130 [-Tune, 



Orflipziohi vejdoi'sAyi Sulc. 



I liave received examples of this curious and uncommon little species 

 from Mr. H. M. Hallett, of Penarth (Glamorganshii-e). Mr. Hallett 

 tells me that " they occur in moss growing on a bank by the i-oadside 

 whicli is overliung by Elm trees." He further remarks: "I think yon 

 ma}^ eliminate all association with ants' nests as I do not think there is 

 a single nest in the bank." 



March 1920. 



IS TYCHIUS HAEMATOPUS Gyll. A BRITISH BEETLE ? 

 BY E. A. NEWBERY. 



Tn May 1892 Mr. W. H. Bennett sent me a series, unset, of a 

 small Tijchius taken by him in some numbers under Lotus corniculotus 

 at Hastings. He called them T. squfimnlaft/s, but I made them out to 

 be T. junceiis lleich. Mr. Bennett forwarded specimens of the insect at 

 the same time to Mr. J. Edwards. 



In August 1S99, being in Paris, I took the opportunity of calling 

 on M. Bedel and submitting some of my doubtful beetles to him for his 

 opinion. He corroborated a pair of the Hastings insect as T. junceus, 

 and also named thus a pair ( 6 and $ ) of a smaller and greyer form. 



In April 1910 Mr. Eil wards published his useful table of the British 

 species of Tycliius (Eut. Mo. Mag. xlvi, pp. 81, 82) and brought for- 

 ward Bennett's insect as new to the British list under the name of 

 T. haematopus Gyll. I then wrote and informed him of M. Bedel's 

 opinion, and, to make sure that we were referring to the same species, 

 enclosed, for his inspection, a couple of Bennett's sj)ecimens together 

 with some others taken by Mr. Bedwell at Coulsdon, Surrey. He 

 returned all of these as T. haematopus G3'll., and at the same time was 

 kind enough to send me the species he had called juncens in his table, 

 and which he there stated had been corroborated by the Rev. W. W. 

 JTowler and Mr. Champion. 



As soon as the war was over and I had an opportunity of corre- 

 sponding with Colonel St. Claire Deville, I sent a couple of Bennett's 

 Ti/chius for his opinion. He said they were certainly T. junceus, and 

 was good enough to send me a specimen of T. Jiaemafoptis to compare 

 ^\^th them ; this was taken at St. Dizier (Haute Marne) and corroborated 

 by Herr K. Daniel. 



I recently sent this to Mr. Edwards, but although he admits that it 

 is more straight-sided and more closely covered with scales than Bennett's 



