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" stance more than a foot above the ground. These were taken more 

 "than twenty years ago ; and though Mr. H., has many times hunted 

 " the same locality since, he has never again found an example." The 

 Annual for 1857 contains the following: — "A solitary example has 

 " been captured by Mr. Hore, as late as September 9th, 1856, in one 

 " of the woods near Plymouth." 



C. nitens, L.— Probably the handsomest beetle of the genus. The 

 latest record I have of its capture, is by Mr. Gulliver at the New Forest, 

 who last year offered me a few specimens. It appears to be an ex- 

 ceedingly local insect, but was "formerly abundant in damp hollows in 

 "the sandhills between Crosby and Southport. A Manchester collector 

 " took about seventy specimens in one day, many years since. It still, 

 "I believe, occurs on the mosses in May" (Dr. Ellis, Liverpool 

 Coleoptera). 



C. clathratus, L. — My specimen is Irish, but the insect also occurs 

 in North Britain. 



C. granulosus, L. — Said to be common, and generally distributed, 

 but I have found it in singles only. The last specimen I received was 

 in November or December, 1889, at a meeting of the City of London 

 Entomological and Natural History Society, which had been obtained 

 among rushes at Hackney marshes. I have taken it in several places 

 near London. Mr. Newbery used to take it in gardens at Barnet, 

 under bricks and flowerpots, also at Putney. Taken by Mr. W. 

 Chaney (Woodside) at foot of willows. Mr. West (Greenwich), on one 

 occasion, while exploring the bark of some willows at Catford, found 

 the insect in great abundance, packed together very thickly, side by 

 side; but since then he has not taken it so commonly. " Generally 

 " distributed but not usually common. Mr. Smedley once took it freely, 

 " hibernating, "at the foot of a well at Bidston " (Dr. Ellis, Liverpool 

 Coleoptera). " Under cut turf, on the mosses of Lancashire, very 

 " abundant " (R. Wilding). " Very rare here ; I have never met with 

 " it in the district, although others have found it " (W. E. Sharp, 

 Ledsham). "I have found C. granulatus once only; this may be 

 " attributed to my not knowing how to look for it " (R. Gillo, Bath). 



C. monilis, F. — Generally distributed, but so common as C. 

 catenulatus in London district. Mr. C. G. Hall writes that it is an 

 "abundant species at Dover." Mr. W. E. Sharp says : — "This 



