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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCE!!. 
been doing, it will arouse them from their 
present state of hybernation into activity. 
I find tufts of grass the most productive, 
particularly when growing near or under 
the shelter ot walls or trees; in such 
places I have takeu Bembidium assimile , 
biguttatum and lam pros , Tachyporus so- 
lulus and hypnorum, S terms hoops , pro- 
vidus, bulhalmus , and others of the same 
genus, ai present unknown to me; Ru- 
gilus orbiculatus P (6), Lithocharis me- 
lanoeephalus and Puderus litloralis in 
swarms, with two species of Horpalota, 
which I take to be analis and plana, but 
I may be wrong as to the latter spe- 
cies ; Pterostichus vernalis, erythropus 
and sirenuus, sparingly ; and one or two 
species of Haltica so frozen up that they 
can scarce jump at all. Under moss on 
alder trees growing on the banks of the 
river, and under stones in the same 
locality, Coleoptera are, generally speak- 
ing, much more abundant. 
Under moss and bark I have taken— 
Panagaeus crux- major (3). It is evi- 
dently much scarcer than it was last 
year. 
Anchomenus viduus. 
... masstus. 
... fuliginosus. 
... gracilis. Rare. 
... rnicans. Do. 
... pelidnus. Of this rare 
species I saw two, and had them both in 
my hand; but unfortunately, while ex- 
amining them, I dropped one into some 
long grass, and lost it. Served me 
right; I ought to have waited patiently 
until I got home. There is no doubt 
as to the identity of the specimen I 
saved, as I have carefully compared it 
with one received from an experienced 
Coleopterist. 
Badister bipustulatus. 
Bembidium concinnum. 
Lathrobium elongalum. 
... fulvipenne. 
Crioceris cyanella. 
Chrysomela polita. 
Coccidula rufa. 
Under stones I have found — 
Clivina fossor, 
Nebria brevicollis, 
Anchomenus laevis, 
... dorsalis, 
... pallipes, 
Pterostichus nigrita, 
Oliorhynchus picipes, 
Alophus triguttatus. 
Philonthus ventralis, 
Aleochara bipunctata, 
Oxytelus rugosus, 
Myrmedonia canaliculata, 
Stenus bipunctatum, &c., 
Apion virens, 
and other species. Rotten wood will re- 
pay one the trouble of looking into ; 
I have taken in it — 
Carabus granulatus, 
Pterostichus niger, 
Rhagium bifasciatum, 
Melonotus fulvipes, 
Sinodendron cylindricum, 
and several other species I do not know. 
Out of Fungus I have taken two small 
species. It is almost too early for drop- 
pings in fields, but still Geotrupes sier- 
corarius does not seem to care for the 
cold, as I see plenty of his burrows, and 
I have taken Aphodius conlarninatus and 
Cercyon playiatum. — G. F. Mathew 
Raleigh House, near Barnstaple; Feb. 27. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
Coleophora Limosipennella. — In the 
‘Natural History of the Tineina,’ vol.iv. 
p. 102, it is stated “The young larva of 
this species has not been observed.” 
I beg to state that in September last 
I found the larvae abundant on the young 
birch trees growing alongside the wall of 
Wimbledon Park; some had just cutout 
their cases, numbers were feeding upon 
the leaves, and some few had spun up to 
