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apparently deserted mills, their marble steps broken and grass- 

 grown, and a few Spanish chestnuts close by : specimens of gray 

 and white-veined marble may be gathered here; and from the 

 number of small green and copper-coloured Carabidae (Harpalus 

 aeneus) I was enabled to collect under stones within the space of 

 forty minutes in this spot, as well as other species,— including 

 Xantholinus glabratus, Calathus melanocephalus, Brachinus sclo- 

 peta, Sphaeridium scarabajoides, Adimonia Tanaceti, a species of 

 Cionus, and Oryctes Grypus (in a torpid condition), — I should 

 imagine this to be an excellent habitat for Coleoptera, and all that 

 I heard of the locality, hill as well as dale, tends to lead me to the 

 same conclusion. I also took Gryllus ater on this occasion, as 

 well as the following Hemiptera: — Pyrrhocoris apterus, Grapho- 

 soma lineata. Later on we ascended the left bank, where, in a 

 ditch overhung by a quantity of ferns, we noticed Osmunda regalis, 

 and Asplenium Virgilii (a variety of A. Adiantum-nigrum). 



November 9. Patches of snow were visible on the summit 

 of Monte Rotondo as we left Corte this hot and cloudless 

 morning. Then passing Ponte alia Leccia, we arrived at a gorge 

 of chlorite slate, through which the Golo forces its way, — rocks, 

 sands and boulders of a greenish white, — and finally entered on 

 the flat tract of land that extends for several miles along the coast 

 south of Bastia, the last and by far the most uninteresting part of 

 our journey that now lay by a straight and level road fringed with 

 numerous aloes {Agave americana), and running parallel to the 

 Stagno di Biguglio, a large and brackish pool where numerous 

 waterfowl frequently congregate, extending for a considerable dis- 

 tance on our right, and only separated from the sea by a bar of 

 sand. I captured a small specimen of Ocypus cyaneus on the 

 afternoon of our return, v 



November 10. Walked out a mile or two on the Brando 

 road, where I had previously taken Decticus albifrons and inter- 

 medins. The day again intensely hot; I gathered Adiantum 

 Capillus-Veneris and Lycopodium selaginella, which covered a damp 

 wall on the left. Lagurus ovatus grew plentifully here, and the 

 cyclamens were still in bloom. Many holiday people were out in 

 this direction, and soldiers were fishing from the rocks. 



November 11. Called on Mrs. Short, the Consul's wife, who 

 presented me on leaving with a nosegay from her garden, of orange- 

 blossom, lilac, fuchsias, heliotrope and scented geranium. 



