloudless skies being tempered by 

 a gentle breeze. The Cairngorms and other mountains were still 

 covered all over their higher slopes with snow, and the panorama from 

 the terrace of the hotel in the early morning" was quite alpine in 

 character. 



On Easter Monday we walked out to Loch Morlich, just at the 

 foot of the Cairngorms, and took an open air lunch on its shores, the 

 brilliant sunshine, the clear waters of the loch sjjarkling in the sun's 

 rays, the dark masses of firs and pines which stretched from the 

 further shore of the loch away up the lower slopes of the mountains, 

 and the snow covered peaks standing out sharp and clear in an atmos- 

 phere of surpassing clearness and purity, made up a picture that will 

 remain a treasure of memory for many a long year. If any British 

 entomologist wants to enjoy the delights of a Swiss holiday within 

 the confines of his own country, I would advise him to take the chance 

 of the first fine Easter and go off to Aviemore for a week. 



Naturally my collecting was entirely confined to seai'ching under 

 the bark of fir stumps and fallen trees — I was lucky enough to come 

 across two or three of these overthrown trees in perfect condition for 

 beetles ; and secondly, to an examination of two or three of the only 

 too numerous nests of Formica rufa. 



In tliese nests the following species were taken, all of them being abundant : — 



