NOTES ON VARIOUS INSECTS. 177 



entwined with the end of the former black worm, which folded 

 with it in a knot. The beetle was dead : the two worms lived 

 for a few minutes, shrivelled up and died. Each was nearly 

 five inches long, the black more firm in texture than the white, 

 which I suppose had not arrived at maturity. It exactly 

 resembled Gordius Aquaticus, and were it not for the acknow- 

 ledged resemblance of some of the Filaria to the Gordii, I 

 should feel inclined to believe it that Annelide. This hap- 

 pened at Fermoy, Ireland. 



2. Scarites Icevigatus. — " Niger : tibiis anticis tridentatis, 

 postice bidenticulatis : elytris oblongis, subdepressis, obsolete 

 striato-punctatis, punctisque duobus posticis impressis." 



Common in Cephalonia from the 18th of April to the 20th 

 of August. Found on sandy beeches, where the sand shrimps 

 dwell. The latter, as every person must have observed, 

 burrow in the sand like a dog, forming a perpendicular hole. 

 About the 20th of April, 18,34, I watched one of the Scarites 

 running on the sand, apparently in search of food. It ran 

 into a shrimp hole, but finding it deserted, immediately came 

 out and entered another : the shrimp happening to be near the 

 top, sprung out when my friend was looking into his hole ; 

 the Scarites however entered, but found nothing. At the 

 next hole it was more fortunate, and I soon saw it return, 

 dragging out its prey. On retiring behind some sea-weed to 

 finish its meal, I captured it with the shrimp in its mouth- 

 There is a smoother variety of this Scarites. The S. pyrac- 

 rnon is also found on the Lixurie coast. 



I should observe that the Ionian Isles are particularly rich 

 in various species of insects, many hitherto reckoned rare. 

 In the course of eight months I captured in Cephalonia the 

 following species of Scaritides : — 



Scarites Pyracmon. — Two dead specin;ens found in the 

 sands, 



IfBvigatus. — Common. 



— Var. with former. 



Siagona Oberleitncri. — Amongst the barren clay hills oi 

 Lixurie. 



Ditomus robustus. — About sixteen specimens. 



Calydonius. — Not common. 



Sphcerocephalus. — Not uncommon. 



obscurus. — Not uncommon. 



NO. II. VOL. HI. A A 



