194 ENTOMOLOGICAL RAMBLES IN THE MIDLANDS. 
softly and yet so merrily amongst the grass, strongly contrasting with 
the imposing colours, and fussy, whirring flight of the Burnet moths, 
Zygena filipendule, and Z. trifolii, which accompany them. The sweeping- 
net of the Coleopterist has also been vigorously plied whilst walking along, 
and yielded upon examination quite a host of nice beetles, far “ toonumerous 
to mention.” Amongst those “ bottled” the Phytophaga preponderate, 
and include Lema puncticollis, Crepidodera rufipes, Podagrica fuscipes, 
Psylliodes chrysocephala, Apteropeda graminis, and Coccidula rufa. The 
Sternoxi were represented by Lacon murinus, Cryptohypnus quadripustu- 
latus, Limonius cylindrus, L. minutus, Athoiis hemorrpoidalis, A. longicollis, 
Corymbites pectinicornis, C. cupreus, C. tesselatus, C. quercus, and 
C. holosericeus ; Dasytes plumbeo-niger, Gidemera lurida, Hedobia imperialis, 
and the curious Notoxus monocerus are also amongst our captures. Before 
leaving this spot, being reminded of the beetle-hunter’s maxim, ‘‘ Leave 
not a stone unturned,” we carefully overhaul the stones and rubbish 
lying beside the river, and are rewarded by finding some good beetles, 
including Clivina fossor, C. collaris, Chlaenius. vestitus, Stomis pumicatus, 
Trechus discus, and several species of Bembidium. We also find under 
stones close to and in the water Orectochilus villosus, and on the sand 
and mud Cryptohypnus riparius, C. pulchellus, Potamnius substriatus, and 
Parnus prolifericornis. 
By beating the sallows at the mouth of the brook we obtain 
specimens of Cryptorhynchus lapathi, which fall into the umbrella 
apparently lifeless, and look like dry bird-droppings. We know these 
actors of old, or we might throw them away, not imagining them to be 
living beings. From the same trees we obtain those insect gems 
Crepidodera nitidula, C. helxines, C. aurata, and C. chloris, as well as 
(from alder) Campylus linearis. By the side of the brook, on the fig- 
worts, Scrophularia aquatica and C. nodosa, we find the pretty tesselated 
beetles Cionus scrophularie, C. hortulanus, C. blattarie, and C. pulchellus, 
vhilst, on the rising ground on the right, by sweeping amongst wood- 
sage, we obtain the compact little Gonioctena litura, which, when 
captured for the first time, is almost always mistaken for a species of 
Cryptocephalus. A few steps further, on the railway bank, real Crypto- 
cephali may be found, viz.:—C. aureolus and C. mori, the latter, 
a pretty shining black insect with orange spots, on Hypericum 
perfoliatum, sometimes in numbers. On the same plant, and 
in the same place, we take Chrysomela varians and C. hyperict. By 
beating the broom, growing so luxuriantly all around us, we find the 
larvee of Pseudopterpna cytisaria and Chesias spartiata, as well as the 
uncommon (atleast in our district) Apion fuscirostre. Having left the 
railway we descend towards the brook again, plucking a handful of moss 
from the bank as we go. From this we shake out on to a sheet of paper 
carried for the purpose the curious, almost spider-like weevil, Orobitis 
cyaneus, and the tiny seed-like Mniophila muscorum, besides some 
Pselaphide, including Bryaxis juncorum, Pselaphus Heisei, Scydmenus 
