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day. On this beautiful farm, and on our way to it, we 

 captured a number of insects ; and among them several species 

 of Carabus, Leisttfs, Harjjalus, and Amara, a new species ; 

 Anchomenus, Badisier, Bembidum, Omaseus anthracinus, 

 and several others ; Synuchus vivalis ; Odontonyx rotmidi- 

 colUs ; Elater pectinicorms, cupreus, tessellatus, nigrinus, 

 testaceus, sputator, rufipes, holosericeus, murinus, ruficaudis, 

 rnarginaitis, Ihnbatus, &c. ; several Malthinus and Anaspis ; 

 abundance of Tetrops prceusta, Bombylius ctenopterus, Ta- 

 banus micans. 



18th. We paid another visit to Dinmore Hill, and were more 

 fortunate in the weather than on the former occasion. We took 

 a great number of Pachyta octomaculata in the same locality as 

 before ; Lamprias chlorocephala ; JEgeria culiciformis, both 

 sexes. On returning through the meadows we took some good 

 Diptera ; Bombylius, major and minor, in the standing grass ; 

 Criorhina asilica, and Berberina on Umbelliferce ; a single 

 specimen of Gomphus vulgatissimus, a great number of Tele- 

 pliorus flavilabris : we also killed a very large female adder, 

 rather a rarity in this county. 



19th. Rained all day, or nearly so. We ventured out for 

 about an hour, and took Sphceriestes ater ; Xyletinus slriatus, 

 on a gate-post ; Sinodendron cylindricum, in a decayed willow ; 

 Coccinella globosa, on a blade of grass ; and, in the evening, 

 Abraxas ulmata, and a fine specimen of Chaonia dodonea, 

 in Eton Wood. 



20th. It rained in torrents all last night : but notwithstanding 

 this, and the black and threatening appearance of the clouds, 

 we ventured once more to Olden Barn. In addition to the 

 former captures, we obtained Osmylus maculatus (fine speci- 

 mens) and Polyommatus Acis ,- of the latter rare butterfly, five 

 specimens only, four of which were females : we found them in 

 a rich meadow, on a hill-side. We took Chrysotoxum arcua- 

 tum, Epipotie spinipes, and several other Diptera and Hyme- 

 noptera : we swept Magdalis ater out of the grass ; Tethea 

 duplaris off the alder, &c. &c. We saw it raining continually, 

 during the day, on all sides of us, but were fortunate enough to 

 escape. 



21st. We repeated our visit to Briarly, and had a finer day. 

 Our principal takes were, Cephus satyrus, Sapyga sexpunctato, 

 Ino statices, Euclidia Glyphica and Mi, Tachina viridis, 



