128 [June- 



Dytiscidae : 



Noterus clavicornis De G., locally common, L. LaecopJiihis interrupttis Pz., 

 common, N. T). ; L. obscurus Pz., common, D. Hyphydrus ovatus L., abundant, 

 N. L. D. Coelnmbus versicolor Schall., D. ; C. inaeqiialis F., D. L. ; C. con- 

 jiuens F., scarce, L. Deronectes asuhnilis Pk., locally abundant, D. ; D. 12-pustu- 

 Uttus R, scarce, D. Hydroporus picttis F., common, D. ; H, dorsalis F., scarce, 

 L. ; H. Itneatus F., L. N. D. ; H. palusfris L., L. N. D. ; H. erythrocephalus L., 

 D. ; H. pubescens Gyll., D. ; -H". planus F., D. L. ; H. lituratus F., not com- 

 mon, D. Agabus paludosus F., abundant, D. ; A. nebulosus Forst., abundant, 

 D. L. ; A. sturmi Gyll., D. L. ; A. bipustnlatus L., a number of chestnut- 

 coloured specimens were taken in 1914 in the college bath : I have not seen 

 others since. Ilybius fidiyhiosus F., D. L. N. ; I. obscurus Marsh,, locally very 

 abundant, L. Mhantus pulverosu.s Sleph., 1 specimen, D. Colymbetes fusctis 

 L., very abundant 1914 and 1918, but seldom seen in the intervening years, D. 

 Dytiscus marginalis L., D. ; Z). cireumcinctus Ahr., 1 specimen, D. Acilius 

 sulcatus L., abundaut, U, 



IIydeophilidae : 



Hydrobius fusctpes L., common, D, ; H. fuscipes var. aeneus Sol., less 

 common, D. Philhydrus tesiaceiis F., D. ; F. vielanocephalus 01., scarce, L. ; P. 

 ntyrica}is7^ett,, scarce, D. Anacaena ylobulus Pk., abundant, D. L. ; A. limbata 

 F., abundant, D. L. Lnccobms alutaceus Th., abundant, D. L.; L. minutus L., 

 scarce, D. ; L. bipunctatus F., D. Litnnebius truncatellus Thunb., D. L. ; 

 L. nitidus Marsh., scarce, D. Helophorus aquaticus L., abundant, 1). L. N. ; 

 H. aquaticus var. aequnlis Th., abundant, D. L. ; H. brevijxilpis Bed., abundant, 

 D. Hydraeiui riparia Kug., scarce, D. ; H, niyrita Germ., scarce, D. 



In addition, the following Carabidae are new to the Nottingham- 

 shire list as given in Carr's Fauna o£ the County : — I took a few examples 

 of Bemhidium articulatum Pz. at Colwick in June 1918. Clivina col- 

 laris Hbst. also occurred : this beetle has only once before been recorded 

 in Notts, when Mr. R^des found one specimen by the side of the Trent. 

 Anchomemis thoreiji Dj. is also new to the county, I believe. 



The Grammar School, 

 Bradford. 



May rith, 1919. 



EPVEAEA DISTINCTA Grimmeb, A BEETLE NEW TO BRITAIN. 



BY J. W. ALLEN. 



I am pleased to be able to record the cajiture of examples of 

 this species in the Gower peninsula of Glamorgan. The first specimens 

 seen were knocked out of a fungus growing an a tree in a small wood 

 in Oxwich Bay on April 12th last. Subsequently Dr. Nicholson, 

 Mr. Tomlin, and myself found the beetle both in the woods of Penrice 

 and in the centre of the peninsula at Reynoldston, and always in the 



