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in company with A. arcticu^, Payk., and A. congener, Payk. Rhantus 

 exoletus, Forst., and B. histriatm, Berg., were occasionally taken. A 

 few Helophoftis aequalis, Thorns., were picked up in various localities, 

 and H. arrernicus, Muls., was obtained very freely when once one knew 

 how to look for it. This interesting species appears to be but semi- 

 aquatic in its habits, indeed, I have never seen a specimen in water 

 but always on the sand and mud bordering a fresh water stream, where 

 sometimes as many as twenty specimens may be picked up on a square 

 yard of ground or muddy rock. It is very sluggish and invariably 

 thickly encrusted with dirt and consequently is easily overlooked. 

 Henicflcenis exficiiljitiis, Germ., was taken in some numbers clinging to 

 stones in a shallow stream on Cross Fell. Octhebiiia mariniis, Payk., 

 and (>. bicdlon, Germ., occurred on Burgh Marsh, <). rKfiviaininatiis, 

 Steph., on the sides of several rivers inland. rli/(hae)ia i/racilis, Germ., 

 was not uncommon in a stream on Cross Fell, and a specimen of what 

 is probably H. atiicapilla, Wat., was captured on a mossy stone in the 

 Eden while working for the genus Klmi.^. A fair amount of work 

 was done at the Staphs., though the material accumulated has not yet 

 been thoroughly worked through. Aleuchara bijiunctata, 01., and A. 

 morion, Grav., were of frequent occurrence in dung ; A. siicricola, 

 Thorns., in refuse; A. cunienlornw, Kr., sparingly near rabbit burrows; 

 A. obsanrllo, Er., and A. ;irisea, under seaweed, llojnalnta riirrax, 

 Kr., was taken in some numbers near the head- waters of the Derwent; 

 }J. insecia, Thoms., //. parens, Er., and //. liiridipennis, Mann., on 

 the Irthing. On a warm day in May I came across a numerous colony of 

 'J'arlnjiisii ranstricta, Er., on a sandy bank by the River Petteril. This 

 elegant little thing is a marvel of activity. One of the most interest- 

 ing Staphs, occiirring in Cumberland is L'lacnsa nmijilanata, Er., which 

 was first found in the county two years ago by Mr. Britten, near Great 

 Salkeld. According to Fowler it is very rare in the British Isles, a 

 few specimens having been found in Scotland (( 'ol. Brit. Ides, vol. ii., 

 p. 161). I made a casual reference to its capture m Cumberland in 

 this magazine in 1900 {antea, vol. xii., p. 881), but it will be worth 

 while to say something more about it. It is very common in the 

 Cumberland locality, and is to be found under fir bark in the burrows 

 of Hi/laxtrs and other llln/)tc(i]ihora upon the larv;e of which, as Fowler 

 suggests, it probably preys. Undoubtedly it is very local, and I have 

 not noticed it near Carlisle nor elsewhere in this county except in the 

 locality already mentioned. (Tijropliaena nianca, Er., was taken in 

 fungi with others of the genus. Lejitiisa fniitida, Er., Sijialia riiricnUis, 

 Er., and JhiUtoc/iara obliijua, Er., were obtained under bark. A nice 

 capture for the north of England was Knrj/puriis picipes, Payk., of 

 which ^Ir. Murray and I each secured a specimen in moss in a wood 

 near Carlisle. In the same place, but in putrid fungi, (Jnedins lateralis, 

 Grav., was captured in numbers. The most interesting Qiieilins to be 

 taken was .ranthopns, Er., one specimen being found under bark in 

 Wetheral Woods. Q. umbriniis, Er., Q. anricuinus, Kies., were common 

 in waterfall moss in the mountains. A single StapJii/li)ins stercorarius, 

 01., I took on the Silloth sandhills in a rabbit burrow. The genus 

 PhiluntliKs was fairly well attended to, with encouraging results. P. 

 iHter)nedit(s, Boisd., P. pro.eiinus, Kr., P. carbonarixs, Gyil., P. sciitatiis, 

 Er., P. nii/rirentris, Thoms., /'. rentralis, Grav., and P.nii/rita, Nord., 

 were all new to me, though I had been taking P. scutatns for years 



