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Duft., n. rupicola, Sturm, and Licinus deprexstts occurred under stones. The 

 majority of my captures are, liowever, as yet unset and undetermined. — W. Holland, 

 University Museum, Oxford; Jul^, 1903. 



Perlleptus areolatua, Creutz, in Shropshire. — -Whilst collecting in the Welsh 

 corner of North Shropshire, where the river Ceiriog forms the boundary betvyeen 

 that county and Denbighshire, I obtained half a dozen specimens of Perileptus 

 areolatua, Creutz. The specimens occurred amongst shingle on the Shropshire 

 bank of the Ceiriog, in a spot a little east of OfPa's Dyke, and about four miles 

 above the point where Hie Ceiriog joins the Dee. They were very diiBcult to secure, 

 owing to their rapid movements. The dates of capture were as follows : — May 29th, 

 1898 (one specimen) ; June 23rd, 1898 (one specimen) ; July 9th, 1899 (four 

 specimens). 



The history of the records of the occurrence of this species in the British 

 Isles is, so far as I can ascertain, as follows : — Stephens, in his " Illustrations," 1827, 

 says, " taken on Duddon Sands near Broughton, Lancashire, but difficult to secure 

 on account of the wind.— J. C. Dale, Esq." In Stephens' " Manual," 1839, Duddon 

 Sands near Broughton is still the only locality given. 



Dawson, in " Geodephaga Britannica," 1854-, says, " rare, Duddon Sands near 

 Brout^hton in Furness, Lancashire, and at the confluence of the Conway and 

 Llugwy in North Wales." In the " Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer," August 

 1st, 1857, there is an unsigned article on Coleoptera in the neighbourhood of Llan- 

 gollen, and after a mention of the various Bembids to be met with in the shingle at 

 the edges of the river Dee, it goes on to say, " It was in a similar locality, at Bettws- 

 y-Coed (further to the west), that Mr. Wollaston captured several specimens of the 

 rare Blemus areolatus ; and it is possible, therefore, that this would, if searched 

 for, be taken also in the valley of the Dee. The late Mr. Joseph Chappell was 

 probably the first to capture the species at Llangollen, though I do not think he 

 published a record. Dr. J. W. Ellis and Mr. E. Wilding took the species in the 

 same locality on May 21st, 1888, and Mr. W. E. Sharp has subsequently taken it 

 there. In Fowler's " British Coleoptera," vol. i, 1887, the following localities are 

 giyen :— " Dudden Sands, near Broughton-in-Furness, Lancashire ; Conway (con- 

 fluence of the Conway and Llugwy), North Wales (Brewer, &c.) ; Scotland, very 

 local, riparial, Solway district (taken in some numbers by Dr. Sharp)."— J. Hakold 

 Bailey, Port Erin, Isle of Man : July 1th, 1903. 



Hydroporus marginatus, Duft., c'^c, in Shropshire.— In a small stream running 

 into the river Ceiriog in the same locality mentioned in the preceding note I obtained 

 a total of twenty specimens of Hydroporus marginatus, Duft., during visits on the 

 following dates :— May 29th, 1897, May 29th, 1898, June 23rd, 1898, and May 2l8t, 

 1899. In the same stream the following species also occurred -.—Brychius elevatus, 

 Panz., Deronectes 12-pustulatus, F., D. depressus, ¥., Agabus paludosus, F., Pla- 

 tamhus maculatus, L., Henicocerits exsculptus, Germ., and Elmis Volkmari, Panz. 

 Amongst shingle and under stones the following occurred -.— Gnypeta cosra/ea, Sahl. 

 (one s^ec'\me\\) , Leptacinus batychrus, Gyll., Philonthus fulvipes, F., Haploderus 

 celatus, Grav., Cryptohypnus riparius, P., C. i-guttatus, Lap., Elaphrus riparius, 

 L., E. cupreus, Duft., Bembidium decorum, Panz., B. tibiale, Duft., B. atrocaruleum, 

 Steph., B. punctulatum, Drap. — Id. 



