1570 Insects. 



Tachyporus subtestaceus Platysthetus sulcatus 

 Tachinus pullus Megarthrus retusus 

 Stenus nanus? Othius melanocephalus 

 — lineatulus fulvipennis 



impressus {Erich.) Syntomium a3neum {Mull.) = 



picipes nigroaeneum {Curtis). 



bupthalmus Quedius obliteratus (Erich.) 



circulates [Gyll.) Hypocyptus lseviusculus. 



Xantholinus glabratus 

 At Caslle Cor, not far from hence, I met with Trachyphlaeus 

 Waltoni (Schon.) and two species of Rhyzophagus, viz. ferrugineus 

 and cribratus. From the extreme difficulty of naming the smaller 

 Brachelytra, I have omitted noticing many species which would 

 otherwise be of interest. Nevertheless, the preceding remarks will, I 

 trust, give some idea of the Coleoptera more particularly abundant 

 throughout this extensive district. At some future time (not far dis- 

 tant) I hope to have better opportunities of investigating this portion 

 of its Entomological Fauna, and adding further observations on the 

 result of my researches. 



Jesus College, Cambridge. 



TV V. WOLLASTON. 



On the Feeling of Insects. By the Rev. William Turner, M.A. 



I had no intention of recurring to the subject of impaled Lepidop- 

 tera, but as Mr. Wollaston has stated, in the last number (Zool. 1556) 

 he was not aware of what I had written (Zool. 1342) at the time he 

 penned his communication (Zool. 1434), it is quite clear that his ob- 

 servations could only have an accidental reference to mine ; and, 

 therefore, I feel it right to apologise to him (which I readily do) for 

 having erroneously supposed that the allusions were designed. I con- 

 fess that I regarded his communication as an attempt to ridicule the 

 notion that a Noctua could be impaled without causing it pain. 



Having said thus much, I will — as Mr. Wollaston has shown that 

 the subject is not so unpleasant as 1 had imagined — pursue it a little 

 further, that I may notice some considerations which I am taxed with 

 having left out of the question. These, if I understand aright, are — 

 slow circulation in insects ; this circulation retarded by sleep ; vital 

 force diminished by sleep j and analogy. 



