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viridissima, Leptura stragulata^ and Strangalict puhescens, 

 in more or less abundance, as well as Acmxodcra, and 

 other species already noticed at Tragacete. On the pines, 

 again, there were the usual Buprcstis, Bixcchycleres, Magdcdis, 

 and Griocephalus, and also Prionus coriarius, L., and Elater 

 prcvustus, F. By beating young trees in a marshy place 

 we obtained Lcbia crux-minor, L. cyathigera, and L. cyano- 

 cephala. Here, too, we had the pleasure of taking Erebia 

 zapateri in numbers, the larva of Gracllsia isahelLv, etc. 



Leaving Albarracin, finally, on August 8th, our journey 

 home was much accelerated by the new line of railway 

 opened a few weeks before, from Teruel to Calatayud, one 

 of the stations, Cella, being only about four hours distant, 

 a long diligence journey, or a detour by the Mediterranean 

 coast, being thus avoided. Of our wearisome railway 

 journey from Calatayud, by way of Zaragoza, Pamplona, 

 San Sebastian, etc., to the frontier at Hendaye, it is not 

 necessary to speak, except to note the abrupt change from 

 the arid districts of the interior to a very green and fertile 

 region as the northern coast was approached. 



The Teruel district, as noted by Mrs. Nicholl, has been 

 much worked by Father Zapater, who has resided for many 

 years at Albarracin, and Herr Korb, but as they are 

 chiefly devoted to Lepidoptera, it is probable they have 

 not paid very much attention to the beetles. So far as I 

 am aware, no collected account of the Coleoptera of 

 Cuenca or Albarracin has hitherto been published, and the 

 following preliminary list of species met with by us may be 

 of interest, though, as compared with what might be found 

 a month earlier, it is no doubt very incomplete. The 

 Hemiptera-Heteroptera are, of course, still less known, and 

 a list of them is also appended. 



The following species were captured, amongst others 

 not yet identified * : — 



[Tr. = Tragacete ; Alb. = Albarracin; Quad. = Guadalaviar; 

 Br. = Bronchales.] 



Coleoptera. 



Cicindela ficxuosa, F., on the banks of streams, Cuenca ; 

 G. campestris, L., dark var., Br. Garabus mclancholicus, F., 

 and G. Q^ugosus, F., under stones, Tr. ; C. latiis, Dej., Sierra 



* I am indebted to MM. Bedel, Eeitter, Schilsky, and Tschits- 

 cherine for assistance in naming some of the Coleoptera, and to Dr. 

 0. M. Reuter and Mr. E. Saunders for their help with the Hemiptera. 



