1895.] 1S8 



The following Coleoptcrn were met with, viz. : Carahus catenulatus, 

 not rare, but quite noruial in colour luul size ; C dathrntuH^ on the 

 moorland, scarce, one specimen quite black. NotiophiJus hu/iitlatus, 

 Loricera pilicornis, Cliviiia fossor, Nebria brevicollis, not rare under 

 stones, the last usually rather small. Harpalus latiis, not common. 

 Dichirotrichus pubescens, abundant in the salt-marsh, dark and light 

 forms about equally common, with apparently very few intermediates. 

 Pterostichus vulgaris, nicjrita, and strenuus, generally common. Abax 

 striola, not rare, under stones in the demesne and elsewhere. Amara 

 spinipes, rsxther common, usually below the size of southern specimens; 

 A. plebeia, scarce, under stones. Galathus cisteloides, abundant. 

 Ancliomeniis albipes, plentiful in wet places ; A. parumpunctatus, a 

 a handsome dark form occurred rarely ou the moorland. Bembidium 

 bruxellense, on banks of streams ; Trechus minutus and Patrobus ex- 

 cavatus, under stones. Hydroporus ohscurus and Agabus Solieri, both 

 singly, in a peaty pool on the moor ; Gyrinus opaciis, common. 

 Sphceridium scarabceoides, abundant in sheep-dung, with two or three 

 species of Cercyon. Aleochnra brevipennis and nifida, Tachinus 

 riifipes, Qurdius fristis and moloc^nnus. StapJiylinus erytliropterus, in 

 dead sheep and under stones. Ocypus oJens, common ; O. cupreus, 

 scarce. PhiJontlius splendenn, one fine example in a dead slieep ; P. 

 laminatus and ceneus, under stones ; P. decorus, rather common under 

 stones, &c., in the demesne and elsewhere ; P. mnrginntus and cruen- 

 tatiis, not uncommon in sheep-dung, &e. Latlirobium elongatum and 

 brunnipes, and JLantholinus linearis, under stones. Oxytelus rugosiis, 

 in dung. Silpha opaca, by sweeping and under stones ; S rugosa, in 

 carrion. Cryptophagus scanicus, Meligethes ceneus and picipes, and 

 Byrrhus pilula, by sweeping. Aphodius fimetarius and ater, abundant 

 in sheep-dung near the town ; A. lapponum, foetidus, and putridus, not 

 rare in sheep- and deer-dung on the moorland ; A. contaminatus and 

 rujipes, common. A. depressus was the most abundant of ita genus, 

 and the tj^pe-form with red elytra,* usually regarded as rare, was here 

 as common as the more usual black form. Gcofrupes stercorarius, 

 under dung. Cryptohypnus rijmrius, commmi under stones from the 

 beach upwards. Athous Jicemorrhoidalis, common, and Dolopiiis mar- 

 ginatus, by sweeping. Corymbiles cupreus, under stones, not rarely, 

 and chiefly $ 's ; one ^ I found alive in the jaws of a Carabus 

 clathrutiis ; the var. ceruginosus was scarce ; C. quei'cus, common by 

 sweeping in the demesne. HeJodes marginata, rare by sweeping on 



• As long as my stock holds o\it, I shall be happy to supply any Coleopteri-st with a speci- 

 men of this form— J. J. W. 



