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In one of the neighbouring peat-holes, further up the mountain, I was as- 

 tonished at finding Dytiscus manjinalis, which, beside his boreal brother, looked 

 gigantic. Along with him were several of the common Agahi and Hyd/ropori. 



On the slopes of the same hill I took Tarus vaporarioinim, Synuchus nivalis^ 

 Trechus ohkisus, Calathus micropterus, and Otiorhynchus monticola ; tho last men- 

 tioned, along with Olisthopus rotundatus, occurs on tho very summit of high hills, 

 and also on the sea-shore. I suppose we must account for this in the same way as 

 for the similar occurrence of Armeria maritima and Silene maritima. 



I may perhaps mention, for the benefit of those of other tastes, that the 

 attractions of Donegal are multifarious. Of ferns, Osmunda regalis is a common 

 one, growing in great luxuriance, sometimes in clumps 20 feet in circumference 

 and 5 or 6 feet high. In the sea caves the fronds of Asplenium marinum attain 

 the extraordinary length of 2 feet, and show some fine varieties. The rocks of 

 mountain limestone are literally packed full of fossils; while round the cHflfs 

 the chough, with its glossy black wing and red bill and feet, flies in flights, with 

 an occasional sea-eagle, peregrine, and raven. — J. E. Someeville, 11, South Park 

 Terrace, Glasgow. 



Deleaster dichrous in Scotland. — I took a specimen of this insect in tho be- 

 ginning of June, flying at the entrance to tho West-End Park of our city. This is 

 rather a northern locality for it, though it has been recorded before in Scotland, I 

 believe. — Id. 



Occurrence of Apian cerdo near Newcastle-on-Tyne. — This fine Apion has been 

 taken sparingly in three widely separated localities in this district. I have, in my 

 collection, specimens from Gibside, Gosforth, and Bothall, all taken on Vicia cracca, 

 in July. These examples were taken many years ago, and I have often swept up 

 the same insect since, but, looking upon it as merely A. cracccc, it was generally 

 allowed to escape. I have also noticed it to occur about Lanercost, in East Cum- 

 berland. — Thos. Jno. Bold, Long Benton, Newcastle-on-Tyne, October 7th, 1868. 



Occurrence in Yorkshire of Phalacrus suhstriatus. — During the last week in 

 July and the first week in August last, I met with this somewhat local beetle on 

 one of our moor bogs, in some abundance, frequenting the flowers of the common 

 Bog Asphodel, Narthecium ossifragum. Though widely distributed and abundant 

 when it does occur, the insect seems by no means generally common. — T. Wilkinson, 

 6, Clifi' Bridge Terrace, Scarborough, September lUh, 1868. 



Occurrence of Pseudopsis sidcatus at Scarborough. — My friend, Mr. Lawaon, and 

 I took a fine series of this interesting species, by sifting the refuse at tho bottoms 

 of haystacks, in the months of January, February, and March last. It is a most 

 wretched creature to detect ; as it lies so long on the sifting-shcet before it will 

 move. We found it in various localities in the neighbourhood. — Id. 



Capture of Sigara minutissima, Fab. — It may be interesting to some of the 

 readers of the Entomologist's Monthly Magazine to know that this somewhat local 

 species has turned up here in some plenty, towards tho end of June and the be- 

 ginning of July, in Scalby Beck, amongst Confervas. The only recorded localities 

 that I know of, for it, are by Mr. G. R. Crotch, in the Cambridge Fens.— Id. 



