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species wliich so frequently seem to occur in company, t. e., Quedius auricomus, 

 Dianous caerulescens and Stenus Oiiynemeri. Other species found in moss were 

 Quedius umbrinun, Philonthus nigrita, Lesteva pubescens and L. muscorum. Athous 

 vittatus and Mantura chrysanthemi were both obtained by sweeping, but of the 

 latter only one specimen, and in a field towards the base of Penmaenmawr. Ancy- 

 rophorus aureus and Trogophlaeus arcuatus were both found in flood-refuse after a 

 thunder storm. I was unable to examine this refuse till two days after it was 

 deposited, or probably other interesting insects would have been found. I worked 

 the salt marshes fairly thoroughly, and found there, under a dead hedgehog, Phi- 

 lonthus puella (1), Homalota canescens and S. divisa ; in a heap of refuse Oxypoda 

 Waterhousei, Homalota coriaria, H. nigricornis, and H. germana ; by sweeping, 

 Anisotoma ovalis, A. punctulata, and Polydrusus chrysomela ; under stones, Homa- 

 lota littorea occurred in some numbers ; this would seem to be a considerable 

 extension northwards of the range of this species in Britain. Several examples of 

 Diglossa mersa were found on the shore. — G. Geo. Elliman, Chesham : August 

 dth, 1899. 



Philonthus astutus, Er., at Plymouth.— On April 16th, one of the first bright 

 days of the spring, I had the good fortune to capture an example of this interesting 

 beetle flying in the hot sunshine. Its identity has kindly been verified by Mr. 

 Champion.— J. H. Keys, 1, Sea View Avenue, Plymouth : August, 1899. 



Monohammus sartor, F., at Plymouth. — On June 22nd a specimen of Mono- 

 hammus sartor was brought to me by Mr. Elworthy, builder, of Plymouth, found 

 resting on the wall outside his carpenter's workshop. Curiously enough, a few 

 years ago I received from the same source a fine male Lucanus cervus — quite a rare 

 beetle in this district — taken within a few yards of the place in which the present 

 capture was made. — Id. 



Bemhidium Schiippeli, Dej., in Cumberland. — This insect was placed in the 

 British list on the authority of specimens taken by the late T. J. Bold on the banks 

 of the river Irthing in Cumberland, in 1854. It was afterwards found in several 

 other localities, but all I think in the south of Scotland, and I am not aware of the 

 species being subsequently recorded from an English locality. Mr. Bold appears to 

 have worked the Irthing district with considerable success, and since I took np the 

 study of our native Coleoptera I had been desirous of working the same ground. 

 The district is, however, somewhat remote, so it was not until May (3th last that I 

 was able to visit it. B. Schiippeli at once turned up in small numbers, but on a 

 subsequent visit, a month later, it was rather commoner. I was much interested, 

 too, to find B. stomoides on the same ground — another of Bold's addition to our 

 list from this locality. I had previously met with this species in the valley of the 

 Gelt, a tributary of the Irthing. 



B. Schiippeli occurs on the mudbanks which fringe the river, but B. stomoides 

 prefers the shingle beds, whei-e it is associated with B. tibiale, airocuruleum, decorum, 

 mondcola, and punciulatum. — F. H. DAY, 6, Currock Terrace, Carlisle : July 2olh, 

 1899. 



