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time miles of uninterrupted life running in parellel and almost con- 

 fluent ridges along the whole length of the Vale of Towey. In view- 

 ing such a scene as this, an entomologist may be strictly said to be in 

 one of " the golden moments of his life." The only questions which 

 arise, are, what to attack first, and how to go to work about it, — two 

 queries as important perhaps as they are practical. After revolving 

 both in my mind, and finding myself in the very centre for action, 

 necessity (who has ever been " the mother of invention ") at once sug- 

 gested a plan, the benefit of which I quickly reaped. Having only 

 my sweeping-net with me, I commenced heaping in large handfulls, 

 choosing those which appeared the most tantalizing, and employed 

 myself in taking off the results to a common receptacle at the inn, to 

 be examined carefully the following morning. All orders were pretty 

 equally mixed, and even the Coleoptera (which was the most abun- 

 dant) retained a pretty steady average in most of the families, except 

 in the Brachelytra, which were by far the most numerous. In spite of 

 the numbers being so great, there was nothing particularly rare 

 amongst them ; nevertheless, it may be interesting to give the names 

 of a few, by way of showing what insects this district of South Wales 

 produces which are not always to be met with in other localities. I 

 select the following as most worthy of notice. 



Dyschirius gibbus Ephistemus gyrinoides 



Stomis pumicatus Mylaechus brunneus 



Patrobus rufipes Cercyon acutum 



Bradytus ferrugineus obsoletum 



Blemus micros picinum 



discus quisquilium 



Epaphius secalis Paramecosoma bicolor 



Ocys melanocephalus Typhaea fumata 



tempestivus Aphodius nitidulus 



Periphus decorus Oxyomus Sabuleti 



atrocaeruleus Cryptohypnus 4-pustulatus 



Tachypus Striatus Cyphon pubescens 



Gyrinus villosus Haltica 4-guttata 



Heterocerus flexuosus vittata 



Octhebius bicolor Mantura Matthewsii 



rufimarginatus Scymnus analis 



Limnebius truncatellus Lathrobium elongatum 



Chaetarthria Seminulum Tachyporus subtestaceus 



