gg [September, 



Carrington moss yielded Elater halteatu.t in extreme abundance, beaten from 

 young birch trees, with a sprinkling of Cwymbites qv£rc{i,s (black and testaceous 

 vars.) ; and, at the roots of the heather, Homalota sulcifrons. 



Among other species occurring to me in Cheshire were Tachimis laticollis 

 (commonly) and collaris, Tehnatophilns caricis, Phyllohius macuUcornis, and Dormcia 

 sagittaricB. 



About the middle of June I was joined by my friend, Mr. E. M. Geldart, and 

 we then proceeded together to the Lake District. The long drought by this time 

 began to tell on the insect world, whose representatives became rapidly scarcer. 

 The following are among the species that I captured : — 



Near Stock Ghyll Force I found a perfectly black var. of Anclwinenus Icevis 

 under a stone ; in the stream itself Elmis wneus (abundantly) and suiviolaeeus, and 

 Hyd/rcena gracilis in swarms; in moss, on its banks, Geodromicus nigrita and Lesteva 

 puhescens and punctata commonly; under stones on its edge Homalota cwrax 

 (commonly) and tibialis, Quedmis auricomus, and Dianous ; and, by sweeping her- 

 bage in its vicinity, Byrrhus fasciatus, Helodes marginatus, and Hyd/rocyphon 

 deflexicollis. Last year, in the same place, I captured Homalota velox. 



In Stye Head and adjacent tarns Agahus congener (bright red vars.), Oyrinus 

 oninutus and OrecMochilus occurred ; and near at hand Carahus glabratus, Bolito- 

 cliara lucida, Homalota occulta and triaTigulum, Schistoglossa mdiwiia, and Aphodius 

 lapponum. 



The most productive mountain of the district, in my experience, is Coniston Old 

 Man. Near its summit I took about a dozen specimens o{ Anthophagus ol/pinus (at 

 least half of them males varying much in the development of the frontal sexual 

 characters), and several examples of Patrohus septentrionis, Geodromicus glohulicollis, 

 Arpedium hrachypterum, Phlceohium cl/ypeatu/m, and Micropeplus porcatus. A. alpinus 

 appears to be very local. All my specimens were captured on a space of a few square 

 yards' size, and I looked in vain for its occurrence elsewhere on the same, or any 

 other, mountain. I obtained the species by shaking moss, &c., over paper, and, as 

 three hours' hard work only produced about a dozen examples, I conclude it is not 

 common even in its own peculiar sanctum. 



On Helvellyn I captured Bemiidium tibiale, Agahus guttatus, and Corymhitcs 

 pectinicornis, tesselatus, querciis (hght and dark vars.), and cupreus (of which the 

 only two specimens, curiously enough, were females of the semi-testaceous var.) ; 

 in Langda^e, in running water, Hyd/roporus Davisii, and, by breaking fungi on 

 trees, Epurcva deleta; near Clappergate, in meadows, Trechus ohtusus, Crypto- 

 ceplialv.s Morcei and lahiatus, and Prasocwris aucta ; near Ambleside, in ponds 

 formed by the Eothay, Hydroporus 12-pustulatus (abundantly) ; and near Grass- 

 mere, in wet places, Geod/romicus nigrita and Lesteva pubesccns, and, by sweeping 

 the herbage, Diacanthus holosericeus and Malthodes marginatus. 



On the whole, I know of no locality where the Southern Coleopterist can 

 spend a pleasanter time than in the Lake District, if the weather be fine. — 

 T. Blackburn, August, 1865. 



Scotch Colcop>tera. — T can record a new locality for Aufalia ^''Kncticollis, Sharp, 

 viz., the hills round Gareloch, on the Clyde. Although A. rivularis is common on 



