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During April and May at Avonwick, near South Brent : — one Megarthrus 

 denticollis in window ; Bemhidium punctulatum, Hydrsena nigrita, Homalota 

 camhrica, H. exilis, Lesteva puhescens, L. fontinnlis (one), Choleva angustata (one), 

 and Elmis volhnari, on the banks of and in the River Avon ; Homalota elegantula 

 (one), Meligethes umbrosus (one), Phyllotreta tetrastigma, and CeutJiorrhynchus 

 setosus (one) by sweeping ; Stomis 2nimicatus and Pselaphus heisei (one) nnder 

 stones; Anaspis geoffroyi on apple blossom; Oxypoda vittata (five), Homalota 

 oMongiuscula, H. silvicola, *H. hepatica (one J), H. xanthopus, *H. intermedia 

 (recorded on p. 66 of last year's Ent. Mo. Mag-., Init not marked as new to 

 County), * Eusphalerum primulse one), Agathidium nigrinum v. ruhicund^im, 

 Eeitt. (one), and Choleva coracina, in sugar traps in a wood ; Rhizophagxis 

 depressus and R. ferrugineus under fir bark ; remains of a Clinocara undulata 

 under oak bark ; and an Acupalpus meridianus in the garden — this species 

 appears to be exceedingly scarce throughout Devon. One *Phlieopora angusti- 

 formis, Baudi, Avas taken from a branch amongst flood rubbish in Sept., 1908. 



At BuCKFASTLEiGH fi'om Junc to September : — Laccobius ytenensis (common), 

 Helophorus arvernicus (several), Hydrochus nitidicollis (in quantity in one veiy 

 restricted spot), Hydreena testacea, H. nigrita, H. britteni (one), H. atricapilla, 

 *Callicerus rigidicornis, Homalota luteipes, Myllsena kraatzi, Philonthus micans, 

 Oxytelus rugosus v. terrestris, Ancyrophorus omalinus, and Cilea silphoidcs (from 

 moss as at Christow in 1907) on the banks of and in the River Dart ; Mycetoporus 

 longulus, Lathrobium angustatum, L. quadratum, Sitones camhricus, Gymnetron 

 ieccabu7igse v. veronicse, G. labilis (one), Poophagus nasturtii, and Ceuthorrhynchus 

 melanostictus, from marshy ground ; Olibrus particeps, Meligathes gagatimis 

 (two), M. viduatus itwo), M. umbrosus (one), Aphodius sticticus, Phyllotreta 

 ochripes, Apion subulatum, A. vicix, A. filirostre, Tychius tomentosus, T. pygmmus, 

 by general sweeping, and one Crijptophagus setulosus by sweeping at dusk ; 

 Ocypus comjjressus under stone ; Orthochsetes setiger in moss ; Necrophorus inter- 

 Tuptus (one) flying at dusk ; one Casskla heinisphserica from mint in the garden ; 

 one Leptidea brevipennis in the house (probably from a hamper which had 

 travelled widely) ; two Phlxopora angustiformis and several *Scolytus pruni and 

 *8. riigulosus from decaying apple boughs ; two Pityogenes bidentatus (dead) 

 from a fir branch at Gallantry Bower. 



One Laccobius purpurascens was obtained at Exmouth in October ; 

 one Arena octavii on Dawlish Warren in November; and one Homalota 

 oblongiuscula in fungus in Stoke Wood, near Exeter, in December. 



Oxypoda vittata and Lesteva fontinalis were omitted to be noted from flood 

 rubbish at Christow ; and Cassida hemisphserica from Shaldon. 



My thanks are again due to Mr. E. A. Newbery for liis great 

 kindness in verifying difficult species. 



8. Queen's Terrace, St. David's, Exeter : 

 June 3rd, 191.2. 



