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specimen on a heap of l()<;s. It was subsequently taken by Miss 

 M. A. Sharp, and 1 understand that Mr. Donisthorpe met with the 

 insect a few days earlier than we did, though in what part of the 

 Eorest 1 have no idea. The trees at which we found it had apparently 

 not been touched by an entomologist this season. Lymexylon is 

 attached to oak, and there seems no reason why it should not be an 

 old native in the Forest, though if this be the case it is somewhat 

 remarkable that the insect has not been met with before. According 

 to Canon Fowler, the species is common in oak forests in the north 

 of Europe, and it is said to have done considerable damage in the 

 dockyards of Sweden. 



Horsell : July Vlth, 1905. 



COLEOPTERA IN THE OXFORD DISTRICT. 

 BY JAMES J. WALKEH, M A., R.N., F.L S. 



Having now resided in Oxford for rather more than a year, 1 

 find that my first impressions, as to its being an excellent and very 

 interesting collecting centre for all Orders of insects, are fully 

 confirmed. The following list of Coleoptera, almost without excep- 

 tion taken by myself within a radius of six miles from the centre of 

 the city, will show that this Order, at any rate, is well represented in 

 the district. To my friend Mr. W. Holland I owe my first intro- 

 duction to nearly all the places hereafter mentioned, and in many 

 cases to the actual and often very limited localities of uncommon and 

 interesting beetles which his persevering industry and acumen have 

 brought to light. 



Commencing with the localities in Berkshire, the most productive 

 of these is at Tubney, about six miles south-west of Oxford, but more 

 easily reached from Abingdon by a pleasant walk of half that length. 

 Here a sandy soil, extensive woodlands and heathy commons, and a 

 luxuriant and varied vegetation, combine to make a very attractive 

 piece of collecting-ground ; and a nice bit of marshy thicket at 

 Cothill (the " Euskin Plot," now the property of the Ashmolean 

 Natural History Society of Oxford) may be taken on the way thither 

 from Abingdon. A remarkable feature of this inland locality is the 



