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few minutes, and they will be seen first peeping down, to see that all is right below, 

 running a short distance, and then taking another look below, and so on, over the 

 tree: to capture them, provide yourself with a large stone, and suddenly jerk the 

 bough when they are running. Perhaps the unpractised eye may not at first detect 

 them, as they are careful to keep in the centre of the bough, and, unlike other tree 

 species, they cling to it with great tenacity. I once had to abandon a fine specimen, 

 for fear of separating the legs from the body by trying to push it off the bough with a 

 stick. 



Chlamius vestitus, Occurs in two localities in this county, — in an old gravel-pit 

 near to Saddington Reservoir, and in a marshy ground near the railway at Syston, — 

 at the latter place I took seventeen specimens in July and August, 1854. I was 

 greatly surprised and amused to find this insect so readily take to the water: one day, 

 lifting up a tuft of grass that was hanging over the edge of a shallow pool, I found 

 seven or eight specimens basking together ; before I could bottle a pair of them, I saw 

 the others scampering across the water with great rapidity, to a sand bank on the 

 opposite side, having no other means of escape. 



Bembidium flammulatum and B. articulatum. In profusion at Syston pit; 

 previously considered scarce. May to September. 



Heterocerus laevigatus. In a muddy bank near the railway at Brooksby. 



Hydrochus elongatus. A single specimen, by sweeping aquatic plants, at 

 Syston . 



Anisotuma (Leiodes of Steph.) cinnamomea. Near Sheethedges Wood ; rare. 

 October, 1855. 



Antherophagus silaceus. Brazil Wood, in July. 



Trogosita mauritanica. A single individual I took from some old palings at 

 Ratby, July, 1856. 



Throscus dermestoides. One specimen from the alders in Bradgate Park. 

 September. 



Miccotrogus picirostris, Erirhinus (Notaris of Steph.) Scirpi, Tanysphyrus Lemnae. 

 By sweeping Lemna minor and Valeriana dioica in a pond at Syston. July and 

 August. 



Apion pallipes. Shook off the oak near Cork Hall, in June. 



Rhynchites ophthalmicus and R. Alliariae. These two interesting and timid 

 creatures are found upon an isolated hawthorn near the centre of Buddon Wood — the 

 only locality in the county, that I am aware of. They make their appearance when 

 the thorn first begins to bud, and appear to possess an acute sense of hearing, for if 

 the slightest noise is made when approaching the tree they will fall suddenly to the 

 ground, and be lost for that day. I captured eleven specimens of R. Alliariae and 

 nine of R. ophthalmicus between April 22 and May 16, 1856. 



Tropideres sepicola, Herhst. A new British species. See ' Entomologist's 

 Annual,' 1857, p. 84. 



Macroplea Zostera?. On the banks of Groby Pool in June, 1856; rare. 



Lycoperdina BovistEe. A single example from Buddon Wood, September, 185(5. 

 — F. Plant; Leicester. 



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