88 MARCH. 



PoGcilus dymidiatus. Dry banks, basking in the sunshine. To 5. 



Poecilus cupreus. Pathways. To 7. 



Pfficilus rufifemoratus. Pathways in the north. To 7. 



Stomis pumicatus. Moist places. To 7. 



Gyrinus natator. Surface of the water. To 10. 



Gyrinus aeneus Surface of the water. To 9. 



Necrophorus Mortuorum. Dead animals in woods. To 10. 



Byrrhus pilula. Pathways in sandy places. To 8. 



Necrophorus Vespillo, Sexton Beetle. Dead animals in woods. To 10. 



Dorcus parallelipipedus, Lesser Stag Beetle. Rotten Ash-trees. To 8. 



Opilus mollis. Rotten trees ; in woods. To 7. 



Pogonocerus hispidus. Decayed trees. To 7. 



Chrysomela Litura. Broom. To 6. 



Timarcha coriaria. Heaths. To 8. 



Coccinella 22-punctata, 22-Spotted Lady-bird. Weedy banks. To 9. 



Pedinus femoralis. Sandy sea-coast. To 4. 



Proscarabaeus vulgaris. Sunny banks. To 5. 



Corixa Geoffroyi. Ponds and ditches. To 10. 



Macroglossa Stellatarum, Humming Bird. Gardens. To 3, 6, and 9. 



Brepha Parthenias, Orange Underwing. Willow blossoms. To 3, 6, 



and 9. 

 Brepha notha, Light Orange Underwing. Willow blossoms. York. 



To 3, 6, and 9. 

 Anisopteryx vEscularia, March Moth. Willow blossoms. York. To 



3, 6, and 9. 



Mr. Stephens has mentioned, on the authority of 

 several Continental entomologists, some of the pecu- 

 liarities of the larva? of the genus Cicindela. The 

 depth of their cylindric retreat (eighteen or nineteen 

 inches) appears to be much greater on the Continent 

 than with us. I have examined in all the stages of 

 the larvas more than thirty holes, inhabited by the 

 Cicindela campestris, and have never found one ex- 

 ceeding six inches, the majority not more than four 

 or five. It is worth inquiry whether this difference 

 depends on climate, or whether each species is pecu- 

 liar in this respect. 



