140 THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
Tyrer, of Southport) to this well-beloved 
spot, wishing on my own account that I 
had never been there before myself, as 
first impressions are always the most 
powerful ; malyre the brick fields, mud, 
broken crockery, old hats, defunct domes- 
tic animals and living sparrow-shooters, 
which infest the approaches to the marsh, 
we managed to have a tolerable day’s 
sport, undisturbed save by the triumphant 
snortings of the train on the neighbouring 
rail, which (perhaps in honour of Mr. Ty- 
rer) positively had a live passenger. On 
our way the stumps in hedges near the 
Brompton Cemetery produced the ordi- 
nary quantity of tucked-up Crioceris 
asparayi and also Dromius agiiis. The 
usual swarms of Anchomenus Thoreyi 
(some nearly red of hue) were exposed 
on raking over the dihris of reeds, ac- 
companied by other members of that 
genus, such as fuliginosus, mcestus, &c., 
and divers of Slenolophtis vesperlinus, the 
latter chiefly in holes in the banks ; but 
the greatest harvest was gathered at the 
roots of the row of old willow stumps 
directly opposite the entrance to the 
marshes from the Holland Road ; there 
we procured Nolaris scirpi, under the 
bark, in some quantity, with its smaller 
congener acidulus, and Phylonomus pol- 
lux and rumicis ; higher u]> the bark- 
knife discovered Cacicula scutellata in 
swarms and Nilidula grisea, one stump 
producing a little handful of Cis setiger 
and Ichneumon (paludilorF) hyber- 
nating under the bark. After securing 
such small species as these it seemed 
quite ridiculous to turn out such a vast 
insect as Carabus granulalus, several of 
which I found at least four feet from the 
ground, comfortably packed up in wood 
dust, left, I presume, by some other in- 
sect. Close to the ground Anisodactylus 
binolatns occurred iu considerable num- 
bers (including one of the var. Utei- 
eorni.s), and more than once I can answer 
for one pulse beating quicker than ordi- 
nary when the digger turned up a small 
fuliginosus or piceus, vain hopes of Badis- 
ter pellatus arising, iu default of which 
Bembidium fumigatum, assimile, &c., had 
to be bottled, on whom, at this late season, 
the laurel-leaves appear to have but little 
effect (I find a drop of essential oil of bitter 
almonds on wool, put in the collecting- 
phial, very eflicacious now). Plenty of 
small puptE are to be found at the roots 
of the pollards : I should think that thirty 
or forty forced themselves upon me during 
the day, though I daresay if I had gone 
on purpose I should only have discovered 
one and perhaps have smashed that with 
the digger. During the last season I have 
taken the following Geodephaga here, 
amongst others; — 
Dyschirius teneus, 
Elaphrus multipunctatus, 
Chlecnius nigricoruis, 
Badister unipustulatus, 
Pterostichus gracilis, 
„ anthracinus, 
Stenolophus consputus, 
Beinbidium flammulatum, 
„ ustulatum, 
„ bipunctatum, 
„ articulatum, 
„ Clarkii. 
The Thames banks between Putney and 
Hammersmith have supplied me during 
the last fortnight with Patrobus excavatus 
(sparingly) and Anchomenus alratus plen- 
tifully. — E. C. livE, 284, King's Road, 
Chelsea, 6’. IE. ; January 22. 
OBSEEVATIONS. 
Kepticula Agrimoniai and ameofasciata. 
— I can now distinguish the larvae of the 
two species on Agrimonia Eupaloria. 
N. Ayrimonue is iu the larva state iu Sep- 
tember, and before the end of that month 
is already in cocoon, inside the leaf; its 
cocoon is blackish. This occurred last 
autumn, near I'rankfort, in the greatest 
plenty. On the other hand A', anco- 
