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ADDITIONAL NOTES ON RYDAL BEETLES. 



INIARY L. ARMITT. 



Besides the foreg-oing beetles, and among- the 79 species taken 

 by Mr. Black may be mentioned Cyolonotum orhiculare^ Scaplii- 

 soria agaricinum, Sphceroderma cardni, and Apion marchicum, 

 which have probably not been recorded for the district before. 



In addition, I may add a few species kindly identified for me 

 at various times by Mr. Black, or by Mr. Hardy, of Owens 

 Colleg-e, Manchester. 



CiCiXDELA CAMPESTRIS, the Tig-er Beetle, is to be found on sunny April 

 days, from the loth onwards, wing-ing- over the bare friable patches of 

 ground whence it seems to emerg-e. 



Staphylinus STERCORARirs. Taken in the g-arden. 



Staphylinus erythropterus, the beautiful ruddy-wing-ed Rove Beetle, 

 may be seen in abundance, male and female, on the last days of May, 

 in the mountain valley of R3-dal Head, at a heig-ht of 500 feet. I have 

 seen it there too as late as 4th September. 



OcYPUS CUPREUS. Taken when chasing the helpless winged Ants that 

 were settled in hundreds on the road. 



SiLPHA nigrita. Rydal Head. 



Aphodius punctato-sulcatus. Very abundant at the end of March and 

 early April. 



Geotrupes typhceus makes boring-s quite distinct from the ordinary Dor 

 Beetle — probably G. stercorarius. 



Melolontha vulgaris. Not common. 



Phyllopertha horticola, the Bracken-clock comes out in tens of 

 thousands in the hot days of early June. Flocks of Black-headed 

 Gulls arrive in the valley to feed on it, and remain — taking- alas ! the 

 larg^er May-fly too, just out upon the lake — during- the three weeks 

 or so of its short existence. Other birds g-org-e upon it, too, the Pied 

 Flycatcher among- them, as well as a predatory beetle (species undeter- 

 mined). 



Lampyris noctiluca. I have seen the Glow-worm no nearer than the 

 Tarns above Coniston, but am told of it at White Moss Common, in 

 our parish. 



Anobium domesticum beg-ins to emerge from old pieces of furniture in 

 the first spell of hot weather in July. 



Rhagium iNQUisrrOR was taken (24th May) from an old Birch tree in 

 the park. 



Rhachim BiFASCiATi^M emerges every year from the scarlet Oak of the 

 g-arden. 



Ph^DON Tl'Mmi LUS. 



Melok A'lOLACKi s. the Oil Beetle, is found in the g-arden, as wellas on the 

 fell-bank, when the Apple Moss is just (jtst March) in fine fruit. 



PhYLLOBIUS VIRm.-ERIS. 



CiONUS SCROPHLLARL^; has been noticed before in 'The Naturalist.' Its 

 slimy larva3 and seed-like pupa? are general on the Figwort of river 

 and lake side. But it is upon the woolly leaves of the Mulleins of the 



Naturalist, 



