134 [Jnne ' 



profusion, less common were Tlyobates nigricollis, and Megacronus inclinans, and 

 Ocalea badia. Oxypoda umbrata and 0. annularis were frequent ; of Homafota, 

 the following : 11. siloicola, nigricornis, Uturata, sodalis, dcbiJis, aquatica, mus- 

 corum, &c. ; other speeies among these dead leaves, besides many commoner forms, 

 were Choleva spadicea, Notiophilus rufipes, and Silpha atrata, var. brunnea. The 

 decayed remains of a haystack in May proved very productive, here Oxyomus porcatus, 

 Monotonia rufa and M. quadricollis swarmed, Cryptophagus bicolor, and various 

 species of Cercyon and Ulster, and rarely Cryptophagus umbratus and C. distingu- 

 endus, with hosts of undistinguished Brachelytra, &c. Timber in the right con- 

 dition, as I have already observed, is very scarce in the district, and the only species 

 taken therefrom worth mention were Agathidium nigripenne, Cerylon fagi, and 

 Lissodema quadripustulat urn. 



I was only able to use the sweep net in July, when the weather was bad, and 

 the results depressing. Herica brunnea swarmed about dusk on long grass in the 

 woods, the males far outnumbering the females. From the slopes of the hills 

 Otiorrhynchus muscorum may be recorded, Aplon stolidum and A. pubescens, and 

 Meligethes bldens. 



The heavy floods in the Thames valley of December will be remembered by 

 all who dwelt within reach of those waters. Such a " tide " requires for success to 

 be literally " taken at the flood," and I was unable to work the refuse till most of 

 its occupants had probably escaped. What remained were numbers of Stomis 

 pumicatus, Anchomenus piceus, and Bembidium gilvipes ; Bryaxis impressa, rarely, 

 and the usual common species are always finds in such refuse ; my friend, W. H. 

 Dollman, however, who was with me at the time, took a specimen of Hxmonia 

 curtisi, an unexpected capture. 



Finally, a few moles' nests were disinterred, but although moles seem abundant 

 all through this district, their nests are singularly difficult to discover. From one 

 of these, however, fifteen Aleochara spadicea were extracted, and others yielded a 

 few Quedius vexans, a single specimen of Oxypoda spectabilis, and the usual 

 Heterothops. 



The above list contains few species that are at all rare, and I only put them on 

 record for the possible use of some future compiler of the Entomological Fauna of 

 Buckinghamshire.— W. E. Siiakp, South Norwood : April, 1908. 



Coleoptera taken on the wing in Surrey.— The sudden hot sunny weather 

 prevailing on May 1st and 2nd, after an extremely cold Easter, brought out an 

 immense number of beetles, and amongst those taken at random on the wing by 

 my sons or myself on these two days, on the heaths about Woking, there were 

 several species I had not seen in the district before. It is worth while therefore to 

 enumerate the best of them: — Anisodactylus nemorivagus and binotatus, Amara 

 famelica, Bembidium doris, Stenolophus vespertinus, Acupalpus brunnipes, con- 

 sputus, meridianus, luridus, and dorsalis, Hydroporus memnonius, Cercyon lateralis 

 and analis, Homalota debilicornis, Er. {= planifrons, Wat.) (one^), Calodera 

 riparia and umbrosa, Tachinus laticollis, Megacronus analis, Stenus ater, Bledius 

 fractieornis and femoralis (both very variable), Oxytelus clypeonitens, Sti/icus 

 fragilis (one), Platystelhus cornutus (black var.), Philonthus marginatus, ventralis, 



