IIo Day: Cumberland Coleoptera. 
Sturm, the latter from the water areas. Galeruca tanaceti L. 
was a conspicuous object on Devil’s bit scabious and black 
knapweed. I saw none of its reputed food plant, tansy, in 
the vicinity. This is the first time I have met with the species 
in any numbers in Cumberland, my only previous acquaintance 
with it being limited to two specimens captured in flood refuse 
a long while ago on the banks of the River Caldew. 
On the coast towards Ravenglass Cuicindela hybrida L. 
was abundant on Whit Monday. Among the higher sandhills 
this fine insect is difficult to catch, owing to the irregularity of 
the ground, but where the smaller hills shelve down to the 
beach it may be readily marked down with the eye when it 
settles on the sand after a flight, and if stealthily approached 
may be caught with a long-handled butterfly net when it 
rises again on the wing. Its powers of flight diminish in the 
late afternoon, and it becomes less wary. On sunless days it 
is seldom seen. A few Harpalus neglectus Dej., were taken 
under stones with Amara lucida Duft., and other commoner 
species of both genera. A colony of Bembidion saxatile Gyll. 
was noted in a damp place where the sand was mixed with clay. 
In this locality I once took a few Saprinus rugiceps Dutt. 
(4-stviatus Hoff.), so careful search was made for more, with 
however only partial success, as I could not find more than 
one example. Numbers of sandhill species were observed 
such as Notoxws monoceros L., Melanimon (Microzoum) 
tibvale F., and Phylan (Heliopathes) gibbus F. Two fine 
specimens of Phytonomus fasciculatus Herbst. were taken at 
the roots of Evodium. Under seaweed Homalum rugilipenne 
Rye and H. ripari1um Thoms. were common. In the lanes 
behind the sandhills Gymnetron labile Herbst. was abundant 
on black knapweed, while general sweeping produced, among 
others, Subcoccinella 24-punctata L., Hippuriphila modeeri L. 
and Tvopiphorus tomentosus Marsh. 
In 1915 about two hours on Saddleback entirely covered 
my collecting in that delightful country. It was a beautiful 
day in autumn, but insects were very scarce on the lower 
slopes. A few Carabus catenulatus Scop. strayed across the 
path. Many specimens of Geotrupes of the commoner species 
hustled one another round the droppings of sheep in which 
A phoaius lapponum Gyll was present in numbers, but otherwise 
there was little to be seen. In some sphagnum pools about 
2,000 feet up, which was as high as I got, were a few Agabus 
congener Payk., Hydroporus tristis Payk., H. obscurus Sturm, 
and H. morio De}j., also the two bugs Gerris costae H.S. and 
Corixa pracneta Firb. 
The nomenclature of the Coleoptera mentioned in this 
paper is that of the new exchange list compiled by Messrs. 
EK. A: Newbery and W. E. Sharp and published in 1915. 
Naturalist, 
