THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
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On the 23rd of June, in company with 
a friend, I reached Barmouth, and forth- 
with commenced operations on the sand- 
hills. The sun shone out warmly, and 
everything promised well for a campaign 
amongst the insects. We first com- 
menced operations by digging under the 
heaps of rejectamenta at the verge of 
high-water mark, and found Phaleria 
cadaverina buried in the sand in great 
plenty. On the sand-hills, and amongst 
the spikes of Arundo arenaria, abundant 
material for the collecting-bottles pre- 
sented itself. Otiorhynehus atro-apterus 
was plentiful, and not less so was Cne- 
orhinus geminatus. An occasional indi- 
vidual of AEgialia globosa v/a.s seen indo- 
lently crawling upon the sand or rolling 
helplessly down the shifting slope. But 
the sight of that glorious insect Cicindela 
maritima soon occupied all our attention. 
This, though not scarce, could hardly be 
deemed abundant, and, from its activity, 
it was not always to be captured when 
seen. While the sun was out, in especial, 
it was scarcely possible to pounce upon 
it; but when the sun’s rays were ob- 
scured the tiger-beetles appeared to lose 
some portion of their liveliness, and were 
taken at rest upon the sand with tolerable 
facility. On the same ground we fell 
in with the handsome chaffer Anomala 
Frisekii, including the variety with 
indigo-coloured elytra. Under stones I 
took several examples of Phylax gihbus, 
in company with Calatkus mollis and 
melanocephalus, Harpalus rubripes and 
JBroscus cephalotes. 
Thursday, 27th. The morning was de- 
voted to the bills which rise precipitously 
behind the little town of Barmouth, but 
they did not prove so productive as we 
had expected; a few handsome Elaters — 
Selatosomus tcneus, Clenicerus cupreus 
and Aihous niger — being the only note- 
worthy insects which came in our way. 
In the afternoon we returned again to 
the sand-hills, and on the grassy slopes 
behind them we obtained several in- 
teresting insects, mostly of small size, by 
lying on the grass and closely examining 
the roots of the herbage. In this way we 
took a large series of that curious hetero- 
merous beetle Notoxus monoeeros, Micro- 
zoum tibiale (very abundant), Scymnus 
frontalis, Fab., and Apion atomarium. 
Between Barmouth and the foot of 
Snowdon we look nothing of any im- 
portance: the weather was very un- 
settled^ and the few insects we met with 
were all of the ordinary types. 
We made two ascents of Snowdon, on 
July the 1st and 3rd. The latter day 
alone was, however, favourable to Ento- 
mology ; as on the first occasion, we were 
attended by fog, wind and rain, under 
which aspect, though the mountain looked 
far grander than when seen under the 
effect of clear sun-light, yet stone-turning 
was of little avail, and nothing of interest 
was taken, except Nebria Gyllen halii, 
Scho., which absolutely swarmed on the 
upper slopes. 
On July the 3rd the day was every- 
thing that could have been desired, 
though the early morning was unpromis- 
ing enough. The clouds hung low upon 
the mountains, and the ominous informa- 
tion that “ the glass was falling ” boded 
ill for our success. Matters improved, 
however, as the morning advanced, and 
by eleven o’clock it became evident that 
a fine day was in store for us. Our 
former ascent had been made from 
Beddgelert. Upon this occasion we 
started from the little hostelry of Pen-y- 
gwryd, and ascended by Cwm Dyli and 
Llyn Llydaw, by far the most imposing 
approach to the summit of Snowdon. 
Along the entire line of route we occupied 
ourselves incessantly in turning stones, 
which yielded us, “inter alia,” Steropus 
eelhiops, Patrobus excavatus, Olisthopus 
rotundatus, and abundance of Nebria 
Gyllenhalii. It seems that we were 
somewhat too early for the sub-alpine 
