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P. nigritulus, (Irav. (including most of p.^.^^^ius. Grav., striate, the linesrather 



the species recently added by straio-ht 



Dr. Sharp), striate, the lines rather 



wide apart and sinuate. P- ^^*^"«' Nordm., striate, the lines 



P. fulvipes, F., striate, the lines normal. ^'^"oken in the form of short dashes. 



Walter Bevins, Algarkirk, near Boston, Lines. : February 10th, 1912. 



Carpophilus sexpustiilatus, F., as a British sp)ecies. — The history of this 

 beetle in the neighbourhood of Doncaster and its status as a British species 

 have lately been rendered more interesting than ever by the discovery by 

 W. E. Sharp of a specimen of C. ohsoletns among a short series of Carpophili, 

 taken by him in Edlington "Wood. 



Up to the present year the captiu'es of C. 6-pnst^datiis near here were, so 

 far as I know, as follows : 



1 Taken at Edlington Wood by E. G. Bayford, in 1894.| 



1 Taken under bark of a felled elm in Sandal Beat by H. H. Corbett, in 

 April, 1904. 



8 Beaten out of dead crows on a " Keeper's Tree " by H. H. and H. V. Corbett 

 and E. G. Bayford, in Wheatley Wood, on February 28th, 190". 



1 Taken iinder bark of a felled elm at Cusworth by H. H. Corbett, April, 

 1907. 



A considerable nrmiber taken under bark of felled beeches in Edlington 

 Wood by H. H. Corbett and W. E. Sharp, in October, 1911. 



These localities are respectively — 



Edlington Wood, 3^ miles S. of Doncaster, on Permian Limestone. 



Cusworth, 2 miles W. of Doncastei", on Permian Limestone. 



Sandal Beat and Wheatley Wood, 2 miles E. of Doncaster, on Bixnter Sand. 



The specimens found tmder bark were associated with common bark- 

 frequenting spp., e.g., Dromius 4!-maculatus, Homalium vile, Bhizophagus dispar, 

 and Bhinosimus planirostris. The only species at all suggesting importation 

 with foreign grain or fruit being Lasmophlosus ferrugineus, which was found 

 with C. ^-pustulatus at Edlington. The associated species on the crows in 

 Wheatley Wood were Homalium rivulare, Omosita colon, Nitidula hipustulata, 

 and Dermestes lardarius. With regard to the theories that C. 6-pustulatus is a 

 foreign species, imported either with dried fruits or with pheasant food, the 

 dried fruit idea may be dismissed at once. All the places where the insect has 

 been found ai-e far from warehouses or shops, and there is nothing in the way 

 of rubbish heaps or " free tips " near them. And again, the insect has not been 

 found as an imported produce frequenter, as is the case with many other 

 beetles, e.g. Silvanus surinamensis. With regard to the pheasant food theory, 

 Edlington Wood, where C. 6-pustulatus was first taken in 1894, by E.G.B., and 

 where it was taken again this year by W.E.S. and H.H.C., has not been a 

 pheasant preserve for certainly 60 years. In the other localities. Sandal Beat, 

 Wheatley Wood, and Cusworth, there has from time to time been some 

 pheasant rearing, but although at these places, and many others in the neigh- 

 boiu'hood, I have often hunted for beetles at the pheasant feeding grounds, I 



