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form it becomes in all refpeéts an amphibious creature, refiding 
alternately in the water, or on the land. When in the water, however, 
which appears to be its moft congenial element, it is frequently 
obferved to rife upon the furface to take in air, and on the contrary 
when on land, or in flight, it does not willingly remain a long 
time before it again plunges mto the aquatic element. 
Dytifcus punétulatus is found in the ditches of Batterfea meadows. 
See LINNEAN 
