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NATURAL LOCALITIES OF BRITISH COLEOPTERA. Wea 
Carrington, and found enough for my purpose; but as the plant 
did not, from the nature of the surroundings, admit of either 
sweeping or beating, I had recourse to searching. 
12, Abbey Gardens, St. John’s Wood, London, N.W. 
(To be continued.) 
NATURAL LOCALITIES OF BRITISH COLEOPTERA. 
By Rev. W. W. Fowter, M.A., F.L.S. 
No. XIIJI.—MOORS AND MOUNTAINS.—PARASITIC BEETLES. 
CoLLECTING on mountains and moorland is mostly confined 
to stone-turning and examining moss; a great number of species 
are found in these localities that do not occur elsewhere. Some 
of the mountain beetles are evidently varying forms of common 
species, as, for example, Calathus nubigena of C. melanocephalus, 
Pterostichus ethiops of P. madidus, and perhaps, though many 
might dispute this, Leistus montanus of L. spinibarbis. There 
are, however, many distinct forms that will occur to everyone, as 
Carabus glabratus, Calathus micropterus, Elaphrus Lapponicus, and 
others; good species of Oxypoda and Homalota and other 
Staphylinide may be found in moss on the summits of hills and 
mountains. Mr. Champion took several good species in this way 
on the top of Snowdon. I once took Philonthus lucens under a 
stone on the summit of the Worcestershire Beacon, the highest 
of the Malvern Hills, and the only specimen of Hudectus Whiter 
known was taken by Dr. Sharp on the summit of Ben-a-bhuird, 
Braemar. The herbage in hollows on the sides of mountains 
will produce a good many species, and while mentioning this we 
must not forget to notice the beautiful Chrysomela cerealis, which 
may be found in numbers when the sun is shining on the wild 
thyme growing on the slopes of the higher parts of Snowdon. 
Small tarns and pools on mountains should always be 
examined for water beetles—Agabus solieri, A. arcticus, A. 
congener, Dytiscus Lapponicus, &e. 
Although the Scotch moors and mountains are usually con- 
sidered to produce better species than the English, yet English 
moorland is by no means to be despised. Mr. Blatch, by his 
captures on Cannock Chase, in the heart of the Midlands, has 
