582 MR. CLAUDE MORLEY OX THE INSECTS OF THE BRECK. 
at Tuddenham, Brandon, and Barton Mills. Hei'e still linger 
in numbers such truly fen insects as Tropidia scita, Lipara 
lucens, A campus rufipes, Liburnia speciosa, Tettix subulatus, 
Prosopis Kriechbaumeri, Silis ruficollis and Delphax pulchellus, 
as well as Accenitus arator, which has been taken elsewhere 
in Britain, only in Wicken Fen by Mr. Chitty. And it is in 
these boggy places that the evolution of this district is most 
apparent ; even in so short a period as the past ten years 
I am quite easily able to note, both along the Little Ouse and 
the Lark, numberless spots upon which it was perilous to 
venture formerly and throughout which one may now wander 
dryshod. If so great a change has taken place in a single 
decade, it is not difficult to think back to the condition of the 
country side a century or so ago, and thence to the peculiarly 
strategic position which hoary Icklingham once held. 
(N.B. — The following list is drawn almost exclusively from 
my own diaries and cannot, consequently, be considered 
the respective productions of the various localities, since 
I have paid far more attention to a few than to others of, 
probably, equal prolificness. The Coleoptera and Hemiptera 
are very fairly represented; but the Lepidoptera are poor, 
as I am unfortunately unable to raise more than a super- 
ficial interest in so well worked an Order.) 
WITHIN TWO MILES OF BRANDON. 
Broscus cephalotes. Generally distributed throughout the 
Breck sands. 
Trachyphlceus scabriculus. Very abundant on the open 
Breck, among Moss, &c. 
Cleonus sulcirostris. Not common in sand hollows on 
heaths. 
Hydnobius punctatissimus. Once swept from Ling on 
Session Heath, in 1896. 
Sitones griseus. Not uncommon beneath small stones on 
open Breck. 
Lithostege griseata. Taken at light in Brandon. 
Trox scaber. Often very abundant at Town Street, 
Brandon, sometimes flying by day. 
