176 THE entomologist's record. 



Colenia ih'uti'ih's, Aifaricnphai/m ccp/ialota^, Ibithiohlm atru/oam, Tiiar- 

 tliroii iiiilikdl, Colon dentipcx, bnmnciiin. and rU'imcnse, Epuraea diffusa, 

 Thalifcra scrura, FlhizophaijKs perf'oratus, (Jri/ptophaifus populi and 

 st'tidosiis, CaenosfclU fernu/inea, Aspidij>Jionifi orblridatm, Athoiis 

 diffornds, Hedobia iinperialis, Dorcotoiiia fiariconiis, Tetratoma ancora, 

 Brachi/soinu~s ec/tinatits, Tropijikoncs carinatus, Liosoiiia obloni/ulnm, 

 Pllnthus calitduosHS, (Jri/pidius eijuiseti, Baijous frit, ylabrirostris and 

 subcarinatus, TUdnoncua denticoUis, etc. 



Coleoptera at Oxshott— An addition to tlie Britisli List : 

 Hypophl(£us linearis, Linn. 



By H. HEASLER. 



Havmg the opportunity of doing some collectnig last Easter, I 

 spent a day or two at Oxshott, in Surrey, with a fair amount of success. 

 The Saturday was cold with occasional showers, and I spent the after- 

 noon grul:»lung round the edges of the Black Pond. FhUydriis minutus, 

 Pterostir/ius ininor and AiichoDtenux oblow/uswei'Q common, and amongst 

 the Staphs, I was pleased to take a series of !Stcnus palUtarsis var. 

 niveua, two or three Stcmis nidan(irii(s,iiiid a few FIdlunthus cinerascena. 

 A single Donacia scricca turned up as a harbinger of summer, now so 

 long overdue. ()m<diu)ii planwn and I'lacu.sa pumilio occurred under 

 bark on an old oak branch ; Gijrophaena strictula and Tritoma bipustu- 

 lata from fungus, and Aralles ptinoidcR from a fm'ze stump. On Monday 

 and Tuesday, my available time was spent almost entirely in examining 

 some felled pine trees near the railway, which had not been touched since 

 they were cut down some time previously. Fhloeopora reptans, Kpipeda 

 plana, Omalium pusilhun, Fildzophaijus depressun and Toitdeiis bidens 

 simply swarmed, and, with regard to this last species, it was cmious to 

 note how regularly its burrows disappeared as soon as those of some 

 larger wood borer put in an appearance. In working the Ijark from 

 the felled tree, the top was always well supplied with T. bidens, but as 

 soon as the bark was stripped off some distance down, and the burrows 

 of Htjli'sinus or lli/lastcs put in an appearance, the T. bidens ceased 

 immediately. Amongst the rarer species, I secured Si/lvanvn rnddcntatua, 

 Clcnis foniiicariiis, Homalota aeqnata, amjustula and pilieornis. (This 

 last is, in my opinion, a misnomer, as I think Homalota marcida has a 

 better claim to it, as far as the antennas are concerned.) A nice series 

 of Toinicus lands, from a pine stump, in company with Hi/latcs attr 

 and palliatiis, and one or two other species. 



AVhilst ripping the l)ark from one of the felled pines, near the top 

 of the tree, well occupied ])y hundreds of Tominis bidens, I noticed a 

 peculiar beetle in one of the Tondrns burrows, which I thought was an 

 immature Uhizoplianns bipustulatus, but on bottling it I noticed it was 

 too cylindrical for this insect, so T set to work to try and find some 

 more, and after a patient search I succeeded in taking a dozen, and 

 then the Tondcns liurrows ended and those of IJylesinns commenced, 

 and no more of the beetle were to he had. In examining the species 

 under the microscoije, I saw it had the facies of a Htjjiopldoeus, so I 

 sent one on to Mr. Newbery for identification, and he returned it as 

 //. linearis, L. It is very much smaller and narrower than either of 

 our two British memliers of the genus, and the coloration also forms a 



