NOTES ON COTiLEOTING, ETC. 53- 



"battles" will give some idea of the facilities with which beetles may 

 be obtained, and of the situations in which they may be found by the 

 merest tyro and novice at the art. 



Commencing operations about Jan. 28th, I took, within a ten-mile 

 radius of Ipswich (wliich locality is to be understood as indicated 

 tliroughout this paper when no other is mentioned), chiefly at the base 

 of large poplars, oaks and elms, where they may readily be turned up 

 at the roots of the grass by the ever-useful garden trowel, the follow- 

 ing : — Carahus violacem, Nehria brevicolh's, Calathm melanocephahis, 

 Fferostichns madidus, P. nigrita, Amaru bifrons, Oci/pus olens, and the 

 remains of Lucaims cerims ^ . 



February was, for the most part, wet and foggy ; conditions not 

 favourable to pupa-digging, nor early coleopterising which involves 

 much the same kind of work ; however, still working the " unconscious " 

 trees, as Rev. Joseph Greene terms them, I met with very fair success, 

 turning ujj : —Carahus granvlatus, Clivina fosHor, Pristonydms suhcijaneus, 

 Fterostifihis vnhiaris, F. inaequalis, Amara curta, Harpalus atenuattis, 

 Bemhidium quadriiuaculatwn , Hydroporuii palnstris, Hydrohius fuscipes, 

 Creophilus maxUlosui^ ; Silpha atrata and Olibriis corticalis were found 

 under bark ; Aphodins fosnor, Erirhinus vorax, E. vaUdirostris, Anfho- 

 nomns pedicnJarius, Lema cyanella ; the last four were obtained from 

 under bark on asjien and willow. 



March was a grand month, when beetles were galore ; among those 

 taken were : — Notiophilm biguttatus, one under a stone at Epsom ; 

 Carahus nemoralis, Amara pleheia and A. co?HmM(i/s, running in sunshine ; 

 Anchomenns ohlongits (?), A. alhipes, A. prasiniis ; Tachyp)orus hypnorum, 

 Oxytehs rugosus and Stcnm i^peculaior, from sods ; Quedius picipes ; Geo- 

 tnipcs stercoran'iis and G. mutator, flying at dusk ; Aphndins granarms, 

 under stones at Epsom : Agriotcs lineatns, Apion difforme, from sods ; 

 Hypera punctata and Sitorifs lineatus in plenty liy searching grass-stems 

 with the aid of a lantern at night ; Chrysomela varians, at Epsom. The 

 26tli was a red letter day so far as Adephaga were concerned, and 

 on that day I took, on the cultivated downs behind Brighton, from 

 under pieces of matting : — Fterostichus vulgaris, F. madidus, Calathus 

 cisteloides, Leistis ferrugineus, L. spiniharhis, Badister bipustulatus, 

 Anchomenus prasinus, Brachinus crepitans; Agriotes lineatus, Ocyjms similis 

 and hiindreds of Stenus (})robably speculator) on the uiider side of an 

 uprooted, rotten turnip. 



Prolific as March may appear to have been, April, Avith its almor- 

 mally fine, sunny dry days, on which insects of all kinds simply 

 swarmed, far surpassed it, as regards both the quantity and (quality 

 of its Coleoptera. Broscus cephalotes was obtained from sand-pits ; 

 Ancliomenus micans, Loricera pilicovnis, Demetrius atricapiUus, Harpalus 

 proteus commonly, H. ruficornis under stones, sods, &c. ; Amara fami- 

 liaris and ^4. acuminata " snnshiners ; " Bemhidium quadriguttatuin and 

 B. lampros ; Felohius hermanni, Haliplus obliquus, II. flaricoUis, 

 Hydroporus reticnlatus (?), H. dorsalis and II. jialustris, from jjonds ; 

 AciliuK sidcatus, Hyphydrus ovatus, Gyrinus marinus, Enochrus hicolor ? 

 Ocypus similis ; Necrophorns Immator, Silpha rugosa, S. sinuata and S. 

 thoracica from dead rabbits ; Coccinella septempunctata, C. 22-p)unctata, 

 Lasia glohosa ; Dermestes murinus and Nitidula bipustulata from dead 

 moles, weasels, haAvks, itc. ; Meligethes (sp. ?) froni dandelion ; Geo- 

 trupes sylvaticus, Aphodins inquinatus from dead heron ; A. erraticus and 



