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Coleoptera collected near London during 1914-1916. — Amongst a large 

 number of Coleoptera taken by myself since 1914 are some species deserving of 

 record, either on account of their apparent scarcity, or of the interest attaching 

 to their capture. Most of them were collected near the Metropolis, a few ex- 

 ceptions being those taken near Southend. The records are arranged, as far as 

 possible, into three convenient groups, according to the localities in which the 

 respective species were collected. 



Epping Forest and its immediate si;rroundings : Cychnis rostratiis L. and 

 Carahus arvensis Herbst, beneath oak and hornbeam logs in Monk Wood, and at 

 High Beach, during the winter months. On five separate occasions solitary 

 specimens of each of these uncommon beetles occurred under the same log ; it 

 would be interesting to know if there can be any association between the two 

 insects, as I can hardly believe this to be merely a coincidence. Carabus granuta- 

 tus L., on one occasion only have I taken this species in the forest, viz., 

 on 27.xi.'14, under an oak log near Fairmead thicket. Notiophilus rufpes Curt., not 

 uncommon in Great Monk Wood, often in company with the common N. biguttatus. 

 Pterostichus picimanns Duft., a solitary specimen taken at Loughton, 5.xii.'15, 

 under loose bark of vvillow. Ilybius fenestratus F., fairly common in Straw- 

 berry Hill Pond, 2.v.'15. Microglossa pulla Gyll., several beaten from hawthorn 

 blossom near Great Monk Wood, 30. v. '16. Conosoma bipunctatum Gr., High 

 Beach, 12.vi.'16, under loose beech bark. 3Iegacronus cingulatus Mann., found 

 during the summer by shaking masses of grass, heather, etc., and at Loughton 

 in haystack refuse. Quedius ventralis Ahr., in an old decaying fixngoid beech 

 tree near the " Eobin Hood," November, 1915 ; Q. lateralis Gr., abundant in the 

 aiitumn in masses of the fungus Armillaria mellea on beech stiimps, and under 

 oak logs in Monk Wood; Q. scitws Gr., found on foiu- occasions in the forest, in 

 the frass left by the larvae of Rhagium inquisitor and other Longicornes in oak 

 and hornbeam logs ; Q. cinctiis Pk., in decaying masses of the fungus Pleurotiis 

 ostreatus on beeches, Great Monk Wood, 3 and 10.x.'15. Stemis lustrator Er., at 

 roots of grasses, etc., in St. Thomas' Quarters, 26.iii.'16. Philonthus cephalotes 

 Gr., Loughton, 17.x. '15, by shaking grass, etc. Symbiotes latus Redt., I came 

 across a colony of this beetle under elm bark at Loughton, 12.xii.'15. Chilocorus 

 bipustulatus L. and Coccinella hieroglyjjhica L., not uncommon by sweeping 

 heather near Great Monk Wood. Nitidula rufipes L., common by beating haw- 

 thoi-n blossom. Litargus bifasciatus F., two specimens under beech bark at 

 High Beach, 18.vi.'16. Mycetophagus piceus F., under oak bark, Leyton, 

 15.iv.'16 ; M. atomarius F., one specimen under loose beech bark in Great Monk 

 Wood, 7.v.'16. Megatoma undata L., one specimen, still in its pupal envelope, 

 found in a crevice vmder the bark of a decaying beech tree in Great Monk 

 Wood, 16.x.'16. Trox scaler L., Loixghton Camp, 20.v.'16, one specimen found 

 crawling on a beech trunk at midnight. Melasis buprestoides L., not \incommon 

 in one or two favoui-ed beeches at High Beach ; the imago, pupa, and the 

 curious doubled-up larva were to be found in short vertical tunnels in the 

 wood during June and July. Athous rhombexis 01., reared from larvae taken 

 from under oak and beech bark ; during June and July, 1916, several imagines 

 were found in beeches at High Beach. Tillus elongatus L., very abundant in 

 Great Monk Wood, during June and July, 1916, and found running about on, and 



