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Poecilus rufifemoratus. This insect, which ap- 

 pears to be not uncommon in the north, is sparingly 

 taken in the sand district of Nottinghamshire. With 

 the exception of the Pedinus femoralis, the whole of 

 the Coleoptera of the above list are more or less 

 common in this neighbourhood. Mr. Bunting, of 

 Mansfield, informs me that Necrophorus Mortuorum 

 is frequently found on the Phajlus impudicus. 



Necrophorus Vespillo. Most writers on ento- 

 mology have noticed the fact that this species is in 

 the habit of burying moles or birds a considerable 

 depth in the ground, in order to deposit its eggs in 

 them. In this neighbourhood both the Vespillo and 

 Sepultor, and also the Necrodes littoralis, pursue the 

 same plan ; and I should imagine most of our large 

 Necrophaga do the same. 



