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a second, a male, last year, in the same 

 locality, on July 28. I believe these 

 three specimens to be all that have yet 

 occurred in this country. 

 Rhynchites ceneovirens. On oaks ; four 



specimens, June 20 and 24. 

 Attelabus curculionides. Not common, end 



of June. 

 Cassida obsoleta. In damp woods, rare. 

 Haltica atroccerulea. One specimen. 



Pseudacori. On Iris Pseudacorus, 



very common. 



Modeeri. Rather common, but 



very local ; May and June. 

 Salpingus ruficollis. June 21. 

 Sphceriestes ater and immaculatus. A sin- 

 gle specimen of the former; end of 

 June. 

 Ceranota Daltoni. One specimen, July 1. 

 Tachinus elongatus. 

 Diano'us ccerulescens. Very rare. 

 Syntomium nigroeeneum. 

 1 have also taken about a hundred specimens of various species of Leiodes, some very 

 beautiful, and of all shades, from pitchy chesnut to pale testaceous. I never before 

 look so many in the summer months, as most of them are autumnal species. — R. 

 Northmore Greville ; Blaloan, near Stirling, July 27, 1844. 



Note on captures of rarer Coleoptera in Leicestershire. The following" are among the 

 fruits of a limited research in this neighbourhood. The best places for collecting are 

 the old damp woods, sandy and heathy lanes and waste grounds on the forest or N.W. 

 side of the county. An entomologist would be guilty of a great mistake, if he should 

 think of finding anything on the cold, woodless, pasture lands that accompany the lias 

 formation of the eastern side of Leicestershire. 

 Leistus fulviharbus and rufescens. Damp Aplotarsus Querciis. Bark of fir-trees. 



Athoiis subfuscus and vittatus. Lea-wood, 



common. 

 Telephorus clypeatus. Weedy hedges, May 

 Podahrus alpinus. Lea-wood, July. 

 Malthinus immaculatus. Oak trees. 

 Ptinus 6-punctatus. Abundant in an old 



barn. 

 Anobium denticolle. Herbage near elms. 



molle. Houses, frequent. 



Cis micans S,-c. Bark of old firs. 

 Hylastes rufescens. Bark of oak stumps, 



Grypidius Equiseti. No where, I believe, 

 very common : I took about two dozen 

 specimens on Equisetum arvense, in 

 May and June. 



Pissodes Pini. A fine specimen, June 20 ; 

 I kept the insect in strong spirits for 

 sixteen hours; two hours after setting 

 I found it moving its legs and anten- 

 na?, and apparently quite lively ; it 

 had laid two eggs upon the setting- 

 board. 



Leiosoma ovatula. Abundant in damp 

 woods during summer. 



Brachysomus hirsutulus. Not unfrequent 

 at the beginning of July. 



Phyllobius calcaratus and maculicornis. 

 Not unfrequent in June. 



Magdalis phlegmatica. A fine female spe- 

 cimen, June 7. The first British spe- 

 cimen of this insect was taken about 

 four years ago, on the 28th of May, by 

 ray friend the Rev. W. Little. I took 



woods. 

 Trimorphus confnis. Damp woods. 

 Amara tibialis. Rocky hills. 

 Colymbetes angustior and vitreus. Stony 



ditches. 



exoletus. Weedy ponds. 



Hydroporus alpinus. Stony ditches. 

 Silpha opaca. Moss on ant-hills, April. 

 Thymalus limbatus. Bark of fir-trees. 

 Ptomophagus velox. Hedge-bottoms. 

 Megatoma undata. Old posts. 

 Melasis buprestoides. Palings at Blake 



Hays wood in June. 

 Elater balteatus. Rotten oaks, Bradgate- 



park, April. 



Stewards Hay wood. 

 Orchestes Rusci. Blake Hays wood. 

 Otiorhynchus Ligustici. Under stones, 



Bnidgate-park. 



