930 Mr. George C. Champion on ait 
down; and on the snow, an Omophlus. In a very 
shallow mountain pool, supplied by the melting snow, 
Hydroporus griseostriatus was plentiful, and on its banks 
were two species of Bembidiwm, also in plenty. 
Below Vizzavona, on the road to Bastia, at 'Tattone, in 
the meadows, Cetonia awrata, showing extraordinary varla- 
tion in colour—black, blue, green, coppery, green with 
coppery thorax and scutellum, etc.,— abounded on flowers, 
and with it were C. floricola and C. morio, T'r iehine 
zonatus, Trichodes, Bostrychus capucinus, Leptura hastata 
and L. fulva, Strangalia bifasciata, Stenopterus rufus, 
Agapanthia cardwi, Clytus rhamni, Clytanthus massi- 
liensis, Bhagonycha Corsica, Malachius sardous, various 
Gidemer «, etc. In the roads, etc., were found a handsome 
variety of Cicindela campestris, not uncommonly, and Calo- 
soma sycophanta, occasionally ; also about stercore, Sisy- 
phus, Ateuchus, Gymnopleurus, Oniticellus, Onthophagus 
schrebert, Geotrupes ¢ geminatus—abundant everywhere, 
even on the higher parts of the mountains where the cattle 
are pastured in summer, —Hister imequalis, H. pustu- 
losus, H. major, H. sinwats, ete. 
By working downwards on the road to Ajaccio, from 
Bocognano to Tavera, representatives of a good many 
interesting species were obtained. In the “ macchie,” 
by beating the arborescent heath, evergreen oak, etc., 
the rare Cleonus tabidus, Caulostrophus delarouzei, 
two species of Nanophyes, Metallites parallelus—one of 
the commonest weevils in the mountains—Simicronyx 
corsicus, Pachybrachys scriptus, Stylosonvus depilis, two 
or three species of Clythra, etc. By sweeping the 
scattered flowering plants (most of which were very 
aromatic) on the slopes and in the meadows lots of 
Coleoptera came to light, as a Livus, two species of 
Cardiophorus, in plenty, an Athous, a Xyletinus, two 
species of Danacea and various other small Malacoderms, 
Throscus corsicus, numerous species of Bruchus, Olibrus, 
and Meligethes, Hadrotoma variegata, Silaria suturalis, 
various CUsdemere, Gymnetron, Anthrenus, Omophlus, 
Anthicus corsicus, Hispa atra, ete. 
At Ajaccio, Pimelia sardoa was abundant all round the 
sandy shores of the bay on both sides of the town, 
though more dead than living examples were seen, 
where also, Calathus, Pedinus, Colpotus, Crypticus, 
Dendavus, Tentyria, Asida, Phaleria, Chrysomela, etc., 
were represented by one or more species; Ammoph- 
