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in future troops should be sent the moment the eggs begin to hatch. 

 As the grounds infested are desolate and barren, far from any village, 

 the commissariat becomes an important question. A thousand men, 

 with officers, should go thoroughly equipped with food, fuel, tents 

 and water, to conduct a regular campaign against their tiny but 

 innumerable enemies. — M. Burr, F.Z.S., F.E.S., Dormans Park. 

 October IQth, 1900. ^.^_^___^_^_ 



<gfOLEOPTERA. 



COLEOPTERA IN THE MOUNTAIN DISTRICTS OF CUMBERLAND. In the 



June number of this magazine {antea, p. 159) I published some notes 

 on collecting in Castle Carrock Fell in May. Since then I have had 

 several fairly successful trips to other of the mountains of Cumberland, 

 and I purpose here to mention some of the species with which I have met. 

 Whit' Sunday was one of the few really fine days we have had in the 

 north this year, and it was a party, full of expectation, which, in the 

 early morning, drove up to the village of Ousby from Langwathby on 

 the Midland Eailway, to sample the insect fauna of Cross Fell, the 

 highest point of the Pennine range, which, in all probability, had 

 not before been explored by an insect hunter. The coleopterists 

 of the party were Mr. Harry Britten and myself. Cross Fell lies in 

 the south-eastern corner of Cumberland, and reaches an altitude of 

 2930ft. Late in the season though it was, there was still a lot of 

 snow lying about. We ascended the Fell from its western side, 

 following the course of a small stream, which we ultimately found 

 had its source high up on the left shoulder, near some old ore workings. 

 Not far from the foot of the mountain the stream crosses a rough cart- 

 track, broadening out into a pool, and here our first noteworthy 

 capture Avas made, viz., Hijdroporus davisii, Curt., which was tolerably 

 common, but not easy to get, owing to the shallowness of the water, 

 which prohibited the use of the water-net, so that captures had to be 

 made with the hands, H. rivalis, Gyll., also occurred, with Haliplus 

 lineatocollis, Marsh., and commoner things. Pursuing our course we 

 soon came across C'orymbites cupreus, F., on the wing, mostly var. 

 aeruginosus, F., which was in hundreds almost to the summit, all but 

 one or two, however, being males. By working the thick moss in the 

 stream, some nice things occurred, as Stenus f/aynevieri, Duv., and 

 Quedius auricomus, Kies., neither species, however, in any number. 

 Other species, occurring contemporaneously with these, were Lesteva 

 pubescens, Mann, L. longelytrata, Goeze, Myllaena brevicornis, Matth., 

 Elmis aenens, Miill., and Hydraena gracilis, Germ. In pools near the 

 summit, Agabus congener, Payk., and Hydraporua morio, Dej., were 

 obtained, with a lot of common things. Very few Gcodephaga 

 were to be had by stone-turning, except Nebria gyllenhali, Sch., and 

 Patrobus assimilis, Chaud. A nice weevil, however, Otiorrkynchus 

 mauriis, Gyll., was a gratifying capture, and though only four perfect 

 specimens were found, judging by the quantity of dead and broken 

 remains we saw, it must be common on this mountain. Probably we 

 were too late for it. I visited this locality again three weeks later, but 

 my collecting was spoiled by a heavy rain-storm, the like of which one 

 only experiences in these remote regions. However, a nice series of 

 A. congener, Payk., was obtained, and A. arcticus, Payk., Henicoceriis 



