74 D(iy ' Cumberland Coleoptera in 1917. 



Preys, {haemorrhous Gyll.) was found on the edges of a pond 

 near Kirkbride, and under half-decayed turnips close by. 



Among numerous Staphylinidae taken, I may mention 

 Atheta granigera Kies. {crassicornis Gyll.), Gyrophaena affinis 

 Mann., G. gentilis Er., G. jasciata Marsh., and G. hihamata 

 Th., all from a large Boletus on an ash tree in the Gelt woods, 

 Philonthus micans Gr., and Lathrobium quadrahim Pk., from 

 Thurstonfield, L. ripicola Czwal., from mud banks near Kirk- 

 bride, Trogophloeus elongatulus Er. from moss at Kingmoor, 

 and Ancyrophorus aureus Fauv., by sweeping round a pond at 

 Orton. 



The Clavicornia are not so well represented in Cumberland 

 as some of the other groups of Coleoptera. The most note- 

 worthy species I met with in 1917 were Euplectus piceus Mots., 

 Kingmoor, under bark, Anisotoma {Liodes) humeralis Kug., 

 and Enicmus testaceus Steph., in powdery fungi on birch 

 stumps in the same localty, Cis festivus Pz. and C. alni Gyll. 

 from Polypori at Gelt and Port Carlisle respectively, Epuraea 

 deleta Er. also from Gelt, and Cercus rufilabris Lat., beaten from 

 hawthorn on Cumwhitton Moss. 



In the Nature Reserve at Kingmoor are a few aspen bushes, 

 which for several years I have observed to show signs of the 

 work of Saperda populnea L., and this year I met with the 

 perfect beetle. Asemum striatum L. I took several times on 

 the wing in Carlisle streets evidently disturbed from the pine 

 plantations in the district by the felling operations so universal 

 nowadays. 



Grammoptera tabacicolor De G. was found in the Gelt 

 Woods on raspberry bloom. 



Among the Phytophaga, Donacia discolor Pz., was in 

 swarms on the low herbage on Cumwhitton Moss, and all 

 shades ol colour almost were represented in green, blue, bronze 

 and crimson, and some nearly black. Apteropeda globosa 111., 

 rather an uncommon species, was swept from Geranium in 

 the Gelt Woods. I got a specimen of Longitarsus nigrofasciatus 

 Goeze {patruelis Brit. Cat.), in flood refuse by the River 

 Pettenl. All my captures of this species have been made in 

 the same way. 



I did not get many weevils which call for comment, the 

 most interesting, perhaps, being Bagous Hmosus Gyll. from 

 Thurstonfield, the second Cumberland capture I believe, 

 Apion gyllenhali Kirb. from Kingmoor, and Phloeophthorus 

 rhododactylus Marsh, from Port Carlisle. 



The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine for December includes a 

 description of ' Phanacis centaufecB Forster, A Cynipid (Hymenopteral 

 New to the British Fauna,' from Durham, by Richard S. Bagnall, and 

 Mr. G. T. Porritt records ' Limnophilus elegans Curt, in Cumberland.' 



