JANUARY. 29 



SELECT CALENDAR OF BRITISH INSECTS. 



Note.— The Insects of tliis arid all the following lists are named from 

 the Systematic Catalogue of Sttphens. 



Cycbrus rostratus. Localities, under dead leaves and iu rotten 



trees dining the winter ; pathways in summer. 

 Carabus catemilatns. Under gorse on heaths. 

 Carabns cancelkitus. Rotten willows in the winter; under stones 



and in pathways in summer. 

 Helobia brevicollis. Very common. 

 Sphodrus leucophthalmus. Cellars, etc. 

 Calathus C'isteloides. Common in damp situations. 

 Colymbetes bipunctatns. 

 Colyrabetes bipustulatus. 

 Acilius sulcatus. 



Dyticus inarginalis. ) Ponds and ditches. 



Dyticus circumtlexus. 

 Dyticus punctulatus. 

 Hydrous piceus. 

 Ptinus Fur. In museums, etc. 

 Coccinella 7-punctata, Seven-spotted -^ T - nder bark jn winter . 



Lady bud. 1 , an(3 jn snm de . 



Coccinella 2 punctata, Two-spotted ( youri A hideS- 



Lady bird. J 



Acheta domestica, House Cricket. 



Notonecta furcata Furcate-marked Boat-fly. ) pon(Js ^ ^^ 

 Notonecta glauca, Common Boat-tly. > 



Cheimatobia vulgaris, I he Winter Moth. Hedges. 

 Cheimatobia rupicapraria, Early Moth. Pales and houses. 

 Peronea spadiceana, The Bay-shouldered Button. Woods. 



Most of the insects included in the list for 

 this month, may be found the greater part of 

 the year. They hybernate copiously beneath 

 moss and the bark of trees. Aquatic beetles, 

 being less subject to atmospheric changes, may 

 be observed and caught at all seasons, but are 

 more active during the summer months, when 

 their, food (the small aquatic larva?) is more 



