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the Myrmedoniiiii : this is incorrect, the tarsal formula being 4, 4, ;">, and 

 the affinities of the genus are with Homalofa Mannerh. amongst the Bolito- 

 charini. It was furtlier stated by Kraatz to be Termitophilous, but the 

 habitat is at the sap of felled trees and under .*appy bark, and any association 

 with Termites is accidental.— M. Camp^ron, 7 Blessington Road, Lee, S.E. 13 : 

 August '29t/i, 1919. 



Coleoptem at Dunster, Somerset. — From April 12th I spent three weeks at 

 Dunster, a quaint old-fashioned Somerset village about two miles from Mine- 

 head and a mile and a quarter from the shore of the Bristol Channel. The 

 weather was fine, though persistent N.E. winds prevented insects from showing 

 themselves openly, ar.d in consequence collecting was ciiiefly confined to 

 working bark and old stnnips. Only an occasional beetle was seen on the 

 roads, and very few under stones. The following are some of the better species 

 taken; had the season been a less backward one doubtless mauj^ more might 

 have been captured. Amongst the Geodephaga may be noted Ilnrpalus 

 honestus Duft. (taken at Porlock Weir), Cillenus lateralis Sam. exceedingly 

 abundant on wet sands near Dunster, and Bemhidium rufescejis Gner. sparingly 

 in old stumps. The "Staphs" inclnded Aleochara cuniculorum Kr. in rabbit 

 burrows near golf links, Myrmedonia fune.<ta Gr. in ants' "runs," Leistotrophus 

 nebtilosus F. on road, 'F/iilont/iufi splendens F. and P. addendus Slip., Cafius 

 fucicola Curt, and tlie much more abundant C. xantholoma Gr., Medon 

 hrunneus Er., Iloinalium planum Payk. (under bark) and II. laeoiusculum Gyll. 

 Ceri/lon histeroides F., Faroinalus Jtavicornis Hbst., Epuraea ohsoleta F. (the 

 only species of this genus observed), Ips quadrifjuttata K. and a nice series of 

 Pediacus dermestoides F. occurred under bark. In hard black fungus growiuj^ 

 on an old ash, Diphyllus lunatus F. was found in great numbers, and in the 

 same habitat 1 took several Cri/pfophagus rxificornis Steph., one Mycetophagus 

 atomarius F. and several Litargus hifasciatus F., and one Henoticus serratus 

 Gyll. was obtained under bark of oak. Scaphidium qiiadrimaculatum 01 . 

 occurred once or twice under wood chips. In a sandy meadow near the sea I 

 dug up a series of Geotrupes imitator Marsh, and Onthophagus coenohita Hbst. 

 O. vacca L., and O. fracticornis Preyss. A most unpromising-looking, old, and 

 very dry felled elm produced four examples of Corymbites hipustulatus L., two 

 with bright red shoulder spots and two almost entirely black. On the shore 

 Microzoum tibiale F. was much in evidence, with a few Opatrum sabulosuin L. 

 In a dead fir-branch I was much pleased to find one Hypopliloeus linearis F. 

 in company with numbers of Pityogeiies bidoitatus Hbst., but diligent search 

 failed to secure more of the llypophloeus. From a rotting elm trunk I dug up 

 several Ischnomera coerulea L., and also Rhyiicolus lignarius Marsh., and in a 

 log by the shore I took Ciiulofrypis aeneopicens Boh. Hylesinus fra.iini Pz. 

 was very abundant in elm, and Dryocaetes villosus F. occurred under bark of 

 oak: whilst llypera variabilis Hbst. and Sitones wat erhousei Wa\t. wexe aif^o 

 taken. A single Meloe violaceus Marsh, put in an appearance one dull, sunless 

 day, but was the only si)ecimen of the genus I saw. — James E. Black, 

 Nethercroft, Peebles : September 17 fh, 19^9. 



Odontaeus mobilicornis Fab. in Wiltshire. — I found a black c? specimen of 

 0, mobilicornis Fab. near Tidworth Peunings in the first week of August. The 



