This order is well represented; certain localities in the district are favourable to their existence and economy, and many rarities occur. Only one Cicindela (_Cicindela campestris_) inhabits our district and that is generally distributed and plentiful, especially in sandy places. The curious and elegant _Cychrus rostratus_ is often found under stones and loose bark at Dudley and Bewdley, and the handsome _Carabus nitens_ and its congener _C. arvensis_, may be taken on Cannock Chase, both species being now very scarce. _Elaphrus riparius_ and _E. cupreus_ occur not uncommonly in wet and boggy places. _Notiophilus substriatus_ (generally a sea-side species) may be found occasionally on Cannock Chase, and so also may the curious _Nebria livida_. This latter beetle was first discovered on the Chase by Mr. J. T. Harris, and the writer has verified its occurrence there many times. It is a remarkable fact that this is the only known instance of this species inhabiting an inland locality--its head quarters being at Bridlington Quay and two or three other parts of the north-east coast--it lives in the argillaceous cliffs, and on Cannock Chase it is met with in a similar formation. Of the curious genus Dyschirius two species only appear to have settled in our neighbourhood, viz., _D. æneus_ and _D. globosus_, both occur at Bewdley and on Cannock Chase--the latter also at Coleshill and Sutton Park. The genus Bembidium is well represented, 33 of the 50 British species and varieties being taken in the Birmingham district. A few may be named: _B. rufescens_, under bark and in damp places; _B. quinquestriatum_, on walls at Smallheath and Olton; _B. Mannerheimii_, Knowle, Bewdley, Cannock Chase; _B. articulatum_, Knowle, Bewdley; _B. nigricorne_, Cannock Chase; _B. monticola_, Bewdley; _B. Stephensi_, Sutton Park; _B. prasinum_, Bewdley. In this connection the writer may perhaps be allowed to refer to the finding by himself of _B. adustum_ in large numbers at Tewkesbury. This species was previously represented only by a very few old specimens, and had not been found for more than 40 years, until he had the pleasure of re-establishing it. _Patrobus assimilis_ is found sparingly on Cannock Chase; _Trechus discus_, _T. micros_ and _T. secalis_, are plentiful in the river banks at Bewdley; _T. micros_ occasionally turns up at Smallheath amongst bones placed in the garden as a trap for Homalotæ; _T. obtusus_ has occurred at Bewdley and Cannock Chase, and in the latter locality the writer once found a few examples of the rare _T. rubens_.