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not on the heights which we have men- 
tioned ; therefore the Coleopterist had 
better avoid them. If, however, he will 
pursue his way for twenty minutes down 
the edges of the Dee, and then (turning 
to the right) leave the river, pass the 
Abbey Crucis and Elisegg’s Column, and 
follow the Ruthvin road for about two 
miles, until he finds himself half-way up 
a lofty chain of hills, near to some slate 
quarries, and if he will then forsake the 
road and climb up these lieather-clad 
slopes, we will promise him a good day’s 
sport on some rough Cambrian ground. 
If he does not possess Calatlius microp- 
lerus, he had better take his fill, for this 
is its “ habitat.” Several good Harpali 
also people these declivities, and, as he 
approaches the summits, he will take 
abundance of Bradycellns cognatus , col- 
laris and similis. The very highest points 
of land, however (as is generally the case 
in such situations) are the most prolific 
of all ; and if he will set to work vigor- 
ously and pull down the heaps of stones 
which have been so carefully piled up (as 
land-marks), on the extreme apices of 
these three connected hills (known in situ 
as the Moel-y-faen, the Griben Oernant 
and the Moel-y-Gamelin), he is almost 
certain of the rare Miscodera arctica, as 
well as abundance of the Tarus vapora- 
riorum , and other “ gems.” 
Such are the Welsh moorlands. The 
valleys in the moorland districts are 
equally productive, — though in another 
way, and as we have, in this notice, taken 
Llangollen as our “ text,” we may re- 
mind our friends not to leave the neigh- 
bourhood until they have fully explored 
the banks of the Dee. The shingle at 
the edges of the stream is alive with 
Bembulia ( tibiale , decorum, monticulum , 
and velox) ; the Cyphon dejlexicollis. 
Mull. (= Pini, Curt.) and Coccinella 
5-punctata are usually common along 
the banks. 
It was in a similar locality, at Bettws- 
y-cocd (further to the west), that Mr. 
Wollaston captured several specimens of 
the rare Blemius areolalus; and it is pos- 
sible therefore that this would, if searched 
for, be taken also in the valley of the 
Dee. But enough of Cambria: tempus 
breve, charta brevior. 
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