^^^ THE entomologist's RECORD. 



captured had the 2 and her partner not been duly pill-boxed It i. 

 impossible to guess at the abundance of this spec es on these slope 



the 13th going down the valley, until halfway between Evolve .nd 



!^/ ^ S"" '''^^'' °" '^'^P' ^liPP^^}' slopes, IS not at all bad snort 

 and where the ground is at all bad, rather difficult and toc^ras 

 well. I had one or two nasty falls whilst thus eno-aoed but tMs rl^? 



<1>RTH0PTERA. 



Labidura riparia. Pall., using its forceps.-I was keeping alivP 



S^^^ Tha frhaHr""^"^ 'r ■^"^^^ "^°*^^^' ^ «- --'eTait;' 



?ii^«>/« tnat 1 had taken near Boscombe. I fed him from timp in 

 time with flies, which he devoured greedily. One dly I pit a aroe 



a "nee i'."l"v' f'"' ^^' '-^^"^PP^^ '' ^' *° *^^ botL, ?h earwt 

 at once aised his forceps vertically above his back with o-reat swiff- 

 ness and seized the blue-bottle as it fell. He gripped t I r m v wi h 



ca^l'dTJiund hrf nf T'"' 't'^'^ Penet?at^nt; fly IL" he 

 the hoU r ^°*H' ^°' ^ '^°''* time, probably on account of 



the light. I was very interested to see this use of the forceps which 

 form a dangerous weapon against such small creatures as otherVs^^^^^^^^ 

 f?om bfhind T' ''"•^- 1 ^^''°"S'^ ^^^ ^y f^" - upon the eaw- 



^:ll^':^;^^,FT'f *?^ «-^ wSr/garit,'td^rr;h: 



outei snell w.th the feet and antennae, etc.— Malcolm Bt^rr B 4 12 

 Fitzjames Avenue, West Kensington. Septn.ber ml, 1 9^)3.' ' 



<^OLEOPTERA. 



LOLEOPTERA IN CUMBERLAND IN JuNE — Ou JuTlP 1 fif h ln=f T ,,r^v,+ 



ttiiSioTd'""^ ''"' ^•.^- ^-^ledge, t"cisrd,\r^^^^ 



tea Ser as honi T ^T? tl^'^T^ ^^'''- ^ ^'^^ f^^^^^^^^e with the 

 weatnei as, though I had left London in floods, it only rained one d^v 



during the whole of my stay. I was met by Mr. Eoutled^ a Sir fT 

 Day, at Carlisle, and, after future plans had been discussed I con inued 

 my journey with the former to Heads Nook, where he lies The next day 

 our hrst expedition was made to the Geit Woods, a mo t lovely pot 

 on the banks of the Gelt river. Our principal object was to capture 

 ^'mT 1 ''''""''"'^': .^^bi^t beautiful insect, the finest of all 

 secured' rt's 'T ^'^ /^ !f appearance, and a nice series was 

 Ts Sweenino r '^^''^^ that the ^s were much scarcer than the 

 y s. b\\eeping (^a-anuu,i produced Coeliodes qemnii in plenty whilst 

 by general s^^^epnJg the following species occurred, P^./a '7;^!^ 



Rhayomjcha palhda, Apion erci, Anaspis rufilabris, A. frontcdn liZrk 



fn rcapt; of'r'^'"^ ''^ "^^.1 '^°-^ '^^'' watS'rS d 

 in the sHit P o fhp • -'^"^"^"'f:^;/^^"-^^"'^- anricomus and Q. nmbrinus. 

 in tne shingle of the river Bembidiwn nwnticola and yebria willenhcdi 



a'redfZ'wtith^ '''";' "'^f '' ^^^^""^ ^^^^^ '^^ higher^ silftioi 

 a reel torm, which is quite mature, occurs here. Rain havin- set in 



further operations were suspended, and we adjourned homl! ^^ ' 



