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THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



Yalle Crucis, and by beating the hedges near here I have obtained Telephones 

 fuscus and T. pellucidus j and on oak behind Yalle Crucis Abbey I hare 

 taken Balaninus villosus, Telephorus ohscurus, Pogonocherus hispidus, P. den- 

 iatus, Liopus nebulosus, Anobium fulvicorne, Rhynchites aneovirens, Ccdiodes 

 rufus, and Acalles roboris. Beating birch produced Polydrusus pterygomalis, 

 Phyllobius maculicornis, and many other common species. Under bark of 

 decayed oak 1 took Melanotus rufiipes, and my son found a specimen of 

 Bcaphidema <znea. By beating dead fences I obtained Orchesia micans, Mag- 

 dalinus aterrimus and Cistela luperus, the latter just behind Yalle Crucis. 

 On hedges, railing 5 ?, &c, I got by beating Callidium alni, Clytus arietis, C. 

 mysticus, Polyopsia pmusta, Toxotus meridianus, Hedobia imperialis. I 

 took Ceuthorrhynchus urtica by sweeping nettles ; Pyrochroa coccinea under 

 bark of decayed elm and alder ; under bark ot dead ash Rhyncolus lignarius ; 

 Opilus mollis also under ash-bark and by beating. Pyrochroa serraticornis 

 occurred on the banks of the Canal. I took one specimen of Selenia lunaria 

 near Yalle Crucis ; and one Anaitis plagiata on the Ruthin road, by beating 

 hedges. Sesia scoliceformis is said to occur in the birch wood behind Yalle 

 Crucis Abbey. Mr. Walkden has taken Choragus Sheppardi once ; Mr. Side- 

 botham has met with. Aphodius sticticus in dung ; and Mr. Morley has taken 

 Sister 12-striatas in dung-heaps. 



On the same side of the river, but a little beyond Berwyn Station, I have 

 beaten out of thorn bushes Corymbites cenens ; C. holosericeus and Cistela 

 murina, freely. 



On the banks of the Dee I have taken the following, viz. : Bembidium 

 punctulatum, B. prasi?ium, B. decorum, B. tibiale and B. atrocceruleum. In 

 very shallow parts of the river I have taken Hydroporus septentrionalis, and 

 Orectochilus villosus under stones ; this species is said to swim on the sur- 

 face of the water at night. I have also found Elmis parallelopipedns, and 

 this species is best obtained by raising the stones out of the water for a time, 

 and allowing the water to run off them, when, as the stone dries, the beetles, 

 hitherto undistinguishable, begin to seek another situation. 1 have also 

 found under stones on the river banks JAmnebius truncatellus and L. pap- 

 posus. 



I have taken Melandrya caraboides freely in decayed trees ; Sinodendron 

 cylindricium common in old gate-posts, and in decayed ash, birch, maple, &c. 

 Brachytarsus fasciatus and B, varius by beating thorn bushes ; and a few 

 Tomicus bidentatus under pine-bark, in a timber yard near the station. Mr. 

 Taylor has taken Telephorus abdominalis on Umbelliferse. 



About 1 877, 1 devoted some time at the beginning of August to searching 

 for Metoicus paradoxus in wasp-nests. After I had carefully scoured the 



