1890. 



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" ing the umbrella it was gone. Some time elapsed in unsuccessful 

 " searching, but at length it was discovered yards away in hiding. 

 " After our excitement had cooled down a little, I said to myself, 

 " 1 where there's one there must be more, so here goes for a hunt.' 

 " It appeared that the unfortunate insect came from under a piece of 

 "rush matting which had been washed up by the tide, so I carefully 

 " examined the ground underneath the said piece of matting, and found 

 " nine specimens. Being so like the sand, it is rather difficult to dis- 

 " tinguish them at first sight, as they do not strike a particular attitude 

 "like Bhoscus, and the black markings, which appear so prominently 

 "when the insect is in the cabinet, only add to the illusion. On un- 

 " covering the matting they remained perfectly motionless, no matter 

 " what position they happened to be in ; indeed some were on their 

 " backs. The next day we started early, not with the expectation of 

 " getting more, but with the intention to have a good try. And at last 

 " we found them, not many at first, but more freely afterwards, They 

 " were confined to one portion of the coast at this place." 



N. livida, F. — My specimens were taken in 1884 by the Rev. Canon 

 Fowler, who kindly sent them to me from Bridlington, with these re- 

 marks: — " I get the Nebria {livida) here, but it takes a great amount 

 " of labour, as it never comes out, and you have to split the clayey 

 " rocks to get at it." 



TV. brevicollis, F. — Generally common everywhere. " Is one of our 

 " commonest ground beetles, and occurs from below the surface of the 

 " earth up to 2,000 feet elevation' (W. E. Sharp, Ledsham). 



N. gyllenhalli, Sch. — " Found in all the Welsh mountains at about 

 " 1,000 feet elevation, but is not always plentiful; I have generally 

 " taken it under loose stones " (W. E. Sharp). " Two, near Burscough 

 " Bridge, among a heap of stones " — Gregson. (Dr. Ellis, Liverpool 

 Coleoptera). "Under stones, Snowdon." — (R. Wilding.) Mr. Robson 

 takes it near Hartlepool, "in Crimdon Dene, three miles from 

 " here, very little above the level of the sea, stones at the edge 

 " of the little stream that runs down the Dene : or in hot weather, 

 " when the stream is dry, under the stones in the bed." Mr. 

 Stott (Bolton) "found it beneath the bark of a rotten willow stump, 

 " not 300 feet altitude." The same gentleman also says " I generally 

 " capture them by pulling up likely tufts of Eriophorum vaginatum 

 " (cotton grass), and shaking them well over a newspaper, and have 



