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COLEOPTERA.* 



Cicindela hylrida, L., rarely, Av. CaraJyas riulancTiolicus, 

 F., aud (/'. laius, Dej., rarely, under stones, S. Bej. Xchria 

 ipazi, Seidl, one example, and X. sp. n. ?, a few speci- 

 mens, at tLe source of a small stream, near the melting 

 snow, S. Bej.: the types of the former were obtained 

 in the same locality. BeinMclium carpetanura, Sharjj 

 (the Guadarrama form of B. glaciale, Heer, of the Swiss 

 Alps, has been recently named B. carpetanv.ra , and the 

 Sierra Nevada form B. montanv/m, Ramb., by Dr. Sharp), 

 in plenty, on the summit of the Sien-a de Bejar, 

 near the melting snow. B. clangatuni, Dej., B. paulinoi, 

 Heyd., B. qvculripustulatum, Serv., B. q_uadriguttatuiii, F., 

 B. octomaculatura, Goeze, B. hispanicv/ni, Dej., in profusion, 

 and others of the genus, Av., in the sandy bed of the 

 Biver Adaja ; B. punctidatiim, Drap., Av. and on the 

 banks of the Tonnes at El Barco; B. maculafum, Dej., 

 El Barco; B. ihericvm, Piocb., PieJr. ; B. latcralc, Dej., in 

 plenty, on the banks of streams, Bej., Piedr., Av. Tachys 

 parvulus, Dej., and T. scccstriatus, Duft., Bej. TrccJius 

 pandellci, Putz., S. Bej. Ferilcptus areolafus, Creutz., 

 banks of the Tormes, El Barco. Platynus niargiiwtus, 

 L., Av.: P. firidicuprcus, Goeze, Bej. Abacctvs scdzmanni, 

 Germ., Bej. Steropvs gJiiliani, Putz., under stones, S. Bej., 

 Piedr.; >S'. -sj:>. ?, Piedr. Pcecilus crenida.tus, Dej., Bej. 

 PterosticJius nigrifa, F., Bej.; P. aza/uv, Perez, S. Bej., 

 four specimens. Amara ooptcra, Putz., under stones, 

 summit of the Sierra de Bejar, a few specimens. Zabrv.s 

 constnctus, Graells, abundant, and Z. neglectus, Schaum, 

 Z. silplioules, Dej., and Z. estrcUanus, Heyd., sparingly, 

 S. Bej. Ciihvnius dives, Dej., sparingly, and varying 

 greatly in colour, running in grassy places, near the 

 summit of the Sierras de Bejar and Piedrahita ; C. velu- 

 tiiius, Duft., banks of the Cuerpo del Hombre, Bej. 

 Zehia cyanoceplicda, L., and L. trimaculcrfa, Till., sparingly, 

 by beating broom, oak, etc., Bej. Lionychns cdhonotat us, 

 Dej., banks of the Tormes, El Barco. Cymindis melano- 

 cephala, Dej. {^ruficoUis, Graells), in plenty, and others of 

 the genus more sparingly, S. Bej. ; C. va.riolosa, F., S. Bej., 

 Piedr. 



* I am indebted to MM. Bedel, Fauvel, Eeitter, and Scliilsky, and 

 Dr. J. Daniel, for assistance in tlie determination of several of the 

 species enumerated. 



