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Tribe. — Aleocharini. Genus. — Gymnusa. 



Gymn. hrevicollis. I perceive that this is not treated as a true native in recent lists. 

 I possess a specimen found by myself on the edge of a pond, near Holywood, in the 

 same marsh which afforded me Micropeplus tesserula and Microvelia pygmsea. 



A. H. Haliday. 



Art. XLVI. — Captures in SMrewood Forest. 

 By Thomas Desvignes, Esq. 



2, Golden Square, London, August, 1841. 

 Sir, 



I tate the liberty to annex a list of a few insects that I have cap- 

 tured in Shirewood Forest at different times, which you may publish in your valuable 

 periodical, if you think proper to do so. I have omitted a host of the commoner spe- 

 cies, which are taken in nearly every locality ; and as you will perceive have confined 

 myself to those which are principally found in wood and Boleti. 



May and June. Scaphidium 4-maculatum. In Fungi. 



Thymalus limbatus. Not uncommon under bark of birch. 

 August. Nitidula punctatissima. In exudations from old oak trees perforated 



by Cossus ligniperda. 



Triphyllus punctatus. Boleti. 



Triplax russica. Common under bark of birch. 



Tetratoma fungorum. Taken by Mr. Trueman. 



Ips ferruginea and 4-guttata. Ditto. 



Teredus nitidus and Tiresias serra. Under bark of oak. 



Hister merdarius and Simplocaria semistriata. Boleti, rare. 



Buprestis ? Head rugose or wrinkled, golden yellow; crown 



bright metallic green ; eyes fuscous ; antennae (imperfect) violet : 

 thorax with a depression on the sides, metallic green : elytra (im- 

 perfect) metallic green : abdomen above, deep, shining, azure blue, 

 beneath bluish, tinged with green : breast shining green: legs (im- 

 perfect) blue. This insect was found dead, and taken out of an 

 old oak. Corp. long. 6 lin. Taken by Mr. Trueman. 



Melasis buprestoides. Flying ; also out of birch and oak branches. 



Sericus brunneus. Flying. 



Limonius serraticornis and nigro-seneus. 



Elater sanguineus, rufipennis? balteatus, bipustulatus and croca- 

 tus. All in birch stumps. 



Ctenicerus pectinicornis, cupreus and tessellatus. 



Selatosomus asneus. On birch. 



Athous rhombeus (pubescens). Birch. I have taken the larva of 

 this insect, which I am endeavouring to rear ; it is black above, 

 when extended the spaces between the segments are dull white, 

 which is concolorous with the underside of abdomen. I have 

 also taken the pupa and perfect insect in decayed oak branches. 



Athous vittatus. On birch and oak. 



