' COLEOPTEROUS CAPTURES. 13 
hardly in a position to speak positively as to species. On July 
29th, which was one of the few fine days the summer could boast 
of, a small Staph. (Othiuws punctipennis I believe) was flying in 
immense numbers about nine a.m. along the lee-side of the 
railway embankment adjoining my fields. I at first thought them 
ants, but approaching I found them to be Coleopterous. 
The best of my-Clavicornes were Scydmenus fimetarius (from 
a hot-bed), Dendrophilus punctatus, Saprinus immundus (from a 
_ dead rabbit along the coast), Epurea decemguttata, Cryptarcha 
imperialis, Cryptophagus populi, and Mycetophagus quadriguttatus. 
Some of the flower-frequenters were unusually plentiful. 
The Tamellicornes were generally scarce, Melolontha vulgaris 
and Lhizotrogus solstitialis being almost unobserved. The 
Onthophagi were fairly plentiful, but the Aphodu not nearly so 
abundant as usual. 
Some species of Sternoxi were in profusion, such as Lacon 
murinus, Corymbites holosericeus, Agriotes sputator, and A. 
lineatus.. The male of Athous longicollis was also plentiful, but 
the deceptive female was scarce, probably from being overlooked. 
The Telephori were fairly plentiful, and the commoner species of 
Malthodes and Dasytes were abundant. Priobiwm castaneum, 
Anobium fulvicorne (abundant on hop-poles), and Xyletinus ater 
(on oak-fences), were perhaps the best of this section. Mordel- 
listena abdominalis occurred on one particular hawthorn bush, 
but though some dozens were seen it was so active as to prevent 
my bottling enough for a single row. Abdera bifasciata and 
Phleotrya Stephensi are the only other species of Heteromera 
worth mentioning. 
Of the Rhynchophora, Platytarsus echinatus, Sitones cambricus, 
Orthochetes setiger, Plinthus caliginosus (on clay lands), Hrirhinus 
festuce, Sibynes primitus, Ceuthorhynchus echu, Ceuthorhynchideus 
horridus, Apion subulatum (on Lathyrus pratensis), Brachytarsus 
scabrosus, Bruchus lathyri (loti, 8. C.), and Hylesinus oleiperda were 
about the best. Weevils were not generally abundant; the 
Orchestes alni, Ceuthorhynchus assimilis, C. quadridens, and 
Ceuthorhynchideus troglodytes were in the greatest profusion. 
Some of the Longicornes, as T'oxotus, Strangalia armata, and 
Grammoptera tabacicolor, were abundant on Umbelliferee. Saperda 
populnea could also be found in some numbers sitting on the aspen- 
leaves. Leptura livida, usually so plentiful, was not common. 
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