62 [March, 



COLEOPTERA COLLECTED IN THE GULP OF ISMID. 

 BY MALCOLM CAMEUON, M.B., R.N., F.E.S. 



The Grulf of Ismid is a beautiful arm of the Sea of Marmora, 

 twenty-Hevon miles in length. It is a deep cut through the mountains 

 in an east and west direction, and varies from one to five miles in 

 width. Its shores are very picturesque, and present a varied scene 

 of tree clad mountain, valley, and plain, there are numerous villages 

 and a good deal of cultivated land, a great deal, however, is wasted. 

 I had the opportunity of collecting at two places, viz., at Derinji 

 Burnu and Ismid, which is about five miles from the former place 

 and at the head of the Gulf. 



Although early in the year (January 28th, 1902), the sun was 

 shining, and it was such a day as is occasionally met with in early 

 spring in England, and so one could not complain. Derinji can 

 hardly be called a town ; what there is of it doubtless owes its 

 existence to the station of the Anatolian Railway, which taps the 

 grain-producing districts of this region. Striking at once inland 

 across the railway line a stretch of waste land is first met with, where 

 the loose stones were examined not unprofitably. Soon the land rises 

 to form low hills and valleys, thickly wooded with a young and dense 

 growth of birch, hazel, oak, and ilex, which is so thick in parts that 

 it is impossible to make one's way through, whilst in the o[)en spots 

 th(! ground is covered w-ith Cistus and heather {Erica mecUferranea?), 

 the latter reaching the level of one's shoulders. At the bottoms of 

 the valleys many streams rush down to the sea, their banks thick 

 with undergrowth. It would be an ideal place for collecting in May ; 

 at my visit there was of course nothing in blossom, and beating and 

 sweeping were unproductive. Here is the list : — 



OpAonus nzureus, F., llarpalus punctato-striatus, Dej., and H. metaUinus, 

 Men., under stones on tlio waste ground. Oxypoda h(Bmorrhoa, Salilb., in ddhrig. 

 Aleochara lanuginosa, Grav., in dung. Drusilla canal iculata, F., under stones, 

 Atheta orbata, Er., in debris, common ; A. cava, Fvl., with the preceding, not 

 common. Falagria oi*tM/ro,Grav., common. Leptusa rt»a<o/tt'a, Fvl., one specimen 

 in debris. Oligola piisillima, not common, in debris. IFeterothops dissimilis, 

 Grav., in ddhris, not uncommon. Philonthus ebeninua, Grav., common, in debris. 

 Scopteus minutus, Er., one or two under a stone. OxyteJu.s piceus, L., with the 

 preceding. Ctenistes, sp. ?, one under a stone. Trichopteri/x atomaria, Deg., and 

 Typhcea fumatn, L., common, in debris. Aphodius conjugatus, Panz., A. faetens, F., 

 A. constans, Duft. (very abundant), A. pubescens, Sturm (very abundant), A. 

 lurldus, V. nigripes, F., all in cow-dung. Adelocera punctata, Ilerbst, one speci- 

 men, out of dead wood. Elater elongatulus, v. balteatulu.i, Reitt., one examplt> 

 under hark. Silesis concoJor, Desbr., one, with the preceding ; doubtless these 

 latter were hibernating. Cis striatulns, Mell., one out of dead wood. Lcena 



