93 

 CUMBERLAND COLEOPTERA IN 1916. 



F. H. DAY, F.E.S. 



My field work last year was confined to about half a dozen 

 short excursions in the immediate neighbourhood of Carlisle. 

 So far as I could judge, it was not a good season for insects, 

 being too cold and wet. Very few of my captures were above 

 the common rank, but given more opportunity, I might have 

 had more of interest to record. 



At Durdar in April, Haliplus fiilvus F., Hydroponis 

 lepidus 01., and H. striola Gyll. (vittula Er.), occurred in a 

 freshwater pond, and an hour's work with the bark ripper on 

 some felled pines yielded a few each of Phloeopora testacca 

 Mann, (reptaus Er.), Stic/ioglossa (Ischnoglossa) prolixa Gr., 

 Lepttisa haemorrhoidalis Heer. (fumida Er.), and Phloeocharis 

 subtilissima Mann. In ground moss, Staphylinus (Ocypus) 

 brunnipes F., and Quedius ntfipes Gr. were frequent. 



On Rockcliffe Marsh in May, Agabus conspersus Marsh., was 

 captured in a weedy creek, on the mud of which occurred 

 Ochthebius marinus Pk. and others of the genus. The genus 

 Dyschirius, for which these Solway marshes are famous, was 

 only represented by politus Dj., and salinus Schaum. Few 

 species of Bledius were about, but I was glad to get longulus 

 Er. here for the first time. 



My most productive outing during the year was to Thurs- 

 tonfield Lough in June, a large sheet of fresh water with marshy 

 surroundings. Here I got Agabus unguicularis Th., A. labiatns 

 Brahm., (femoralis Pk.), Rhantus exoletus Forst., Helophorus 

 ytcnensis Slip, (new to Cumberland), Hydrochus brevis Hbst. 

 (common), Phyllotreta flexuosa 111., Phaedon armoraciae L., 

 Philonthus umbratilis Gr., Stenus melanarius Steph., S. binotatus 

 Ljun., Bagous nigritarsis Th., B. claudicans Boh., Rhinoncus 

 perpendicularis Reich., Phytobius canaliculatus Fahr., Lito- 

 dactylus leucogaster Marsh., Eubrichius velatus Beck., with many 

 more species. 



At Orton on the same day, Corymbites pectinicomis L., 

 was noted in numbers on the wing in a meadow bordered by 

 a large wood, and Magdalis carbonaria L. was swept. In the 

 same month I paid one visit to the Nature Reserve at King- 

 moor, when beetles were abundant. Most of the species have 

 already been recorded {The Naturalist, 1915, pp. 238-240), but 

 Tychus niger Pk., Neuraphes angulatus Mull., and Gyrophaena 

 af finis Mann, were added to the list. 



At Orton in July, while working for Hemiptera, I took an 

 example of Anisotoma (Liodes) orbicularis Hbst. in the sweeping 

 net, this being the first record of the species for the county. 

 Scymnus nigrinus Kug. was beaten from Scotch fir, Liopus 



1917 Mar. 1. 



