1674 Insects. 



diffused throughout the sand (which was a heap of only a few feet in circumference !). 

 that, although three of us were at work at it for half-an-hour, ' bottling off' its tenants 

 as quickly as possible, we scarcely succeeded at the end of that time in exhausting the 

 locality ! I must here conclude my remarks on the Dyschirii. Should any of the 

 readers of the * Zoologist' be able to confirm my observations on the habits of this in- 

 teresting genus, or be induced, by means of them, to devote a little time to the inves- 

 tigation of its economy, it would give me great pleasure to know the result of their re- 

 searches, and see how far they may be made to coincide with my own.— ,T. V. Wollas- 

 ton ; Jesus College, Cambridge. 



A proposed postscript to Mr. Wollastons note on Nebria livida, (Zool. 1517.) — I 

 should mention that my friends the Wolleys, first told me of this Bridlington locality, 

 with full particulars. They found it out eleven or twelve years ago, and had the 

 pleasure of announcing it to Mr. Arthur Strickland, of Bridlington, who at that time 

 had only two or three specimens from Scarborough, which he valued greatly. The old 

 story was, that Nebria livida was to be found " under heaps of sea-weed at high water 

 mark," and in such situations they searched for it in vain, at Bridlington, Flamborough, 

 Filey, and Scarborough ; but at least George Wolley found one accidentally, when 

 grubbing under a bank for fishing-baits, within the harbour of Bridlington, and almost 

 simultaneously, his brothers found it in plenty in the cliffs, for several miles along 

 the south sands, living in the numerous cracks and fissures. They never found it 

 between Bridlington and Flamborough, i. e. on the north cliffs, which are not so sandy 

 as those to the south. J. W. has also found it in similar situations at Scarborough. — 

 /. Wolley ; 26, Mount Street,23rd November, 1846. 



Carabus catenulatus attracted by sugar. — Having heard that this species is fre- 

 quently taken by persons sugaring for moths, I was led to think it not entirely carnivo- 

 rous. I took a specimen, and fed it during three weeks upon morsels of apple, which 

 it consumed very greedily, and seemed not at all the worse for a vegetable diet. At 

 last it escaped. I also fed a Carab. nemoralis upon apples, but it showed very little 

 relish, and died in the third week.—/. W. Slater. 



Capture of Coleoptera in the North of England. 



Blemus pallidus. In my note on Blemus paludosus (Zool. 1237,) I remark the 

 general paleness of the specimens : on comparison, I find them identical with speci- 

 mens of B. pallidus sent to Mr. Hardy, from the Isle of Wight, by the Rev. J. F. 

 Dawson. I have this season, again met with it in April and May. 



Peryphus lunatus. I have this season found it equally abundant. It varies much 

 in colour according to age ; the recently developed specimens have the elytra pale, 

 with the crescent-shaped spot large ; and some mature individuals (more particularly 

 the males), have the spot obliterated, its place being indicated by a slight tinge of rust- 

 colour. 



P.Leachii P I have specimens which agree pretty well with Mr. Stephens' descrip- 

 tion of this species. They were taken on the banks of the Derwent. 



Peryphus atrocceruleus. I find that I have a good number of specimens of this spe- 

 cies. I had confounded it with cnemerythrus. 



Elmis Volkmari, E. variabilis, E. ccneus, E. cupreus. 1 got these four species in 

 company on weed, in a mill-tail near Newcastle, in September : the second and third 

 in abundance. I have since then found them equally abundant in Cumberland. 



Stenhelmis parallelipipedus. I captured a single specimen adhering to the under- 

 side of a stone, in a mossy stream or • beck ' in Cumberland. 



