COLEOPTERA IN CUMBERLAND. 



H. BRITTEN, 

 Pen rith . 



Early in January I took several specimens of the rare Homaliiim 

 gTacilicorne Fair, beneath the back of a fallen Scotch fir tree ; 

 this insect is only recorded from two localities by Fowler in his 

 * British Coleoptera.' 



During" February Phlceophiliis edwardsi Steph. turned up in 

 some numbers. This insect I usually take on fine days during- 

 the winter months, sitting on the top of fence posts round 

 a small plantation. A single example of the rare Ptinus 

 subpilosus Miill. was taken beneath a fragment of bark on a 

 sycamore tree ; I took two of these insects in a similar situation 

 a few years ago. 



During* iVpril I secured a pair of the very rare Aleochara 

 villosa Man.; they were running on the walls in a stable. The 

 plainly alutaceus head and thorax of this insect separates it at 

 once from the common species. 



Whilst turning over some stones on a gTavel bed on the 

 banks of the river Eden I took a number of Homalota subtilis- 

 sima Kr. , H. pallens Redt. , and Thinohiiis linearis Kr. , often 

 finding the three species beneath the same stone ; the stones 

 were deeply embedded in damp sand. This record corroborates 

 Dr. Sharp's Scotch records, where he took the same three 

 species in company. 



A single specimen of Miscodera arciica Pk. occurred under a 

 stone on Wan Fell, a portion of the Lazonby Fell rangfe ; this is 

 the third example of this insect taken by me in this locality. 



During- May Pissodes pini L. was found feeding- on the bark 

 of blown Scotch fir branches. 



A nice specimen of Eiiicmiis hrevicornis Man. was taken 

 beneath powdery fung-i on an alder tree, and later in the month 

 a pair of E, testaceus Steph. were found in a similar situation ; 

 according- to Fowler this is considerably further north than 

 these insects have hitherto occurred. 



Aleochara cuniculoriun Kr. turned up freely in rabbit holes. 



A single specimen of Oxypoda tarda Shp. occurred on a sand 

 bed on the bank of the Eden ; this is the same spot where it 

 occurred so freely in April 1904, when I first took this rare 

 insect. 



Naturalist 



