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very common on the banks of tlic Rivci* Ciiklow, near Cuininersdale. Demelrias 

 atricapillus, L., a single specimen of this beetle, new to the county list, was taken 

 bj Master Norman Potter, in their garden at Murrell Hill, Carlisle. 



A-nong the water beetles I have done very little ; my best captures were 

 Hi/pht/drun ovatiix, L , Coelambus quinquelineatus, Zett., Laccophilus obscuras, Pz., 

 Hi/droporits liiieatus, F., Ilybius faliginosus, F., Deronectes assimilis, Pk., Helo- 

 ■phortix arvernicus, Muls., Ochfhebiu.s- j^ifgnissun, F., Ht/drsena gracilis, Germ., and 

 Cyclonottim orbiculare, F., all within a few miles of this city. 



Among the " Staphs." 1 have been more fortunate. Fhilonthus sordidus, Grr., 

 F. marginafu.i, F., and F. albipes, Gr., occurred in flood refuse on the Eden, along 

 with hosts of /'. varins, Gyll, and F. trossulus, Nordm. From the same source 

 came Quedius boopx, Gr , Q. radpes, Gr., and Q. umbrinus, Er., while Q. attenuatus, 

 Gyll., was one of the commonest beetles on the sheet. Tachinus coUaris, Gr. , 

 also occurred sparingly both on the Eden and Petteril. In September, 1907, 1 paid 

 some attention to hedge clippings, and got a few good things. Tachyporusforinosus, 

 Matth., and Lesteva muscorum, Duv., both hitherto unknown from Cumbei'land, 

 Cryptobium fracticorne, Pk., Oinalium excavatiim, Steph., 0. septentrionis, Th. 

 and Stenus declaratus, Er. Among Homalotse, the best was H. pilicornis, Th , in 

 flood refuse on the Kden. All four species of Bolitobius oocuvved in fungi at Orton. 

 Ocy pus si mil is, F., 0. ftiscatus, Gr., and O. cupreux, Kossi, occurred under stones at 

 the same place, with odd specimens of Staphylinus erythropterus, L. Working 

 moss produced Stenus impressus, Germ., <S'. ossiuni, Steph., and S. flavipes, Steph., 

 while <S'. Juno, ¥., S. bimaculntus, Gyll., -and S. guttula, Miill., occurred in river 

 rejectamenta. From the same material on the Petteril, I obtained a single speci- 

 men of Lathrobiuiii longulum, Gr., a new county record. On the banks of the Eden 

 near Lirimsdale I found Xaiilholinus ochraceus, Gyll., Ancyrophorus omalinus, Er., 

 A. aureus, Fauv., Olophrum piceum, Gyll., and 0. fuscuin, Gr. In the middle of 

 May Eusphaleruiii primulse, Steph., was very abundant in primroses in VVreay 

 woods. Psela}jhus heisei, Hbst., Bythinus bulbifer, Reich., Bryaxis fossulata, 

 Reich , and B. juncorum. Leach, occurred in moss at Orton. Eaplectus sanguineus, 

 Denny, two specimens from a rotting fir stump at Orton. Coccinella ll-punctata, 

 L., Bowness-on-Solway. Silvanus surinamensis, L., in abundance in a Carlisle 

 wareJiouse. Faramecosoma melanocephalum, Hbst., common in flood refuse. 

 Heterocerus marginatus, F., at Bowness-on-Solway, near the viaduct. Lacon 

 murinus, L , a single specimen on the cliffs at St. Bees. Limonius minutus, L., 

 swept at Orton. Campylus linearis, L., plentiful at Gelt. Ptinus fur, L., from 

 Wi'eay woods. Niptus hololeiicus, Fald., and Gibhium scotias, F., not uncommon 

 in a warehouse in Carlisle Pachyta cerambyciformis , Schr., was fairly common in 

 Gelt woods along with Strangalia melanura, L., Grammoptera ruficornis, F., and 

 G. tabacicolor, De G. A single specimen of Saperda scalaris, L., was taken on 

 the wing in the same locality. Cryptocephalus labiatus, L., was fairly common, 

 and on July ^Ith last, I had the pleasure of sweeping the first Cumberland specimen 

 of C. pusillus, F., at Orton, and at the same place, in moss, GaleruceUa viburni, 

 Pk. Fhyllotreta tetrastigma. Com., occurred in flood refuse on the Eden below 

 Carlisle, along with Psylliodes picina, Marsh. Cassida hemisp/iasrica, Hbst., swept 

 in a lane near Prior Wood, was the best of the three species of this genus I have 



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