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next morning fonnd that a Siljiha had killed a Carabus by hanging on behind 

 the neck, somewhat similar to the way in which a stoat attacks a rabbit. 

 We have been in remote villages the whole time, except for aboixt ten days at 

 Armentieres, and a day and two nights at Bailleul. In the village just behind 

 the trenches we now occupy, there is not a living soul, except British soldiers. 

 Every house and cottage is in ruins ; the church also. The only thing in the 

 church that is not knocked to pieces is the crucifix, which has hardly been 

 touched. Some of our men think it must have been renovated. 



The following are among the insects noticed in this neighbourhood : — 

 Carahus auratus, G. catenulatus, C. tnonilis and var. consitus, C. nemoralis, 

 C. violaceii^s, Nebria hrevicollis, Calathus cisteloides, Harpalus aeneus, H. ruhripes, 

 H. ruficornis, H. rufibarbis, Amara apricaria, A. ovata, A. similata, A. plebeia, 

 A.trivialis, A. familiar is, Fterostichus niger, P. vulgaris, P.madidus, P. strenuus, 

 Zabrus gibbus, Tachypas flavipes, Olistliopus rotundatus, Bembidium obtusum, 

 13. lampros, B. littorale, Trechus minutus, Tachyporus obtusus, T. hypnorum, 

 T. chrysomelinus, Silusa rubiginosa (at St. Amant), Ocypus olens, 0. similis, 

 0. morio, Creophilus maxillosus, Staphylinus stercorariits, Philonthus disroideus, 

 Oxytelus rugostis, 0. sculpturahis, 0. 7iitiduhis, 0. tetracarinatus, Silpha obsciira, 

 Necrophorus humator, N. vesjnllo, Aphodius rufipes, A. punctatosulcatus, Geotrupes 

 spiniger, Agelastica aliii (on alder), Adimonia tanaceti, Galerucella lineola, 

 Lema lirhenis, L. septentrio7iis (at St. Sylvestre), Crcpidodera aurata, C. im- 

 pressa, Phijllotreta atra, P. undulata, Plectroscelis concinna, Psylliodes cliryso- 

 cephala, Eryx ater, Sltones lineatus, S. hispidulus, S. sulcifrons. Also Mutilla 

 europaea commonly. 



18.xii.l5. I dug up a Carabus monilis yesterday; it was quite ten feet 

 down. Also tried a mole's nest, but only found one of the big fleas. 



30.iii.l6. Coleoptera noticed in the Somme district, March 23rd to 30th : — 

 Anchomenus dorsalis (literally in thousands), Badister bipustulatus, Oodes 

 helopioides, Callistus lunaius, Carabus granulatus, Chlaenius nigricornis (on 

 chalky hill, with Callistus), Lebia chlorocephala, Brachinus crepitans (common), 

 Philonthus derorus, Bryaxis fossulata (common), B. juncorum, Silpha atrata and 

 var. brunnea (common), S. sinuata, S. disi^ar, S. thoracica, S. laevigata, S. tristis, 

 Scymnus frontalis, Ips quadripunctaAa, Bhizophagus (two species), Silvanus 

 unidentatus, Trachys troglodytes, Chrysomela fastuosa, Timarcha tenebricosa, 

 Cassida viridis (abundant), C. vibex, C. flaveola,, C. nobilis, C. oblonga (both 

 fairly common), C. hemisphaerica (not rare), also a Cassida with metallic-green 

 thorax and rosy -red elytra ; Apion ebeninum, Trachyphloeus scaber, Hypera 

 plantaginis, H. variabilis, H. polygoni, H. nigrirostris (these four all common), 

 H. punctata, Barynotus obscurus, Rhynchites conicus. I also got a Clavicorn 

 beetle allied to Orthocerus muticus, but shorter, broader, and blacker, with 

 very pronounced setae. 



Hemiptera in the same district : — Eurygaster maura (several), Palomena 

 prasina, Coreus denticulatus, Berytus i.iinor, and Enoplops scapha. — J. R. lb B. 

 ToMLiN, Lakefoot, Eeading : May 9th, 1916. 



