154 THE ENTOMOLOGIST S RECOED. 



and of the Sphaeridiid.t, ; Sjj/iacridiuiii iiian/uuitio)), ('ori/dii ancilis, C, 

 Juirninrrhoidalis, (J. littoralis [oibniadajnt), ('. nitjiict'ps, and ('. uniimnc- 

 tatus. 



To the Brachelytra I have paid especial attention, and conse- 

 quently the species have augmented considerably. Those not seen 

 before comprise : Alcochara lata from a rat, and A. fnni/iroya from 

 fungi, (f.n/piida apaca on the water of a sheep's trough. Tliiasophila 

 aiujulata were somewhat common in nests of Formica rxifa towards 

 the end of April, and about the same time Atewdes ennoyinatus was in 

 moss (among swarms of Mi/niiira scabrinodis). Of the Homalutae 

 Calliccrm obscurm was swept, Tliamiana cinnamomea and Hoinaluta 

 }<7urir(da taken from Cosms borings, H. atramcntaria, H. parca, and 

 H. riircllaris from moss, H. eluiKjaUda, H. (/raininicnla, H. (/m/aria, 

 H. lum/iconiis, and H. tnatu/7dui)i,iiymgmt'hes\mshme, H. fanyicula, 

 II. ririna, H. vcstita, II. atcrrbira, and li. ;/a(/atina swept, U. melanaria I 

 took from fungi. A small colony of Xenma sulcata was found under a 

 piece of broken china on April 1st. Falai/ria sulcata was swept in 

 March, and several species of (ri/rojdiacna, including (i. cunijrua and 

 (t. nana were common in fungi. IIi/i/nDioiiia diniidiata nnd Mi/cftapanu 

 ajdcndciis occurred on reeds during April, and Hi/pDci/jitiis louipcurnis 

 was someAvhat common in moss, together with Leptusa ruficoUin in the 

 early spring. Conosoma pube.scens occurred both in the spring and 

 autumn, under logs, &c. Leistotroplnis muriiim was taken from a dead 

 hedgehog in the woods (which also yielded I'nlcx erinacei). Octjpm 

 bnuinipcs turned up under bark on an old birch stump in February, 

 and O. siiitilis under a log in April. 



Many species of PJnlonthus have been added : F. wnbratilin from a 



dead crow on 20th April, P. discoideus from water of horse trough on 



10th May, P. lawiuatm from moss in early spring. P. InceHfi, I might 



also mention, as having been taken from moss in November, 1894. 



P. sordidits and /'. trossidns have both been common ; I', inti'imediits 



was in dung in September, and a couple of ( 'ajiua .ranthulovia turned up 



in a dead dog, washed up by the tide in April. Actubai.s pruccndui;, in 



April and May, on the water of horse troughs, and A. signaticornin 



swept from reeds in August. T^cptacinns paiiDiijiuuctatns and L. liiteMria, 



both new to me, were on water during May. Baptulinus alternant did 



not put in an appearance until July. Swiim awjustatUH and Pacderus 



litturalis were both, of course, taken by sweeping. The genus Stmm 



has also " come on " nicely, the new species being S. ater, S. hifuveo- 



latm, S. huphtlialnuis, S.circularis, S. cric/isnni, S. inipressm, S.latifrom, 



S. mtidh(sctilm, S. pallipcs, S. pallitarsh, S. pmillus, and S. rusticus, 



nearly all taken either by sweeping rushes bordering streams, or under 



the bark of ajacent willows in the winter ; S. hiipressus, however, 



appears pretty well ubiquitous, and S. nitidiuscnlu.'i is more often taken 



running on the sides of ponds. 0.vt/pi)n(s rufus was common in fungi. 



Perhaps the best Brachelython (excepting (ryiunnsa bn'riccdlia from 



the New Forest) I have taken this year is lUcdius taiirus, of which two 



2 's came to electric light on the 22nd August. O.ri/tclus nitidulus from 



my garden, 0. scidptus, common in dung, and a couple of (>. tetracari- 



natus from water were added, together with Haploderus coelatus 



commonly, Tropopldoeas bilincatns from water, Olophnim piceum from 



beneath logs, &c., and Homaliwn cacsioii, 11. fossulatnin , and H. 



pusilluiii, which complete the list. 



