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THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



[MarcM 



" seeing an Elaphrus alive ; at last, in the month of May, at Burnham, 

 " I noticed one running on the mud at the margin of a pond. It so 

 " nearly resembled the sandy mud in colour, that I only detected it by 

 " its moving away. I think the highly-polished space on the elytra is 

 " a source of safety to them, as their glittering brightness dazzles and 

 " confuses the vision of their pursuers. I have myself found this to be 

 " the case when endeavouring to catch these locomotive gems" 

 (R. Gillo, Bath). 



E. cupveus, Duft.— Occurs at the Black Pond, Esher ; Richmond 

 Park (H. Cripps) ; Wimbledon (Newbery) ; Wallasey (Wilding) ; 

 " from margin of a pond between Thurstaston and Caldy, by Mr. A. 

 " H. May 1 ' (Dr. Ellis) ; " edges of ponds and marshy places, Guest - 

 " ling, Ore, Sheire, Surrey " (W. H. Bennett) ; " at Burnham I found 

 "but one specimen" (R. Gillo). 



E. uliginosus, F. — Has been recorded from Croydon and Coombe 

 Wood, Surrey. The only correspondent who has reported it to me is 

 Mr. J. H. Keys (Plymouth), and he takes it " running on moors, 

 South Brent." 



E. lapponicus, Gyll. — Is found chiefly in Scotland. Mr. Newbery 

 received his from Mr. H. Clarke, who obtained some few at Catlaw 

 in 1874. 



Blethisa, Con. — W r e have one species of this genus, viz., multi- 

 punctata. L. I have not a specimen of the insect. Mr. Newbery ob- 

 tained his from the Rev. W. F. Johnson, Armagh, who seems to take 

 it freely in Ireland. " One specimen from Crosby, with E. cupveus 

 " (Gregson). Mr. Gregson informs me that he afterwards found it 

 " freely near Crosby " (Dr. Ellis, Liverpool Coleoptera). 



Cychrus, Fabr.— The Greek for demi-god. Our only species is 

 rostratus, L., which term signifies "beaked." It is not a common 

 insect, but is often found under leaves, rubbish, &c. I have found it 

 in sandpits at Esher ; Mr. Newbery, at Highgate, Coombe Wood, 

 and Sunderland. Mr. W. E. Sharp says : — " Rather rare in Cheshire; 

 "sometimes under stones and logs in woods ; commoner in Wales." 

 "Under rubbish and bark, Plymouth" (J. H. Keys). " Under flood 

 " refuse at Crosby ; also at Hartford, Cheshire, under stones by the 

 " roadside " (R. Wilding). " Of very occasional occurrence in widely 

 " separated localities. Mr. Gregson records it as common in woods " 

 (Dr. Ellis, Liverpool Coleoptera). Taken in several localities by Mr. 

 Gillo "about Bath, in the Dene Forest, and Bournemouth, but only 



