118 COLEOPTERA. 



Mr. Waterliouse captured an example of this species "in 

 sweeping the herbage in a wood, near Ryde, in the Isle of 

 Wight, in the summer of 1854." 



The partiality of this insect to the society of ants has been 

 noticed by Redtenbacher, who says " Die Art en leben unter 

 Ameisen" (The species live among ants), and I met with it 

 on two occasions (June the 30th and July the 14th, 1858), 

 near Highgate, associated with Formica fiava. Subse- 

 quently, however, (August the 8th and 29th,) I took it far 

 distant from the spot in which I first found it, amongst a 

 species of mould growing on a rotten elm stump, and un- 

 accompanied by ants, of which I could find no trace in the 

 vicinity. 



2, Alma Road, Upper Holloway, N. 

 November llth, 1859. 



