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< 'orifpfiiion awiusticolli', Steph., was found in dry fungi on a path, and 

 by beating furze bloom Philoriniini .wrtliilinn, Steph., and Cruthor- 

 /il/iK'Iiiilins nrsicolor, Bris., were obtained. Beating sallow, from 

 which the catkins were beginning to fall, produced Klli'sr/tits 

 hijninrtatiis, L., in abundance with several Epunpas, kc, of no 

 particular interest, but bushes without catkins were quite unproductive. 

 At Silloth, Hiinialinni hicriiiandiiin, (lyll., new to Cumberland, was 

 lV)und under shore refuse with //. nuiuHitrnnc, Rye, //. riparimn, Th., 

 several species of .-i/corAfj/Y/, P/ii/tusKs halticKs, Kr., P/iilnnt/iiis pnuuniiK, 

 Kr., /^rir/tiiiKs hiiiianilatiis, F., i^c, while Saiin'niis iiiaritiiinis, Steph., 

 was common under carrion, burrowing to some depth in the loose 

 sand. On Cumrew Foil, J>,'liii/iniiii tcrtiiin, Pk., occurred in numbers 

 on the carcase of a sheep, Arprdimn braclti/pU'nnii, Gr., and Hiijirraspix 

 rt'/ipeusis, Hbst., in moss, and Acidota rrenata, F., and ( Hinr/n/nc/in.i 

 iiiannis, GvlL, under stones, as well as many species previously 

 recorded from this prolific hunting-ground. Sweeping, at the end of 

 May and in early June, produced hlnrcphalua roinplicaiia, West., 

 (Ti/iinu'trfDi labilis, Hbst., lUii/iir/iiti's niiniitns, Hbst., and II. aeneoriirns, 

 Marsh., while /('. rupirns, Ij., was beaten from crab-flowers in quite a 

 new locality. Crossfell. in -lune, gave little of interest but Miscodcra 

 airtica, Pk., A>iahns runiit'iin-, Pk., Hi/droporKs niario, l)j., and 

 (>tinrlii/)i(/nis iiiaiirns, Gyll. In the Eden valley, the usual riparian 

 Geodephaga were noticed, the fine blue form of Jh'uibidiini/ imnctidatKiii, 

 Drap., being captured several times. I do not know whether this 

 form is familiar to many coleopterists, but it has not been recorded 

 from Cumberland before. (Tipiintisa rarictiata, Kies., was taken in a 

 muddy place, and Miomilossa pulLa, Gyll., in plenty, in a sandmartin's 

 nest. Sweeping in June was unsatisfactory, but I got Ant/terop/uiipis 

 pollens, Ob., llrarln/tarsHs rariits, V., Apinii iij/llenliali, Kirb., Balaniniin 

 rilliisiiH, ¥., }}. pi/rr/Kircras, Marsh., i^-c. In July, I took nothing- 

 worthy of record. August was better, and additions to the county 

 list were made in L'/dli/drns cuarctattOijGved,, Stoiiis an/as, Gr., Orijum 

 iitatoa, Va:,( 'I'lithdrlii/nclndius ni;iriiu(s, Marsh., and ^'. pi/rr/Kirliiinrhiis, 

 Marsh. On the banks of the Black Lyne, in October, 1 took some 

 fine IJiinbidiitin bni.nllfnKr, Wevm., a^nd (Ti'odroiiiirits ni'irita, ]\Iiill.. and, 

 in various localities, swept Sitoncs sutiircdis, Steph., in some numbers, 

 a species not recorded before from Cumberland, but probably over- 

 looked, as I find I have specimens taken in 1898. — F. H. Day, F.E.S., 

 27, Currock Terrace, Carlisle. Dcceinbrr loth, 1904. 



A RAHK QuEDics IN SussEx. — I had the pleasure in April of this 

 year (1904), to take the fourth recorded specimen of (Jia'dins 

 ndirtxorridi'UH, Rey. The specimen was captured about a foot down a 

 large rabbit-burrow in a sand-pit, near the village of TMtchling, 

 Sussex. The species is easily differentiated from its allies by the cold 

 blue-black reflection of the elytra, and the difference in sculpture, ike. 

 The three previous records are: — (1) At Tostock, Suffolk, captured by 

 ^Ir. \V. H. Tuck, ip nest of r,iindnis liortdriim (see F.nt. Mo. Mo;/., 

 1890, p. TjO). (2) The second specimen was also captured by 

 ^U: Tuck, in Suffolk (see Hnt. M,>. Man., 1^9'^- P- '^^>V' (='^) '^'^e 

 third specimen was captured by Mr. ]>edwell, at Kessingland, near a 

 rabbit-warren (see Knt. Mo. Man., l^O*^. P- 2^^)- ^^ will be 

 noticed that this species evidently has some affinity for rabbit-warrens, 

 as both Mr. Bedwell's specimen and mine are from such places. I 



