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without knowing it. It occurs in moss along with the common P. 

 politus, F. P. ni(jrirentris I met with in dead birds in widely- separate 

 localities. Aetohius cinemscenx, Grav., the first of the genus I have 

 met with in Cumberland, was common on the margins of a pond 

 with other Staphs. Lathrubiuin. qnadratam, Payk., occurred similarly 

 near Silloth. Stcnus was well represented, though nothing really rare 

 was noticed, the best being S. ijuttnla, Miill., .S'. (jinjueineri, Duv., <S'- 

 pallitarsis, Steph., S. hlfoveolatna, GylL, S. hinotatm, Ljun., S . puhescena, 

 Steph., and 8. cicinddoidcs, Grav. Bledius opacus, Block., and B. 

 pallipes, Grav., occurred sparingly by the sides of streams, and the 

 same may be said of the two species of Aticyrophorm. Trotfopkluens 

 bilineatitx, Steph., and ricularis, Mots., were common. Acidota crenata, 

 P., was taken on the wing and a fine series of Delipluwn tectum, Payk., 

 from dung, on Cross Fell. Onialiuin plamun, Payk., was found 

 on a sappy birch stump, and deplanattan, Gyll., in some numbers in a 

 dry fungus. The Clavicorns were little worked, but still a few new 

 county records were made. Colon appendltulatum, Sahl., was swept in 

 a grassy place in June, and odd captures were also made of Choleva 

 anijustata, F., eisteloidi's, Frohl., and spadicea, Sturm. Scymnus nigrinas, 

 Kug., was plentiful on some young Scotch firs. Micropeplm ^tapluf- 

 Imoides, Marsh., was occasionally swept. Pityophayns ferrwiinens, F., 

 was found under bark, and Silvanus surinamensis, L., in a iiour mill. 

 Fungi produced Triphyllm suturalis, F., Mycetophayus A-ptifitulatus, L., 

 and M. muUipunctatm, Hellw. Elmis aeneus, Miill., E. rolkmari, Panz., 

 E. paralldopipediis, Miill., E.subviolaceits, Miill., and E.cupreua, Miill., 

 occurred on mossy stones in running streams, the first and last being 

 common, the others scarce. On the salt marshes of the Solway Firth 

 a few Heteroccrus hrittaniciis, Kuw., were picked up. Siiwdtuidnin 

 cylindricum , L., occurred for the first time in any numbers, and Apho- 

 dius pusilliis, Herbst, from sheep dung, was new to me in Cumberland. 

 G^yialia sabideti, Payk., was found in limited numbers on slopino-, 

 sandy banks by the Eden, its habits reminding me of those of the 

 common arenaria, F., on the coast. The Sternoxi produced nothino- 

 new to the district, though I was glad to get Limonius minutus, L.\ 

 and Adraxtiis linibatns, F. Ancistronycha abdominalis, F., occurred 

 again in the woodfed valleys in the east, and Telephones obscurus, L.,on 

 the grassy ascent to Sty Head Pass, where also T.paludosm, Fall., was 

 met with. T. danrinianiis, Sharp., also turned up again under clods 

 on Skinburness Marsh. Malthhias frontalis, Marsh., Avas beaten from 

 Scotch fir. Lomjicornia are scarce hereabouts, and it is always pleasing 

 to meet with species for the first time. Asemum striatum, L., was taken 

 in fir woods in several localities, and Tctrops praeusta, L., from various 

 trees in Barron Wood. A single To.votus meridianus, Panz., was taken 

 by Mr. Britten. Pailiyta ccrambyciformis, Schr., was found by Messrs. 

 Routledge and Murray in the Gelt Valley, a species Mr. T. C. Heysham 

 used to get in Barron ^Yood 70 or more years ago. Saperda populnea, 

 L., so common in 1899 and nearly absent in 1900 (I only saw one) 

 turned up again in great force in 1901 in the old locahty among aspen. 

 Donacia rersicolorea, Brahm, was met with for the first time in the 

 Eden Valley, and Z>. afflnis, Kunze, from Borrowdale, was also an 

 addition to the list. Clythra quadripunctata, L., was met with again 

 in its old haunts among the wood ants near Keswick, and Hydrot/iassn 

 hannocerana, ¥., was also taken again, this time in fair numbers. 



