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evidence that L. humeraln turns out in swarms at dusk, and also that 

 L. glabra is not so uncommon as it is generally thought to be. — Ibid. 



Some Cumbrian coleoptera. — The following is a list of the most 

 interesting species of coleoptera taken by myself during 1905. The 

 greater part of these insects have been seen by Mr. Newbery, who has 

 very kindly verified the naming, and, in some cases, identified the insects 

 for me. During February, I was turning out some old garden seeds 

 and came across the remains of Anohium paniceioir", L., and a number 

 of larvae amongst some lettuce seed ; these produced a fine series of this 

 beetle during July. A fcAV specimens of Homalota laevana-'-, Muls., were 

 taken by shaking moss on the banks of the Eden. Miscodera arctica, 

 Pk. (1), was taken beneath a stone on the slopes of Lazonby Fell. 

 Silpha nigrita, Cr., occurred on several occasions running amongst 

 grass in the sunshine ; I have only met with this species on one 

 occasion, in carrion, but it has occurred to me on several occasions in 

 the flower-heads of dandelion and Hypochoeru radicata, L. The 

 following species occurred in flood refuse— r?Wms micron, Hbst.; Helo- 

 phorits nubilus, F.; H. affinis, Marsh.; H. arvernicus, Muls.; Homalota 

 insecta, Th.; H. cambrica'^, Woll. ; H. longula-, Heer; H. gi/llenhalv-, 

 Th.; H. angmtida, Gyll.; hchnopoda coerulea, Sahl. (1); Tachyum atra, 

 Gr., Quediuit longicornis-'- , Kr. (1) ; Ancyrophorus omalinm, Er. (in 

 numbers), with hosts of commoner species. Enioinis rugosus--, Hbst. 

 (1), was taken in powdery fungi on an alder, and another specimen in 

 a similar fungus on an ash-tree. E. testaceus-'- , Steph. (2), also turned 

 up on an alder stump. Apion pallipeft-'-, Kirb., was taken by sweeping 

 amongst Allium ursinum, L., in a wood. Homalota divisa, Mark., was 

 found in some numbers amongst carrion. (Irypoda tarda, Shp., was 

 taken on sand on the banks of the Eden. Homalota mortuorum, Th., 

 and Morychus aeneus, F., were both found beneath stones in a gravel 

 bed. Meligethes viduatus, Stm., was taken in some numbers by sweep- 

 ing amongst Geiun rivale, L. Epipeda plana''-, Gyll. (2), was taken in 

 the burrows of Scolytus destructor, 01., beneath elm bark. Donacia 

 dentipes, P. (in numbers), and the rare D. obscara''^, Gyll., were taken 

 by sweeping amongst Caret- in a swamp, early in May. A small series 

 of Hydraena atricapilla, Wat., was taken amongst moss, on rocks in 

 the river Eden. Ptinas tectus*, Boield., was taken in numbers in an 

 outhouse, where corn and meal are stored; in the same place Tribolium. 

 ferrugineum,, F., T. confumm, Duv., Latheticus oryzae-'\ Wat., Ptinus 

 fur, L., Nipt us hololeucus. Fall., and N. crenatus, F., all occurred m 

 numbers; there is only a very small quantity of either corn or 

 meal stored in this outhouse at one time, but it has been used 

 for the same purpose for a number of years. A number of Psela- 

 phus dresdensis, Hbst., and Phytobius muricatus, Bris., were taken 

 in moss in a swamp. By shaking moss on the slopes of Cross 

 Fell, the highest point of the Pennines, I secured Homalota tibialis, 

 Heer, H. eremita. Eye, H. cavifrons''', Shp., Arpedium brachypterum, 

 Gr., and Otiorhynchus maurus, Gyll. In wet moss, at waterfalls, 

 Quedius umbrinus, Er., Q. auricomus, Kies., Stenus guynemeri, Duv., 

 were plentiful. A fine ^ Cholera intermedia, Kr., was taken inside 

 a rabbit-burrow at a considerable distance from the entrance. I 

 was in the act of digging out the burrow when I came across this 

 beetle. Placusa complanata, Er., is still plentiful beneath dead fir bark 

 in the Eden valley. A single specimen of Hypocyptus seminulum-', Er., 



