88 [April. 



ccneus under stones on the Downs ; Cis festicus in hard and slirivelled fungus on 

 a gate post ; one Colon vienncn.se and one Lamprosoma concolor came up in the 

 water-net out of a brook. 



On leaving Braunlon I went to the same farm as last year, under Ugboro' 

 Beacon, near S. Bkent, till the end of September. 



From the streams and their banks, with a good deal of flood-refuse to assist, 

 I took liadister sodalis {one) , Hijdrnporus marginatus (xliv,234'), Laccobius sinuatus, 

 Hydrsena gracilis, H. atricd-pilla, (this and the preceding in abundance), a few 

 H. pygmxa, Cercynn terminatus, Callicerus obscurus,^ Homalota pavens, H. eximia* 

 (one), H. languid, H. luteipes, H. celata, Philonthus fmnigatus, P. micans, P. puella,* 

 Actobius cinerascens, Ancyrophorus aureus, Elmis parallelopipedus, Limnius troglo- 

 dytes, Onthophagus fracticornis, Cassida murrma (a bright orange specimen), and one 

 G. he»'isphscrica (from flood-rubbish). 



A little pool, fed partly by rain and partly by flood overflow from the Grlaze- 

 brook, swarmed with Hydriena testacea, and contained also a good many //. riparia 

 and H. brittfiii* ; I was very pleased that my friend, Mr. J. II. Keys, was able to 

 come and secure some of the last named on their first appearance in Devonshire. 



Jlicroglossa pulla and Micrurula melanocephala* were got by hedge sweeping; 

 one Mycetoporus lepidus on a gate ; Neuraphes elongatulus (oak), Rhizophagus dispar* 

 (ash), and Clinocara tetratnma (oak) under bark ; two Aspidiphorus orbiculatus 

 amongst the mouldy bark of a log ; Cryptophagus hadius and Barynotus obscurus, 

 by evening sweeping in a hay field ; Cassida. flavenla* in freshly mown grass; and 

 several Helocerus claviger in flowers. 



Epurasa melina* and E. obsoleta* wore both taken at S. Brent on a previous 

 visit ; they are not included in the " Victoria County History." 



In the Chkistow list of 1907 there should be included Homalota oHongiuscula, 

 Parnus algiricus, and one Hydrsena britteiii, which have been separated out since. 



I have again been very mucli indebted to Mr. E. A. Newbery for his kind 

 assistance in identification. — Philip de la Garde, Manor House, Shaldon, Teign- 

 mouth : February 25t/i, 1909. 



Coleoptera in moles' nests in the Edinburgh district. — During the past twelve 

 months we have examined 100 moles' nests in this district in search of Coleoptera. 

 Of the nine species which Mr. Joy considers are especially attached to the nest of 

 the mole, only four, namely, Aleochara spadicea, Er., Oxypoda longipes, Muls., 

 Quedius vexans, Epp., and Q. longicomis Kr., were met with, the Aleochara being 

 the most common, and tiie Oxgpoda the scarcest. The absence of Heterothops 

 nigra, Kr., is noteworthy. In all, 24 species of beetles were obtained. Details of 

 the captures in each nest are given in a paper we have sent to the " Annals of Scot- 

 tish Natural History." — Prof. T. Hudson Beaeb and William Evans, Edin- 

 burgh : March, 1909. 



* First record for the county. 



t Previously recorded (frOra other locality, except in the case of Arena ociavii, Apion kevi- 

 gal'iun, CeiUk. parvulus. Card, equiseti, and Aphthona nigriceps), but since the pubhcatiou of or 

 not included in, the Victoria County History. ' 



