' Entomological Excursion to Corsica. 939 
Platyrrhinus latirostris, Peltis grossa, Diaperis boleti, 
Triplax rufipes, ete., the first and last-named in numbers. 
Under the bark of the dead pines, especially of those 
still standing, Helops swperbus, a very fine species 
peculiar to the island, and H. ceruleus, Menephilus 
curvipes, Uloma culinaris and U. perroudi, Adelocera 
carbonaria, Hlater preustus and EH. pomonx, and Brachy- 
temnus porcatus, more or less commonly, and Tenebrioides 
maroccanus, Nudobius collaris, ete., sparingly ; on the 
bark of these trees Chalcophora mariana and Dictyoptera 
sanguinea were sometimes to be met with. In recently 
fallen pines Acanthocinus griseus, Pogonocherus perroudi, 
Pissodes notatus, two species of Hrnobius, Salpingus 
nitidus, Helops genei, etc., were to be found on the 
branches ; and in or under the bark, in addition to plenty 
of Scolytidx and the abundant Clerus formicarius, Platy- 
soma oblonguwm, two species of Plegaderus, Nemosoma, 
Aulonium bicolor, two species of Corticeus, Clerus 
quadrimaculatus, Xylita revelicrer, etc. One specimen 
of Lucanus tetraodon was found in a rotten pine stump 
(numerous others were subsequently obtained by Colonel 
Yerbury); and the gigantic larva or pupa of the large 
Prionid, Ergates faber, sometimes occurred in similar 
situations, or under the bark of the lofty standing dead 
pines. ‘Three species of the characteristic Carabideous- 
genus Percus were not uncommon under stones, logs, 
ete., two of them also occurring on the barer mountain 
sides ; a Telephorus (precox) frequented the foxgloves ; 
and Morimus lugubris was abundant all over the place, 
it being especially fond of a heap of cut beech logs near 
the hotel. On the mountain sides a pretty little 
Malacoderm, Malachius longicollis, frequented almost 
every flower; an Asida, a Thylacites, some Harpalt, 
etc., occurred beneath stones, and Meloe brevicollis was 
occasionally found crawling on the grass. Higher up 
in the mountains a Brachyderes (analis*) frequented the 
growing pines; and still higher, on the Col between 
Vizzavona and Ghisoni, Otiorrhynchus guttula swarmed 
on the alder catkins on sunny calm days, and with it a 
single specimen of the rare Ceuthorrhynchus duvalv was 
obtained; under stones in these high places an Asida 
was abundant, and a second Otiorrhynchus (corsicus), not 
uncommon, also one of the species of Percus found lower 
* Originally recorded from Ajaccio, but certainly in error, 
