108 Day: Cumberland Coleoptera. 
Shp.) were taken in flood refuse in December. Of Atheta I took 
a number of species, mostly stil) undetermined. Mention 
may be made however, of A. soror Kr. A. cavifrons Shp. A. 
pallens Redt. and A. pygmaea Grav. all from flood refuse. In 
fungi in late autumn I got a short series of Gyrophaena fasciata 
Marsh., hitherto accounted rare in this district. One of the 
better fungus-frequenting species was Tachinus proximus 
Kr., which preferred absolutely putrid, almost liquid, fungi, a 
circumstance which made its capture a rather unpleasant 
business. Quedius lateralis Grav., and Philonthus puella Nord., 
inhabited the same pabulum and also preferred it in the same 
filthy state. The prevailing Quedius in flood refuse was Q. 
attenuatus Gyll. In addition to the Philonthus already men- 
tioned I took P. albipes Grav., in meadows recently ‘ scaled’ 
with manure, P. longicornis Steph., not uncommon in my 
garden in a heap of cut grass, this being the first season in 
which I have taken more than a single specimen. Staphylinus 
erythropterus L., was picked up on roads. Stenus pallitarsis 
Steph., S. pubescens Steph., and S. rogeri Kr., were swept. 
For several seasons I have been on the look out for Oxytelus 
fairmaire: Pand., examining dozens of the ubiquitous 0. 
tetracarinatus Block. (surely the commonest of all beetles), 
and this season had the good fortune to take one fine specimen 
on the wing. I got two Trogophieus arcuatus Steph., in Dec., 
a species I have not seen for a number of years. Ancyrophorus 
omalinus Er., was, however, common as usual in flood refuse. In 
the early spring I took a nice Homalium tricolor Rey., ina dried 
up rabbit’s skin,and among the numerous examples of Protienwus 
the latter harboured, found one P. limbatus Mak}. 
Among the Clavicornia I found few species. Almost the 
only Liodes (Anisotoma) I met turned out to be L. curta Fairm., 
new to the county. The specimen occurred in marsh hay in 
August. Rhizophagus ferrugineus Payk. was common under 
fir bark with others of the genus. 
In view of the numerous recent additions to the British 
list in the genus Cryptophagus, many species were taken, but 
nothing really noteworthy was seen, unless an at present 
undetermined example from flood refuse turns out to be 
something of interest. In my heap of cut grass in the garden 
several species occurred, among them C. pilosus Gyll. C. 
dentatus Herbst. was taken in boleti on birch, C. pallidus 
Sturm. in haystack refuse ; of the two the latter is much the 
commoner in Cumberland. Puullus (Scymnus) testaceus Mots., 
not before recorded hence was beaten from Scotch Fir in 
August, although I have specimens taken a few years ago. 
My insects are referable to the var. scutellaris Muls. In June 
I swept up a specimen of Aspidiphorus orbiculatus Gyll., near 
a pond. Previously I have taken it sparingly in moss. 
One of the most interesting skipjacks in Cumberland is 
Naturalist, 
