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evening sweeping at the beginning of July, but vei'j sparingly ; Haplocnemus im- 

 pressus (1), Phloiophilus edtoardsi, and Bryophilus pus'dlus, by evening sweeping at 

 Wytham Park. Longitarsus piciceps, in plenty on ragwort at Tubney, and L. agilis, 

 again singly at Cothill ; Tetratoma fungorum, a considerable nvunber in decayed 

 toadstools on a dead beech tree near Islip, in February. 



Apion astragali, I'ecorded from Oxford last year by Mr. W. Holland (Ent. Mo. 

 Mag., Ser. 2, vol. xvi, p. 257) has turned up again in tolerable plenty in its original 

 locality, as well as in two or three other spots in the district where its food-plant 

 grows, and A. stolidum occurred not I'arely at the end of May in one field at 

 Marston by sweeping Chrysanthemum leucanihemum. Thryogenes festucae, T. nereis 

 and Erirrhinus bimaculaius, in wet places on the banks of the Thames above Oxford, 

 rarely ; Hypera suspiciosa. in tufts at Yarnton ; Gronops lunatiis, in sandpit at 

 Tubney ; C author rhynchus viduatus, on the wing at Marston ; C. euphorbias, in 

 sandpits at Tubney, rarely, C. terminatus and setosus, by sweeping at Cothill in 

 April, C. campestris, abundantly at Marston with Apion stolidum, and Phytohius 

 comari, by sweeping in wet places in the same locality. Paris lepidii, by sifting 

 flood-refuse in January, not common. Hylastinus opacus and Phloeophthorus rho- 

 dodactylus, in broom stumps at Cumnor. 



Oxford : June, 1906. 



Calosoma sycophanta, L., in the New Forest. — Yesterday afternoon (June 16th) 

 I was very agreeably surprised to pick up a fine ^ example of Calosoma sycophanta, 

 L.j running actively in the short grass at the foot of a small Cossus-odik which I 

 was investigating at the time, in Denny Wood, IS'ew Forest. The freshness and 

 beautiful condition of the beetle, joined to the exti'eme prevalence of north and 

 east winds during the pi-esent season, seem to me to be against its being an immi- 

 grant from the Continent, and suggest that this one at least is a true New Forest 

 bred specimen. Certainly it appeared perfectly " at home " in its beautiful sur- 

 roundings.— James J. Walker, Brockenhurst : June I7th, 1906. 



Anisotoma lunicollis. Rye, in the Isle of Sheppey. — Among a few Anisotomidse 

 taken by me on August 12th, 1905, by sweeping the fringe of grass on the edge of 

 the cliffs in the Isle of Sheppey, Mr. Gr. C. Champion has detected an example of 

 Anisotoma lunicollis, Rye. This capture adds another to the very few localities 

 in which this rare and well-marked species has been hitherto found. — Id., Oxford : 

 4th June, 1906. 



Epurxa angustula, Er., in the Northumberland and Durham District. — Whilst 

 stripping the bark off a recently felled birch tree in a wood near Winlaton this 

 evening I found a single example of the very rare Epurasa angustula, Er. Coupled 

 with the fact that this species is recorded very rarely from Scotland in the burrows 

 of Xyloterus {Trypodendron) Uneatus, 01. (Brit. Coleoptera, iii, p. 233), it is worth 

 noting that mine wa* taken with the closely allied Trypodendron domesticum, L., 

 which had its borings in the solid wood of the birch in question. A pair ((?&?) 

 of another very rare beetle, Acrulia injlata, was taken from the same tree. In 

 March of this year I took a single specimen of Acrulia in Gibside beneath the bark 



