2438 Insects. 



Obmorphus concolor. Rare, under stones. I took one specimen of this rare 

 Leicestershire beetle early in March, this year. 



Typhosus vulgaris, Geotrupes vernalis and G. sylvatica. Sparingly, from March to 

 September. These three insects are generally found wandering about the broad 

 grassy pathways of these hills ; and it is to this habit, I think, we may attribute their 

 comparative scarcity in this district, for they thus become an easy prey to the birds. 

 I have frequently found about here faeces of birds almost wholly composed of them. 



Trox sabulosus. Very rare, rabbit-skins. The specimen I have was taken early 



in April. 



Serica brunnea. Very rare, under stones, July. 



Gymnaetron niger. Very rare, under stones on little sand hillocks, July. 



Nedyus erica. Bare, under stones, July. 



Rhinonchus Castor. Very common, under stones and rambling about in cracks of 

 the soil, March to October. 



Leiosoma ovatula. Plentifully, under stones, May and June. 



Otiorhynchus ovatus. Very common, under stones, March to October. 



Otiorhynchus ligustici and fissirostris (Schon.) have been taken here by my brother, 

 Mr. H. W. Bates, but I searched for them in vain. 



TrachyphlcBus tesselatus. Sparingly, under stones, March to September. 



Trachyphlaus aristatus (hispidulus, Herbst). Sparingly, under stones, March to 

 September. I took three specimens of this insect about the middle of March, this 



year. 



Strophosomus obesus and squamulatus. Very common, under stones, March to 



October. 



Strophosomus pilosellus. Bare, under stones, September. 



Brachysomus hirsutulus. Bare, under stones, August. 



Apion rumicis and hcematodes. Common, under stones on little heaps of sand 

 thrown up by the rabbits in burrowing. 



Thy amis pallens. Common, under stones, &c, August. 



Sarrotrium muticum. Until last year this insect had been esteemed a great rarity 

 amongst us ; in fact, only three specimens had ever been taken, although it has been 

 well searched for: but last year I had the good fortune to meet with it in great 

 abundance. I took upwards of 130 specimens, after two days' search ; and met with 

 it in equal abundance in March this year. It occurs under very small stones ; and 

 it is somewhat singular, but out of the great quantity I took I never met with one 

 under a stone that reposed on the bare soil. They seem to delight to dwell about the 

 wiry stems of the grass, and are very sluggish in their habits, appearing to be in a 

 constant state of torpidity. 



Cistela murina. Sparingly, under stones, June. 



In a plantation which caps the summit of one of these hills, I took three speci- 

 mens of Coccinella ocellata, in May, from the larch : it is far from being a common 

 beetle in Leicestershire. Coccinella M-nigrum and Otiorhynchus singularis may be 

 taken in great plenty from the larch and firs of this plantation; and on the dwarf 

 poplar a friend of mine found Melasoma populi, in great plenty, in June last. 



Besides the insects enumerated above, there also occur in great plenty on these 

 hills a number of commoner insects, such as Dromius fovcolus, Olisthopus rotundatus, 

 Amara tibialis, Bradytus aprioariua and ferrugineus, Trechus fulvus, Notiophilus 



