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Fwrth&r captures of Coleoptora in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. — In the No. for last 

 January I recorded the capture of some Coleoptera at Studley Eoyal, near Ripon, 

 and at Nocton, in Lincolnshire. Since then, the following have come under my 

 notice. 



Taken at Studley Royal, near Ripon — Bolitocha/ra ohliqua, Homalota eascellens, 

 ? , Coryphium angusticolle, Colon hrimmewm, Anisotoma ovalis and calcarata, Scyd- 

 mcenus exilis, Omosita depressa, Ptinus crenatus (in quantities), Apion cruentatum, 

 and Apieropeda globosa. 



Taken at Nocton, in Lincolnshire — Oyrophwncu gentiUs, affinis, and manca, 

 Anisotoma lititra (pale form), Colenis dentipes. Colon serripes and irumieum, Scyd- 

 mwnus Spa^shalUi, CaeUodes ruber, and Aspidophorus oriiculatus (one specimen, 

 found in a dead stick). — Edward A. Waterhouse, Fountains' Hall, Ripon, 

 January, 1868. 



Note on Hylesinus crenatiis. —This beetle (which, though widely distributed and 

 abundant when it does occur, after the manner of the Xylophaga, seems to be any- 

 thing but generally common) was very plentiful last year in an ash tree at this 

 place. Latterly I have not noticed it in such numbers ; but, on examining the 

 tree higher up (it has been blown down during the recent gales) I still find it in some 

 quantity. All stages of the insect occur together, many of the beetle having 

 evidently only recently left the pupal state, from their light colour. The beetles 

 are found closely packed together, eating galleries in the inner side of the bark, 

 for what purpose I cannot quite understand. The galleries are apparently not 

 those made by the larvae : and the powerful mandibles of the perfect insect are 

 capable of committing great havoc. The bark of this tree is nearly completely 

 destroyed ; but the beetle does not enter the solid wood. With it I found its 

 common little congener, H. fraxini ; and, in rotten parts of the same tree, Dorcus, 

 Sinodendrum and larva,, and the larva3 of Pyrochroa and some Elater. The pretty 

 little Bromius 4^-notatus, also, frequents the bark. — T. Algernon Chapman, M.D., 

 Abergavenny, Februa/ry, 1868. 



Note on the food-plants of Sitones Uneelhis amd Ba/rypithes sulcifrons. — I observe 

 that the food-plant of Sitones Uneellus is generally unknown. Some time ago, it 

 was suggested to me by a friend that thistles might probably afford its ordinary 

 pabulum. After carefully noting the result of frequent sweepings last autumn, I 

 came to the conclusion that not thistles, but bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), 

 or white clover {Trifoliimi, repens), or perhaps both, for the two plants were always 

 together, sustain the species. Most, if not all its congeners, I believe, are likewise 

 partial to the LeguminoscB. 



On the 9th inst., I went in search of Barypithes sulcifrons, to a spot in Berwick- 

 shire, where I had taken that beetle many years ago, and found about a dozen 

 specimens, a pair of them in cop. Both there and near Edinburgh it frequents 

 sheeps' Fescue-grass (Festuca ovina), growing upon trap-rocks. The insect is 

 seldom found in summer, and is then usually broken. — R. HiSLOr, Blair Bank, 

 Falkirk, I6th Janua/ry, 1868. 



