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Neuraphes ruhicundus I have before taken in association with bats (see Ent. 

 Mo. Mag., Vol. xl, p. 279, where it is recorded erroneously as N. carinatus, Muls.). 



Philonthus fiiscus I took from the intact but damp and rotten wood ; I have 

 taken it before in such situations and vinder damp bark in company with Quedius 

 ventralis. Quedius hrevicornis was always found in the loose debris, in just such 

 a place as one would expect Q. inicro'ps, G-r., a species it much resembles in habits. 

 As I find I took Microglossa suturalis from the fresh nest of a great-tit in June, 

 I have obtained all the five members of this genus in birds' nests during the year. 



I examined the ddbris from another hollow ash, which contained a nest of the 

 honey bee, but did not find a single insect. — Noeman H. Joy, Bradfield, near 

 Reading : November 26th, 1905. 



floleoptera from a wine cellar. — I have on several occasions examined a wine 

 cellar near here with small results ; but a few minutes' sifting there in October this 

 year produced: Hypocyptus ovulum, Heer ; Orthope^'us atomarius, Heer ; Mycetxa 

 hirta, M arsh. ; Anommatiis\2-striatus,Mn]\. ; Lathridins bergrothi,'Reitt. ; Enicmus 

 minutus, L. ; Corticaria fulva, Com. ; Atomaria nigriventris, Steph. ; Niptus holo- 

 leucus, Fall. ; and Pentarthrum huttoni, Woll. It is interesting to note that six of 

 these species are without pigment, i.e., are of a light yellow colour.- -Id. 



Smicrus filicornis, Fairrn., at Bradfield, Berkshire. — Canon Fowler has kindly 

 identified a small Trichopterygid which I took in March this year as Smicrns fili- 

 cornis, Fairm. It was obtained by sifting dead leaves and bracken. — Id. 



Ptinux tecfus, Boield., in Scotland. — In the early part of November my friend, 

 Mr. Evans, sent me some specimens of a species of Ptinus which he had taken 

 freely in a flour mill near the Carnegie Park, Dunfermline, on October 28th. The 

 specimens were soon identified as fectua. I paid a visit to Dunfermline on Nov. 

 25th and found that the insect was abundant all over the flour mill ; with it 

 occurred Cryptophagus cellaris, Scop,, and Niptus hololeucus, Fall. ; both these 

 species, however, were far less abundant than the' Ptinus. During the present 

 month I contributed a short paper to the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh on 

 the introduction of P. tectus into Great Britain and gave details as to the rapid 

 way in which it appeared to be spreading throughout the country. During the 

 meeting I was informed that a specimen of the species had been taken by Mr. Or. 

 Ellison in August, 1905, at Stromness, in the Orkneys, among hops in a bakehouse. 

 All the places in which this species has been taken in G-reat Britain so far, are 

 either seaports or in the immediate neighbourhood of ports. — T. Hudson Beare, 

 10, Regent Terrace, Edinburgh : Deeemher 19ih, 1905. 



Megacronus formo.'ius, Gr., as British. — Stephens records this species from 

 near Swansea. He writes (III. Mand., vol. v, p. 168), " Very rare in England ; taken 

 near Swansea, and I believe within the metropolitan district." There is a specimen 

 in the Stophensian Collection labelled " Swansea," and there is no reason to suppose 

 it was not taken there. — Horace Donisthorpe, 51, Kensington Mansions, London, 

 S.W. : December, 1905. 



