150 THE entomologist's REC06t>. 



portioiiri of the wiugb which are iiifuscated in ab. curtjlarla have a shadow of the 

 darkening in ab. pallidaria — a nondescript grey shade in the j , a golden-brown 

 tinge in the ? . This form may be said to bear exactly the same relation to ab. 

 corylaria as does ^pavgheryi to the type. I have seen no other examples than Mr. 

 Pickett's. 



0. Fuiicaria, n. ab. — The dark shade which prevails in ab. corylaria is here 

 spread over the whole of the wings, producing an unicolorous infu.'^^cated aberration. 

 I have only seen one example, a <? from Lauban, from the Zeller collection (now 

 in Br. Mas. Coll.). 



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Notes on captures of Coleopteka in Cumberland in 1902. ^On 

 February 27th, 1902, I took a fine specimen of Lawpriuus miiinatus, 

 Grav., under a stone, this is my fourth specimen of this rare species, 

 the other three were taken in moss. On March 6th, two AlrucJtara 

 runindondii, Kr., were found in a rabbit hole ; A)ici/roii/iunis oriialinti,s, 

 Er., in numbers settling in a boat ; whilst on March Ifjth, I was on 

 Wan Fell, part of LazonbyFell, and took my first specimen oiCarabux 

 niteu^, L., on a sheep track ; and one Aphodius tcs.siilatui^, F., Hying, this is 

 an addition to the Cumberland list; on April 16th, six specimens of 

 Snbcoccinella '2,^:- punctata, L., were captured on herbage by the river 

 side, and, on April 20th, working the dry grass and rubbish at the 

 bottom of a hedge, I obtained four Lebia chlDroccphala, Hoff., Dromius 

 niiirirentriii, Thorns., common ; and t\\o Il/n')i()sviius riri(lii)c)i)ti.s, Steph., 

 with a number of common species. On April 27th, on Wan Fell, in 

 company with Mr. F. H. Day, a very cold day and not much about, 

 Ptenistic/ias Icpidiis, ¥., three, and ('i/ mind is rajxirariornin, h., three, 

 were the only captures worthy of note. On May 4th, working the 

 mud by the side of a small stream, a tributary of the Eden, I took 

 (h'hthcbiiis ni/iuiaininatiis, Steph., in numbers, with ( 'frci/an JmemnrrJtoiis, 

 Gyll., and ('. miniitiix. Mulls., fairly commonly; 'I'arhi/asa atra, Grav., 

 and MiiUaena elomjata, Matth., a few; one Micropc/dns porratas, Payk., 

 on the side of an overhanging bank. On May 11th, I visited Cumrea 

 Fell, a part of the Pennines, with Messrs. G. B. Routledge and F. H. 

 Day, our object being <'arabits nitens, L., but it did not put in an 

 appearance, although otherwise we had a fairly successful day — 

 I'terostic/uis vitreus, Dej., fairly swarmed ; /'. acthiapx, Pan/., was in 

 fair numbers ; Calathns inicruptenis, Duft., Olist/ionus rotintdatus, 

 Payk., and Bradijcdlns co;ptatiis, Gyll., were very common ; lUnibidium 

 ni'iricoDic, Gyll., turned up freely on the bare sheep tracks in the 

 heather: fji/dniponis niorio, Dej., occurred sparingly in mossy holes. 

 The best capture, however, was a fine specimen of Tachinns nijipennis, 

 Gyll., under a stone, whilst one fMthrnhixiii otripalpc, Sharp, and one 

 Acidota crcnata, F., were very acceptable. On May 21st, I was in 

 Baron Wood fishing, and took a nice ]>>/schiriii!< politus, Dej., and one 

 Mori/r/ius aeneus, F., on bare patches of sand in the sunshine, in com- 

 pany with swarms of Bonhidinnt palndoaum, Panz., and iJijtili(s rarius, 

 F. On June 3rd, my children brought in ten Vyrochroa nerraticnrnis, 

 Scop., taken on an old tree root by the river side, I have only taken 

 this species very sparingly before; whilst on June 11th, I found a nice 

 series of Tri/podendron lincatnm, Er., in roots of newly-felled spruce fir 

 trees; Asnninn striatinn, L., just emerging from its burrows in Scotch 

 fir roots. On June 12th, Ernobiun tnollis, L., was found breeding 

 freely in the bark on larch fence posts; whilst June loth was spent at 

 Baron A\'ood, it was a very dull, wet day, but a tine lot of beetles Avere 



