158 tJuiy, 



Deinopsis erosa, rare, in damp tufts of grass ; Lamprinus saginatus, again at Tubney, 

 this time under a stone in companj with Ilyrmica fiava ; Conosoma p)edicu1arium, 

 common in moss and tufts at Yariiton ; Taehyporus formosus, rare, and Megacronus 

 cingulatus (1) by sweeping at Wytham Park. Mycetoporus punctus, one example by 

 sweeping at Cumnor; Seleroikops quadripunctula, rare, in flood-refuse; Xantho- 

 linus tricolor, rarely, at Tubney ; Achenimn depressum, in flood-refuse, and A. 

 Tiiimile in tufts, both rare, Lathrohium angustatum, one example taken by Mr. 

 Collins near Wjtham Park ; L. 2^unctatum, rarely, in tufts and flood-refuse, with 

 abundance of L.Jiliforme as before. Stenus guttula, rarely, in wet places ; Flatyste- 

 thus nilens, sparingly, by sweeping and on the wing, near Marston ; Philorhinum 

 sordidum, plentiful on flowers of broom in May at Cumnor ; Bapalarsea pygmaea, 

 on a window in my house at Summertown (where I have also taken Carcinops 14- 

 striata) ; Eusphalerum primulx, abundant in primroses, and Proteinus atomarius, 

 in fungus at Wytham Park. 



AnUotoma dubia, A. nigrita (one specimen), A. triepkei, rarely (also taken by 

 Mr. Donisthorpe in my company), and Hydnohius punctatissimus (pale form) by 

 evening sweeping at Tubney ; Choleva intermedia, rarely, on walls in late autumn, 

 and C. nigricans and morio. occassionally in tufts ; Colon serripes, one example by 

 evening sweeping at Ogley Bog. NeurapTies longicollis and Eutheia plicata singly, 

 by evening sweeping at Marston ; Euconnus JiirticoUis, one in a tuft at Yarnton, 

 and E.fimetarius in tufts of grass growing on a very old manure-heap at Summer- 

 town, in company with Euplectus signatus, Acritus mimituft, Oxyomiis porcatus 

 (plentiful), &c. Bihloporus bicolor, under bark at Wytham Park ; Euplectus 

 mimitissimus, Aube, one example by evening sweeping in a damp lane at Summertown, 

 June 5th, 1906 ; this is a very interesting capture, being the first specimen recorded 

 since Canon Fowler took the species in numbers at Burton-on-Trent in June, 1879. 

 Claviger foveolatus, a few in nests of Formica nigra at Kirtlington ; Olibrus 

 pygmxus, a few at roots of herbage at Tubney ; Platynaspis luteorubra, one 

 specimen at Wytham Park by sweeping ; Gnathoncus nannetensis, not rare in a sand- 

 pit at Cumnor, among the droppings of sand-martins ; Omosiphora limbata, rarely 

 in dry fungus and by sweeping, and Nitidula riifipes, not uncommon at Tubney in 

 rabbit-skins put down as traps for Trox sabulosus. Thalycra sericea, one specimen 

 by evening sweeping at Wytham Park, July 27th, 1905, and one taken by Mr. 

 Donisthorpe, at Tubney, September 14th. Ips 4-punctata, found commonly by Mr. 

 Collins, and afterwards by myself, in a large sappy oak-stump at Wytham Park. 

 Pediacus dermestoides, a few specimens under bark of beech logs at Wytham 

 Park, in company with plenty of Agathidium nigripenne ; Atomaria fimetarii, one 

 specimen by evening sweeping at the same locality ; A. mesomelas, common in wet 

 places, and a very puzzling entirely black form turned up at Yarnton ; A. basalis, 

 in dead leaves near Islip. Byrrltus dorsalis in sandpits, and Syncalypta hirsuta, 

 locally not rare under small stones, at Tubney. 



Trachys troglodytes, one specimen taken by my nephew, II. G-. Champion, by 

 sweeping at Cothill, April 21st, 1906; T. pumila, on foliage of Hyoscyamus at 

 Wytham Park as before ; Elater elongatulus, a few specimens taken by Mr. Collins 

 and myself in very rotten pine logs at Tubney, May, 1906 ; Corymbites tessellatus, 

 commonly by sweeping in a wet place at Cothill, and very variable ; C. metallicus, 

 one example by sweeping at Marston. Eubria palustris, again at Ogley Bog by 



