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Mycetophagid^. 



Typhaea fumata, L. — generally distributed. Triphyllus suturalis, F.— 

 Chatteris. Mycetophagus 4-pustulatus. L. — Holwoods ; multipunctatus, Hellw. 

 — Chatteris. 



Dermestidje. 



Dermestes vulpinus, F. — Cambridge; murinus, L. — Chatteris, Warboys ; 

 lardarius, L. — Holwoods, Cambridge. Attagenus pellio, L.— Chatteris. Tiresias 

 serra, F. — Chatteris, Holwoods. Anthrenus varius, F. - Chatteris Acre Fen. 



ByrRHIDjE. 



Byrrhus pilula, L. — Chatteris, Mepal ; fasciatus, F. — Mepal. Cytilus varius, 

 F.- Chatteris, Warboys. 



GtEORYSSIDjE. 



Georyssus pygmseus, F. — Babraham. 



PaRNIDjE. 



Elmis vollcmari, Pz., and Limnius tuberculatus, Miill. — Babraham. Parnus 

 prolifericornis, F. — Mepal. 



LUCANID^E. 



Dorcus parallelopipedus, L. - Holwoods. 



ScARAB^.IDiE. 



Onthophagus vacca, L. — Holwoods ; fracticornis, Preyss. — Chatteris, Hol- 

 woods. Aphodius erraticus, L. — Chatteris Acre Fen, Holwoods ; fossor, L. — 

 generally distributed ; h&morrhoidalis, C. — Chatteris, Mepal, Holwoods ; 

 fimetarius, L., and ater, De G. — generally distributed ; constans, Dufts. — 

 Chatteris, Mepal; granarius, L.— Chatteris, Holwoods; nitidulus, F., and 

 rufescens, F.*— Chatteris Acre Fen; lividus, 01.* — Mepal; pusillus, Hbst. — 

 Chatteris, Holwoods, Mepal; merdarius, F. — Chatteris, Holwoods; inquinatus, 

 F.— Chatteris, Chippenham; punctatosulcatus, Stm., and prodromus, Brahm. — 

 generally distributed ; contaminatus, Hbst. — Holwoods ; luridus, F. — Chatteris, 

 Holwoods, Cambridge; vufipes, L. - generally distributed; depressus, Kug. — 

 Chatteris Acre Fen. Oxyomus porcatus, F. — Chatteris, Holwoods. AZgialia 

 arenaria, F.,* Geotrupes stercorarius, L., spiniyer, Marsh., and vernalis, L. — 

 Chatteris. Trox scaler, L. - Chatteris, Holwoods. Melolontha vulgaris, F.— 



Chatteris. 



(To be continued). 



Host and parasite emerging from one larva.— In. the Entomologist's Record, 

 Vol. XV, p. 118, I recorded an instance of this. I recently communicated the 

 parasite and other documents to Mr. Claude Morley, and he tells me that the 

 parasite is not an Ichneumon as stated, but a Braconid, Microplitis tuberculifera, 

 Wesm. My error is, of course, merely the result of the habit of all Lepido- 

 pterists to dub every hymenopterous parasite an Ichneumon. The parasite 

 seems to be not uncommon in Britain, and has various Lepidopterous hosts, 



