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thereby adding largely to my own captures. Leaving Carlisle at 7a.m., 
we, two hours later, were breasting the side of Castle Carrock, a long © 
fell with a broad top, having an altitude rather under 2000ft. This is 
the most western of the Pennines in Cumberland, and is in fact detached 
from the range proper by a deep valley, down which the Gelt stream 
flows. Work in the mountains is largely confined to stone-turning, 
and I always find that the best collecting is to be had by following the 
‘‘stone dykes”’ which divide the land, along which there are i | 
plenty of flat stones lying on the eround. ° Striking such a ‘‘ dyke” 
the northern summit of the fell, we worked along the broad ridge e 
the higher summit at the southern extremity. Bradycellus similis and 
coynatus abounded under every stone, but the rare collaris only turned 
up once. Ihave only taken it once before—on Skiddaw. Calathus 
micropterus, though tolerably abundant, was not taken so freely as on 
my visits last year. This is, as yet, the only place where I have noticed 
it, but in this county of mountains and high moors, it is bound to 
occur elsewhere. ‘The first Carabus to turn up was catenulatus, always 
a common species on these hills; then came ylabratus, always a welcome 
capture, and never common—lI can never get more than one a day; 
. then arvensis, rather a scarce insect with me, but widely spread, and 
last, though choicest of all in my eyes—nitens. I had never before 
seen this in Cumberland, but had it brought to me last summer from 
Westmorland. Stephens, in his ‘ Illustrations ” records it from 
Carlisle, but does not state the precise locality. I got two fine speci- 
mens and the remains of a third, so hope it is fairly established here. 
Cymindis vaporariorum was quite absent on this visit, indeed two 
specimens are all that have been taken on this fell.  Olisthopus 
rotundatus, Patrobus assimilis and Amara lunicollis were more or less 
common with other things. Pterostichus vitreus was almost a pest, and 
the rare aethiops was boxed five or six times ; its congener madidus is 
almost as rare cn this fell, while among the Lakeland mountains it 
abounds, and I have not been able to detect aethiops there at all. An 
hour’s work with the water-net in a mossy pool showed up several 
species, the most noteworthy being Hydroporus morio, which was 
common. I was especially on the lookout for Lathrobium atripalpe, 
and was fortunate enough to secure four examples, which make it 
evident that it is fairly well established in east Cumberland. These 
were all found under stones, where also Quedius boops, rufipes, Myceto- 
porus lepidus, Philonthus splendens, &c., occurred. In dung Aphodius 
lapponum was the best thing. Descending to the bed of the stream, I 
was in hopes of getting other things, but after noticing Nebria gyllenhali 
and Bembidium tibiale, a drenching rain came on, and we had reluctantly 
to beat aretreat, but ere we reached civilisation we were nearly drowned, 
indeed, as one of my friends remarked, the Hydroporus morio in the 
bag on my back would almost fancy themselves in their natural element! 
The weather among the mountains is certainly rather trying, but in 
spite of all, the exhilarating exercise, the bracing air, the wild freedom, 
and—the choice beetles lure one back with a magnetic influence, which, 
to my mind, there is no restraining.—F’ranx H. Day, F.E.S., Carlisle. 
May 17th, 1900. 
