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in the Victorian series, and we do not hesitate to at once congratulate 

 him and " the active though sinall band of resident collectors," who 

 have already done so much to confirm the old records, and add 

 largely to the number of species known to occur in Cumberland. Mr. 

 Day estimates that about one-third of the species on the British list are 

 now recorded from this county, and they are steadily adding to this 

 number year by year; in 1900 alone, the list was increased by over 150 

 species by their zeal and industry. Some idea of the extent of these 

 additions may be gathered by the perusal of the articles on Cumberland 

 coleoptera in the K'uf. Fwconl for 1898, pp. 126-129, 1899, pp. lOB-106, 

 1900, pp. 99-101, and 1902, pp. 76-80. Mr. Day expresses the opinion 

 that close on 1700 species will ultimately be found in the county. In 

 Mr. Morley's "Coleoptera of Sultblk," 1899, he gave the totals of species 

 found in Norfolk and Suffolk as 1728 and 1763 respectively, so Cuniber- 

 landneedhave no fearof being behindhandin this respect. The mountain 

 species, as might be expected, are well represented, and, in fact, nothing 

 appears to have been neglected that can help to swell the coleopterous 

 fauna of this county. A few of the rarities taken lately may be briefly 

 noticed, although we hardly think it necessary to refer to the old 

 records, such as Oberea ocitlata, Diapcris bolcti, Lixus parrajilficticiis, etc., 

 preferring to wait till our Cumberland friends can retake and confirm 

 such captures. One of the finest captures in this list is that of Lebia 

 crii.r-iiiinor, taken by Mr. Day in a meadow near Carlisle, in 1899, this 

 is just one of those instances which show what rare beetles will occur 

 in new localities to the painstaking worker. lieiubidiiim srJi'npdli, 

 originally found in Cumberland, has been turned up again not un- 

 commonly by our collectors. The rare Aleochara rnjicornis has 

 occurred on several occasions, and Ancii^trnnyeha abiioininalia is found 

 not rarely in the Gelt valley. Hi/ihot/iassa Juoniovcraiia, only previously 

 recorded from Yorkshire and Hampshire, was taken in some numbers 

 near Little Salkeld by Mr, Day. Ascuinni striatum is now recorded 

 from Cumberland for the first time, and Callidimn riolarcmn from 

 Eskdale is its most northerly record up to now. I'achiita rcrainbi/ri- 

 Jhniii.s a species that used to be taken in this county (Barron Wood) 

 by J. C. Heysham, some 70 years ago, has been taken by Messrs. 

 Routledge and Murray in the Gelt valley. Plujllodevta cavifrons, 

 from near Carlisle, is not unworthy of notice. Anthiciis scoticiis occurr- 

 ing at AUonby is its only English locality at present known. Although 

 not in this list we must here call attention to the capture since of 

 Sji/tacritcs (jlabratK.^, by Messrs. Britten and Day, near Great Salkeld 

 {knt. Record, 1901, p. 331), the only other record out of Scotland being 

 a single specimen, taken at Wooler, in Northumberland. We think, 

 however, enough has been said to show that this list was made as com- 

 plete as possible at the time of its publication, and that the work of 

 adding to it in the future is in the best of hands. We deplore the fact 

 that there are no notes of habits, etc., to any of the species, as is the 

 case with the other county lists in this series, but this we understand 

 is not the fault of the compilers, but of the publishers. — Horace 

 DoNisTHORPE, F.Z.S., 58, Kensington Mansions, S.W. 



Protective resemblance in beetles. — In my paper •■ on "Cases of 

 Protective Resemblance, Mimicry, etc., in the British Coleoptera," when 



* Trans. Ent. Soc. of Lond., Pt. iii., 1901, p. 373. 



