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ADDITIONAL RECORDS OF COLEOPTERA FROM 
THE KINGMOOR (CUMBERLAND) NATURE 
RESERVE. 
F. H. DAY, F.E.S. 
In The Naturalist, 1915, pp. 190, 191, and again in 1923, 
pp. 147-149, I published lists of several Orders of Insects 
taken in the Kingmoor Nature Reserve just outside the urban 
area of Carlisle. Since that time I have paid one or two 
visits annually to the Reserve, on each visit invariably 
meeting with species previously unknown there, and the 
object of the present paper is to record some 32 species of 
Coleoptera new to the initial lists. The first list in 1915 
dealt with 256 species, the second in 1923 with 78 species. 
The present contribution therefore brings up the total to 
366 species which is about one fifth of the number of Coleoptera 
recorded for the whole county of Cumberland. When it is 
pointed out that Kingmoor is a small area of less than 50 
acres, close to a city of over 50,000 inhabitants, and open to 
the public, this is a surprising proportion. 
It is, however, a tract of land entirely primitive in 
character, for which reason much of its life has been preserved. 
The sub-soil is of a clayey nature, overlaid with a thin 
peaty surface soil, and the vegetation is of a bog or moorland 
type. Of late years a great number of birches have sprung 
up on the moor and threaten to take possession of the open 
spaces. This circumstance is giving some concern to local 
naturalists, who point out that unless drastic steps are taken 
by the Museum Committee, under whose auspices the Reserve 
is administered, to put a check on the spread of the birch, in 
course of time the Reserve will be little more than a birch 
wood, and more interesting forms of life (plant, bird and 
insect) will be crowded out. 
Pterostichus strenuus Pz. Common in moss. 
Bembidion mannerheimi Sg. Occasionally on paths. 
Hydroporus tristis Pk. A few in a peaty pond. 
H . melanarius St. Two specimens under clods in a dried-up pond. This 
is a sub-alpine species which in Cumberland has otherwise only been 
found at considerable elevations. 
H. striola Gy. ( vittula Er.). Several in pond. 
Agabus guttatus Pk. Under stones in a small stream. 
Oxypoda elongatula Ab. ( longiuscula Er.). In decaying vegetation. 
Atheta coriaria Kr. Two specimens in an old magpie’s nest. 
A. soror Kr. In moss. 
A . angustula Gy. One specimen under bark. 
Bolitochara lucida Gr. Scarce in a dry fungus on stumps of trees. 
B. obliqua Er. With the last, rather common. 
Oligota apicata Er. One under beech bark. 
Myllcena brevicornis Mh. In moss and dead leaves, common. 
Quedius fumatus S. In dead leaves, scarce. 
Gabrius trossulus Nr. In heaps of dead grass, scarce. 
1933 July 1 
