go [March, 



had receded. Htijiocyptus punctum, Mots. * one only, I found in dry dung. Mt/ceto- 

 porus lonqttlus, Mann., was taken on the wing in June, and Quedins puncticolUs, 

 Th., swept from long grass in September. Staphylinns erythropterus, L., was 

 picked up on roads. S. stercorarius, 01., in dung, and odd specimens of Ocypus 

 shnilis, F., and O.fuscatus, Gr., under stones. 



Philonthus debilis, Gr.,only taken in Cumberland once previously, was common 

 at Silloth in some old straw, where also occurred Leptacinns linearis, G-r., and 

 L. hatychrus, Gyll.* In moss Cryptohium glaherrimxim, Hbst., was of occasional 

 occurrence, and among many species of Stenus may be mentioned fnscipea, Gr., 

 common, argus, Gr., common, niveus, Fauv., common (unaccompanied by palli- 

 tarsis, Steph.), bifoveolatus, Gyll., sparingly, latifrons, Er., common. 



Both species of Ancyrophorufi occurred in flood refuse in autumn. Les- 

 leva sharpi, Rye,* I took one specimen of on the shores of Tindale Tarn, but of 

 Olophrum fuscum, Er.,* I got a nice series by pulling up reeds in the Eden Valley, 

 Among the PselapJiidse several things of interest came under observation. 

 Pselaphu.^ dresdensis, Hbst., was not uncommon again in its old haunts on ISTewton 

 Moss, where also T^uplectus amhiguus, Tleich.,* occurred ^. sanguineus, Denny,* 

 was taken at Silloth in old straw. By working the short moss on the sandhills in 

 the latter locality a few Agathidium marginatum, Stm., were obtained, and on the 

 beach below seaweed Ptenidium punctatum, Gyll.,* while the before-mentioned 

 straw also yielded Acritus minutus, Hbst., rather sparingly, but Omosita colon, L., 

 abounded. 



One of my best captures in June was a single specimen of Enicnius brevicornis, 

 Mann.,* but I believe my neighbour Mr. Britten has taken several since in various 

 localities in the county. Atomaria atricapilla, Steph., was common, A. fuscipes, 

 Gyll., rare. In February, ApJiodius tessulatus, Pk., was abundant in sheep-drop- 

 pings at Wanfell. Among the Longicorns nothing of particular interest was taken 

 except a fine, freshly-emerged S of Acanthocinus xdilis, L., in one of the main 

 streets of Carlisle, in all probability introduced into the town in timber. The 

 genus Donacia, F., was well to the fore with two new county records in impressa, 

 Pk., * and ohscura, Gyll.* Of the first-named I took a single specimen in moss in 

 April, near Keswick, and the latter was taken near Penrith in May, first by Mr. 

 Smith, a local botanist, and then by Mr. Britten ; in all about 10 or 12 specimens. 

 B. dentipes, F., occurred rather freely, as also did others of the genus. Longitarsus 

 holsaticus, L.,* was rather common on lousewort, but very local, and L. piciceps, 

 Steph.,* was taken at Silloth. Phyllotreta tetrastigma, Com., was swept in the 

 summer and taken in flood refuse in the autumn. Mantura obtusata, Gyll., 

 was met with in grass tufts in December. Among the weevils the most interesting 

 was perhaps Sitones lineellns, Gyll.,* which was found in some numbers at roots of 

 Lotus corniculatus on the Solway sandhills in September. Although some few of 

 the specimens captured were somewhat abraded, others were in beautiful condi- 

 tion. There is considerable difference in size among the specimens in ray series, 

 several being hardly half the size of others. Phytobius muricatus, Bris., was found 

 again in September, very few however. Apion confiuens, Kirb ,* occurred on Matri- 

 caria at Silloth. and A. hydrolapathi, Xirb., on dock, the latter not having been 

 found with us since the days of T. C. Heysham, a contemporary of Stephens. 



