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Oyrinus urinator, III., in the New Forest.— On the 28th of last month I took 

 several specimens of Gyrinus urinator, 111., in the neighbourhood of Broekenhurst. 

 The ijisects were apparently resting on duekweed, beneath the surface of a running 

 stream. I have not seen any record of the species from the New Forest. — 

 S. G-. Rendel, Broughton, Lyndhurst : October 1 Uh, 1906. 



Anisotomid.ie, S(c., at Oxford. — During the last fortnight I have taken, by 

 sweeping under the beech trees at Wylham Park, a fine series of both sexes of 

 Anisotoma cinnamomea. More than half the number were taken on November 3rd, 

 a date when the sweeping-net is usually laid aside for the season ; but on that day 

 it produced at least 40 species of Coleoptera, including Quedius puncticollis (1), 

 Anixotoma riigosa (1) and litura, black Hydnohius punctatissimus, TrachyphloBus 

 alternans, Mantura mattheiosi, &c. ; Pediacus dermestoides also turning up again 

 under bark. At Tubney, on October 20th and 27th, I got two fine (? s of Anisotoma 

 rugosa (one on each day) by sweeping under fir trees ; also A. triepTcei, Sienus 

 drcidaris, Colon viennense and zehei (c?), Ceuthorrhynchidius terminatus, and 

 Chryaomela didymaia in plenty on Hypericum quadrangulum. — James J. Walker, 

 Oxford : November 6th, 1906. 



Sitaris mural is, Forst., near Oxford. — My first acquaintance with this species 

 in the neighbourhood of Oxford was in September, 19U3, when, looking for Polia 

 chi, I found a single specimen on an old stone wall. Again, on October 1st, 1905, 

 two dead specimens were obtained from a spider s web on the stone wall of a 

 cottage, pierced by many holes of the Mason Bee, Podalirius (Anthophora) pilipes. 

 Fab. The two localities were about a mile and a half apart. Up to this date no 

 systematic attempt had been made to ascertain the relative abundance of the species. 

 Accordingly, on August 18th last, the cottage wall was examined, and a female 

 obtained just outside one of the burrows ; another female was sticking to the wall, 

 crushed and flattened, probably by some passer by. From this date until Septem- 

 ber 16th, when the last specimens were taken, frequent visits were paid to this and 

 many other walls containing colonies of the bee. On nearly every occasion one or 

 more specimens were obtained. A final examination of all the walls on September 

 22nd was entirely unsuccessful ; and it appeared evident that the season for the 

 imagines was over. It was not until after several visits that I hit upon the right 

 method of searching. This was suggested by finding a female in one of the 

 burrows ; and on all subsequent occasions as much attention was given to the holes 

 as to the general surface of the walls. The results entirely justified this procedure, 

 for in the end more individuals were taken from the burrows of the bee than from 

 the wall ontside. On the only occasion when the species was seen in copula two 

 pairs were found in adjoining holes ; in both instances the males were nearer the 

 mouth of the burrow. At another time two males and one female were found in a 

 single burrow. On several occasions a large female was observed with the posterior 

 end of her abdomen at the very mouth of the burrow. When one of these was 

 placed in a box with a male, copulation took place almost immediately. All the 



