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a single N. t'yijtlirdjitrrns, L., was picked up on tlie moor; Silplia nniosa, 

 Li., swarmed on a dead hare, and Nerrup/iurus huniator, F., and X. 

 vestii/atDr, Hers., were found burying moles. A glass frame on the top 

 of a hot-bed made up in the end of March was the haunt of beetles in 

 swarms — Stilicioi a(fiHis, Er. ; Philoiithiis sci/balarius, Nord. ; J\ 

 fliscoideus, Gr. ; KumicruH tarsatits, Miill. ; Mnnotowa picij)es, Herbst ; 

 Anthicus/lnmlis, L., with the var. qidsqidllKs, Th., were all plentiful, and 

 in the garden itself VhiLontliaa ^pleiideiis, V. Under stones in fields I 

 found Xotiop/iiliis binnttatiis, F. ; Xi'hria breckollis, F. ; Aniara 

 voiiiiHunU, Pz. ; A. si)inii)es, L. ; Pterustichuti versicolor, Sturm ; 

 Olisthopiis rotundatus, Pk. ; Tar/n/porus ohtusus ; T. clin/somdinits, L. ; 

 T. pusillus, Gr. ; T. solntas, Er. ; tihter cadareriniis, E. H.; So})rinu>! 

 maritiiinis. Steph.; MniuKs pi/raster, Hbst. ; Otior/iijnchiis li<ineux, 01.; 

 (). nKjifrom, Gyll. ; 0. f<iilcatii>i, F. ; lhisvhirii(s ylobosm, Hbst. ; 

 and Psi/lliodes chalvomera, 111. In eow-dung were found ApJwdius ater, 

 De G. ; A. cojitaininatnn, Hbst. ; A. timctarius, L. ; A. prodronius, 

 Brahm ; Cercijoii iiielanoccphalna, L. ; C. unij)i(nctatns, L. ; Ahochara 

 fiiscipcs, F. ; and A. lanui/inom, Gr. ; and on the shore of Luce Bay, 

 among seaweed, Cerci/on Jiarljx's, F.; C. littoralis, Gyll. ; Mi/nnedonia 

 linibata, Pk.; CrcopJiiliis inad-illonKs, L. ; L'afhts .vantholutna, Gr.; and 

 Homalhun laeviiisoiluiii, Gyll. Under stones above high Avater mark, 

 Drowius nvfriventris, Th. ; Corticaria iioiu/ata, Gyll. ; t'onosoma liri- 

 dii.s, Er.; Amara ovata, F. ; Otiorhi/nchus blandiis, Gyll. ; Aleochara 

 fHsicipen,^., and Corj/iidjites aenciix, L., of this latter I took a fine series, 

 nine bronze, five blue, and one green with black legs, seven blue, one 

 bronze, and one green with red legs. At the end of the month Cicindela 

 canipestris, L., appeared on sunny days in numbers on earthy hillsides, 

 on the moors and slopes by the sea. In May the following were 

 taken — LiopJdoeHx. unbiliis, F., and Carabiis nemuralis, Miill., under 

 stones ; C. iiranidatm, L., among heather ; a single Aleochara snccicola, 

 Kr., in moss on a beech trunk ; swept up among nettles, (JocUodes 

 A-7)mculatits, L., ('euthorliynchus pcdlinarius, Forst,, C. qaadridens, Pz., 

 and Telcphoruii limbatHn, Th.; on the moor, Sericosoiniis brunnens, L., 

 Anthobiiun winutimi, F., in flowers; Prasocnrh phellaudrii, L., and 

 Donacia scricca, L. (a fine range of shades), on marsh mallow; in cow- 

 dung, !>jdtacridiiiiii acarubaeuidc^, L., Ajdiodius erraticua, L., A. rnjipcs, 

 L., A. Imidus, F., the black ab. was not uncommon ; Xitidiila biptis- 

 tidata, Li., Soronia (jrisca, L., and (hiiosita discoidca, F., on dead birds 

 on the moors ; Adalia bipunctata, L., among grass on the shore ; on 

 the high roads, Silplut opaca, L.; P/iilonthus lamiitatits, Creutz, in a 

 garden; and Anthononuis. pcdiciilarins, L., on a wall. Polijdrusus 

 cerviniis, L., was found on poplar buds ; and on stones on the shore of 

 the White Loch, FAaphms ciiprens, Duft., E. rijtariits, L., Hi/pera punc- 

 tata, F., llaltica ericeti, All., and Loiifiitarsisthoracicus, Steph. (Tjirbin^ 

 natator. Scop., occurred in thousands in sheltered bays of Drumwalt Loch. 

 In June Kjmraea ac.stira, L., Mcli(/cthcs aenciis, F., Athoiis iw/er, L., A. 

 vittatusf, F., t'orijinbitcx cuprciia, F., ('. tc><sellatiis, L., Dolopiua vum/i- 

 natiis, Li., ('aiiijii/liis linearis, L., ('i/jdinn rariabitis, Thunb., TclcjdiorKu 

 bicolor, F., T. jiallidas, ¥., T. nisticiis, F., Malthodes dispar, Germ., 

 lihino)iciti> inc(»i!ij)ecti(s, Hbst., II. jiericarjiiiis F., L'eitt/iorhijnc/tiis coil- 

 tractas, Marsh., Apian /tuinilc, Germ., Sitfincs lineatas, L., Letna cijanclla, 

 L., Crcpidodera anrata, Marsh., (Jassida riridis, L., Scyiinttis pijiiniaciis, 

 Fourc, were swept up among rough herbage and on the moors, to- 



