INSECTS 



somewhere in South Devon. Several of the beetles v/hich have been recorded from Plymouth have 

 really occurred at Whitsand Bay, which is only just over the border line. The chief of these I 

 have noted in footnotes. Lundy Island possesses a fair number of species ; of these Psylliodes 

 luridipennls and Melanophthalma dhtinguenta appear to be peculiar to the island. 



Among the beetles especially worth recording may be mentioned the following : Calosoma 

 sycophanta and Diachromus germanus (both doubtfully indigenous), Dinarda dentata, Actochark 

 Readingi^ Tachinus rufipennis, Quedius kngicornis, Medon ripuola. Emus hirtus, Philonthus astutus, some 

 very good species of Colon, Meligethes, and Mek'i, Gnorimus noii/is, Microrrhagus pygmaeus, Agelast'ua 

 alniy Strangalia aurulenta, Coenopsis fissirostris, Exomias pyrenaeus, Gymnetron rostellum, etc. At 

 Seaton Dr. Power captured Scydmaenus poweri, a quite new species described by myself, and 

 recently Mr. Frank Bouskell has recorded the occurrence of Jphodius sturmi, an insect new to the 

 British list, near Plymouth, where it was taken by Mr. J. H. Keys. 



Mr. Keys has published a very interesting paper in the transactions of the Plymouth Institu- 

 tion, in which he refers to the northern and hill country species which he has found in the Plymouth 

 district, chiefly on or near Dartmoor. The insects noted in his paper are the following : Hydro- 

 porus septentrionalis, Hydraena atricapilla, Coccinella ^-punctata (a very remarkable capture), Barynotus 

 SchSnherri, Pterostichus aethiops, ^edius auricomus and its variety quadriguttatus and CorymbiUs aeneus, and 

 to these he has added Perileptus areolatus, Gnyptta caerulea, Silpha n'tgrita, and quite recently Homalota 

 eremxta : the occurrence of these northern forms in the extreme south is very interesting, being 

 even more striking than the capture of many of the northern forms in the midlands by the late 

 Mr. W. G. Blatch. Doubtless, as Mr. Keys remarks, many of the northern beetles which tenanted 

 Dartmoor have become extinct ; at the present time Pterostichus aethiops only appears to occur 

 in a limited space on the top of one particular hill. Observers therefore are much needed in 

 these localities. 



CICINDELIDAE 



Cicindela campestris, L. 



— hybrida, L. 



var. maritima, Dej. Braunton Burrows 



— germanica, L Seaton, June, 1 895 (P. de la Garde, 



R.N.) 



CARABIDAE 



Cychrus rostratus, L. Woods near Plymouth, Dartmoor 

 Carabus intricatus, L. In woods under moss and 

 lichens, on trunks of old oalcs or under baric 

 or logs, Tavistock, Holsworthy, Ashburton, Bick- 

 leigh Vale, Torquay district. A large number 

 of specimens were taken by Mr. Reading 

 some forty or fifty years ago, and Mr. Wollas- 

 ton captured a fine example on 18 April, 

 1872, about two miles from 'Newton Abbot on 

 the road to Torquay. In May, 1898, Mr. 

 Keys took two specimens in the Plymouth dis- 

 trict. It is one of the most characteristic of 

 the Devon insects. 



— catenulatus. Scop. 



— nemoralis. Mall. 



— violaceus, L. 



var. exasperatus, Duft. Ashburton 



— auratus, L. Recorded taken at Exmouth and 'on 



the coast at Torqua'^ about 1 8 5 2 ' (R. Lyddeker) 



— granulatus, L. 



— arvensis, F. Dartmoor (Thouless) 

 Calosoma inquisitor, L. Ivybridge (J. H. Keys) 



— sycophanta, L. Nr. Dartmouth (Leach) ; Ug- 



borough Beacon, an elytron in a roadway z I July, 

 1862 (Reading). The following note by 

 Mr. J. Brooking Rowe appears in the Ento- 

 mologists' Monthly Magazine, October, 1872: 

 ' A fine specimen of Calosoma sycophanta was 

 taken by a friend of mine, Dr. Harper, last 

 week. He saw it flying in Exeter Street, 

 Plymouth, and on its alighting on a wall he 

 caught it in his hand (receiving a nip from the 

 insect), and brought it home in his glove. 



CARABIDAE {continued) 



Notiophllus bigattatus, F. 



— substriatus, Wat. 



— quadrlpunctatus, Dej. Pl-jmouth, Exeter 



— aquaticus, L. 



— palustris, Duft. 

 Leistus spinibarbis, F. 



— fulvibarbis, Dej. 



— ferrugineus, L. 



Nebria complanata, L. Barnstaple, Bideford, Woola- 

 combe sands near Il/racombe (Power) 



— brevicoUis, F. 



Blethisa multipunctata, L. Slapton Ley (WoUaston) 

 Elaphrus riparius, L. 



— cupreus, Duft. 



— uliginosus, F. Slapton Ley (Wollaston) 

 Clivina fossor, Linn. 



— coUaris, Herbst. 



Dyschirius thoracicus, Rossi. Exmouth Warren 



— impunctipennis, Daws. Dawlish, Braunton Bur- 



rows 



— salinus, Schaum. Exmouth Warren 



— aeneus, Dej. Exmouth Warren 



— politus, Dej. Braunton Burrows 



— globosus, Herbst. 



Broscus cephalotes, L. Braunton Burrows 

 Panagaeus crux-major. Barnstaple, under moss, etc., 

 on alders (W. Matthews) 



— quadripustulatus, Sturm. Recorded by Parfitt 



from near Plymouth, but ' whether actually in 

 the county or in Cornwall ' he is not sure 

 Badister unipustulatus, Bon. Barnstaple 



— bipustulatus, F. 



— sodalis, Duft. 



Chlaenius vestitus, Payk. Plymouth, Barnstaple, 

 Sidmouth, Banks ofExe, Slapton Ley 



— nigricornis, F. 



var. melanocornis, Dej. Valley of the Tavy 

 (Thurlestone) 



— Oodes helopioides, F. Under moss, Barnstaple 



(Matthews) 



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