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THE BEETLES OF THE SCARBOROUGH DISTRICT. 



E. CHAS. HORRELL. 



For the purpose of the records of the Scarborough Field 

 Naturahsts' Society the Scarborough district extends along 

 the coast from Whitby on the north to Flamborough on the 

 south, and inland from Flamborough through Weaverthorpe 

 Village to Pickering, and thence follo\\dng the railway line 

 to Whitby. The area thus circumscribed shows consider- 

 able diversity of surface and affords an unusually rich 

 district for the study of Natural History in all its branches. 

 The beetles have been in the past well studied, especially by 

 Messrs. R. Lawson and Wilkinson, and the Rev. W^ Hey, and 

 from the list of Yorkshire Coleoptera by the last-named in the 

 Transactions of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union and from the 

 List in the Victoria County History, I have been able to 

 compile, with the aid of Mr. E. G. Bayford, a list of 937 species 

 or varieties recorded from the District, and during the last 

 season I have determined the following which have not been 

 previously recorded. All these have been very kindly con- 

 firmed for me by Mr. Bayford, and unless otherwise noted have 

 been found by myself. 



The asterisk (*) denotes new to the Yorkshire Fauna, and 

 the dagger (f) new to the North Riding. 



Notiophilus aqiiaticits L. Falling 



Foss. 

 Leisttis spinibarbis F. Langdale 



End. 

 Amara acuminata Payk. Rain- 



cliffe Woods, Scarborough. 

 Bembidium andvets F. Filey. 

 B. paludosiim Panz. Forge Valley. 

 Tachypiis flavipes L. Forge Valley. 

 *Rhantns pulverosus Steph. Scalby 



Beck. 

 Astilbus canaliculatits F. Forge 



Valley. 

 Tachvusa constrida Er. Forge 



Valley. 

 Hypocyptus longicornis Payk. 



Raincliffe Woods. 

 Tachvporus obtusiis'L. Forge Val- 



ley- 



T. obtitsus L. var. nitidicollis 

 Steph. Cloughton. 

 *T. pallidus Sh.ax^. Langdale End. 

 Quediits cruentus Ol. Forge Val- 

 ley. 

 Xantholiniis longiventris Heer. 



Forge Valley. 

 X. linearis Ol. 



Othius IcBviiisculus Steph. Rain- 

 clitfe Woods. 



1912 Feb. I. 



Sienus biguttatus L. Scalby Beck. 



Omalium striatum Grav. Rain- 

 cliffe Woods. 



Anthobiuni ophthalmicum Payk. 

 Hey Brow, Scalby. 



Proteinus ovalis Steph. Forge 

 Valley. 



Bryaxis impressa Panz. Forge 

 Valley. 



Silpha nigrita Creutz. Scarboro'. 



Anatis ocellata L. (leg. A. E. 

 Wallis). Raincliffe Woods. 



Attagenus pellio L. Scarborough. 



Adrastus limbatus F. Langdale 

 End. 



Lampyris noctiluca L. Cloughton : 

 Thornton Dale. 

 ]Melo(i violaceus Marsh (leg. A. E. 

 Peck). Falling Moss. 



Otiorrhynchus atroapterus Deg. 

 Langdale End. 



Exomias araneiformis Schr. Rain- 

 cliffe Woods. 



Phyllobius viridicollis F. Thornton 

 Dale. 



Philopedon geminatus F. Clough 

 ton. 

 f Atactogenus exaraius Marsh. 

 Thornton Dale. 



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