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DR ALFRED E. CAMERON. 
Table IV. 
Coleoptera proper to the Association, recorded from Alluvial, ' Glover s, and 
other Meadows and Adjacent Wooded Coppices. 
Abbreviations as in Table I. j indicates authenticated pests of trees or crops ; i indicates species 
frequenting damp places ; * species which generally frequent woods or forests. 
Family. 
Species. 
Month. 
Occur- 
rence. 
Remarks on Habits and Habitat. 
Carabid.® 
Carabus nemoralis, Mii.ll. . 
9-12 
f. com. 
Several specimens found hibernating in Dec. 
under rubbish. 
Notiophilus aquaticus, L. . 
8-12 
v. com. 
Common everywhere in the locality. 
Leistus fulvibarbis, Dj. 
10 
occ. 
In herbage. 
„ ferrugineus, L. 
6, 7 
infreq. 
,, 
| Nebria brevicollis, F. 
7-11 
abund. 
The most frequently occurring Carabid • very 
• general in moist places and especially so 
along banks of River Dane. 
1 „ gyllenhali, Sch. 
7-3. 1 
infreq. 
Often taken along with the previous species ; 
not so general. 
\Loricera pilicornis, F. 
11-3 
occ. 
On the banks of the Dane, also at roots of 
trees ; generally in moist places. 
Glivina fossor, L. 
6-10 
com. 
Ubiquitous, in the soil. 
„ collaris, Hbst. 
5-8 
occ. 
>> JJ 
Dyschirius sp. . 
4 
Remains of a single specimen on banks of 
Dane. 
Brady cellus similis, Dj. 
8-10 
occ. 
Usually in dry places in the meadows. 
■\ Pterastichus madidus, F. . 
6,8 
v. com. 
Frequents cultivated as well as meadow land. 
„ vulgaris, L. . 
6, 7, 8 
Ubiquitous, in grass, under stones, cultivated 
land. 
j „ vernalis, Pz. . 
4, 6 
„ 
Frequents marshy places, banks of Dane, and 
roots of grass. 
„ striola . 
6, 8 
com. 
Ubiquitous, but especially frequent amongst 
herbage. 
Amara apricaria, Pk. 
6, 7 
In herbage. 
Oalathus Jlavipes, Fourc. . 
8 
infreq. 
At roots of grass, in dry situations. 
Anchomenus angusticollis, F. 
11, 5 
v. com. 
Abundant in grass and at roots of trees. 
,, dorsalis, Mull. 
8, 5 
,, 
At roots of grass and trees. 
i „ parumpunctatus , F. 
11, 5 
com. 
Frequent in damp places ; most specimens 
were collected in Glover’s Meadow. 
1 Bembidium littorale, 01. . 
6-12 
jj 
On banks of Dane and marshy places. 
1 - „ fluviatile, Dj. . 
6, 12 
v. com. 
Among meadow grasses. 
„ lampros, Hbst. 
7, 9 
occ. 
Trechus minutus, F. . 
5, 10 
com. 
In dry situations among meadow grasses. 
STAPHYLINIDA3 . 
Homalota vicina, Steph. . 
3-6 
„ 
At roots of grasses ; this species was also 
taken among refuse. 
Tachyporus obtusus, L. var. 
7, 8 
„ 
} 
nitidicollis, Steph. 
[All three species occurred in moss in Glover s 
Tachyporus solutus, Er. 
7, 8 
occ. 
j Meadow. 
„ hypnorum, F. . 
6, 7, 8 
com. 
) 
;[ Qiiedius molochinus , Gr. 
7, 8 
„ 
At roots of grasses especially in moist places. 
Ocypus olens, Mull. . 
7, 9 
,, 
Larva frequently taken in herbage and in 
loose soil. 
„ brunnipes, F. 
2 
infreq. 
A few specimens under stones in alluvial 
meadow. 
| ,, cuprous, Ross. 
2 
•j 
Under stones and moist leaves. 
Philonthus politus, F. 
8-10 
com. 
Occurred frequently in meadow soil. 
