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Carter : Some Yorkshire Coleoptera. 



the carboh3-drates. especially of those which are constituents 

 or the veg^etable mucilages, and I suspect also that the presence 

 of a liberal amount of bicarbonate of lime in the tissues may be 



in some wav prominently concerned with this especially active 

 oxidation. _ 



SOME YORKSHIRE COLEOPTERA. 



QEODEPHAQA. 



J. W. CARTER, F.E.S. 



During 1903 some interesting- records of our local Geodephaga 

 have been made which are embodied in the following notes, 

 together with some observations on species previously recorded. 

 It is always interesting to confirm the recorded work of older 

 naturalists who have passed from amongst us, otherwise, when 

 no specimen vouchers exist their work is often only accepted 

 with a doubt, and each record spoken of as another of ' so and 

 so's records.' 



In 'A List of the Coleoptera of Yorkshire,'''^ by the Rev. 

 \\'. C. Hey, some of the earliest and only records were made 

 by ' S. Gibson ' and most of his work was done on ' Midgley 

 Moors,' in the vicinit}- of Halifax about 1828 and a few years 

 onwards. It is very gratifying that all or nearly all of these 

 records have been confirmed, if not from ' IMidgley Moors ' 

 from moors of a similar nature, and not very far distant, viz., 

 Rombalds and Harden Moors. 



Mr. Gibson does not often give any idea of the comparative 

 abundance or scarcity of the species recorded, but some of them 

 we now know to occur in the greatest abundance on Rombalds 

 and Harden Moors, and it would be of great interest if some of 

 our Halifax entomologists would investigate the beetle fauna of 

 these identical moors, as the botanists of that district have so 

 ardently investigated the flora. 



Carabus nitens L. Scarcely a season passes without this beautiful species 

 beins: brought to me by persons who have been crossing- the moor 

 to Ilkley. They have been caught while crossing the footpath in the 

 hot sunshine. 



Carabi s graxl latl s L. Evidently a rare species in this district, and the 

 only specimen I have seen is one given me by Mr. \V. West, F. L.S., 

 and taken b\- him near Cullingworth, 3rd ]\Iay 1S85. 



Carabus momlis F. The same remarks apply to this species. The only 

 one I have ever taken here is labelled 'Seven Arches, March i6th, 

 iSqo." I have another, without date, taken at Wilsden by Mr. E. P. 

 Hutterfield ; these are the only specimens I have seen from this district. 



* Transactions of Y.X.U., Series D, Vol. III. 



Naturalist. 



