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■pig. 4^—OrocJiares angustata,^r.- K species of Sfaph/Iinid(B added to 

 the British list in 1900, ou the authority of a single specimeu 

 taken by Mr. A. Piffard at Felden, Herts., about twelve years 

 previously (Ent. Mo. Mag., xxvii, pp. 286, 287). It has since 

 been recorded by Mr. N. H. Joy from Bradfield, Berks. [F.nt. 

 Mo. Mag, xl, p. 183 (1904)]. Apparently a rare insect in 

 Austria, G-ermany and France. Like Aphodius zenkeri and obll. 

 feratus, it seems to have a certain liking, at least on the Continent, 

 for human excrement (Ent. Mo. Mag., xxxvii, p. 48). 



Y\cr, 5—Stichofflossa semirufa, Er., ^ .—A species of Staphylinidcs added 

 to the British list in 1899, on the authority of a single example 

 captured by Mr. B. S. Harwood at Colchester in May of the same 

 vear (Ent. Mo. Mag., xxxv, pp. 55, 56). The insect is widely 

 distributed on the Continent. 

 Eigs. 6, Ga—Lomec7iusa strumosn,^.— k remarkable species of myrme- 

 " cophilous StaphylinidcB, long doubted as British, but re-instated 

 in our list by Mr. Donisthorpe in 1906, on the authority of speci- 

 mens captured by himself at Woking (Ent. Record, xviii, p. 159). 

 It lives in the nests of Formica sanguinea, and in some years le 

 more or less abundant in that locality. A full account of its 

 life-history, &c., will be found in the Transactions of the Ento- 

 mological Society of London for 1907, pp. 415-420. 

 Fig. l—LcBmophloeus monilis, F.,cJ.— A fine species, one of the largest 

 "" of its genus, added to the British list in 1905 (Ent. Mo. Mag., 

 xli, pp. 274, 275). Ten specimens of it were captured from 

 under beech bark by Messrs. N. H. Joy and A. J. Chitty on 

 October 8th, 1905, at «treatley, Berks., and others have since 

 been taken at the same locality. It seems remarkable that such 

 a conspicuous insect should have so long escaped notice in Britain, 

 even if extremely local. L. monilis is recorded as living under 

 bark, with such well-known species as Litargus bifasciatus, Di- 

 ploccelus fagi, &c., it may yet be found in the New Forest. 

 Fig. 8-Diasf ictus vulneratus, Sturm.-A species of Lamellicornia added 

 to our list in 1902, on the authority of a specimen found by Mr. 

 Claude Morley near Brandon ou June 14th of that year (Ent. 

 Mo. Mag., xxxix, pp. 253-255). Another example has since been 

 found in the same district, in a rabbit burrow, by the late A. J. 

 Chitty. DiasHctus is closely related to Psammobius, and might 

 easily be mistaken for a species of that genus. 

 August, 1909. 



