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A History of the County of Somerset
… than 112 have been found in the county, and possibly one or two more may yet be added, such for instance as Vitrea … themselves to special plants, which may be abundant, rare or altogether absent, according to the nature of the soil on … wing covers, from which they get the name Coleoptera or sheath-wings. They exist in enormous numbers, Dr. Sharp …
A History of the County of Somerset
… in the subjoined list, and add a few species to it. Two or three species not yet obtained certainly await discovery, … inconstans and Blaniulus fuscus. Yet the scarcity or apparent absence of these species in other counties is … so much to their rarity as to their having been overlooked or unsought for. The specimens recorded below from Winsford …