LIST OF THE COLEOPTERA OCCURRING 
AROUND HULL. 
By C. W. RussELt. 
(Read August 29th, 1900). 
HE following list does not profess to include all the 
species that occur near the City of Hull, but it is 
hoped that the placing on record of such species 
as have so far been met with will have the effect of 
inducing others to devote some of their time to the 
collection of these interesting insects, and thus enable us to 
add to this list each year and make it more complete. 
There are over three hundred species, which have been 
secured by Mr. T. Stainforth and myself, principally whilst 
collecting lepidoptera, but we feel confident that a careful 
search, which we intend to make during next season, will 
add considerably to this list. So far the area worked has 
been confined to the immediate vicinity of the city, but 
we intend in the future to extend it to all the parts 
visited by the club in their excursions, viz., the East Riding. 
Up to the present the land species have received the most 
attention, though a few water beetles have been noted. 
The fact that Hull is a large timber port accounts for 
the presence of several species which would otherwise not 
occur with us. Amongst these some interesting examples have 
been found, principally in the vicinity of the docks, though 
in odd cases specimens have been taken some considerable 
distance away. These have been duly noted as they occur 
on the list. 
We are indebted to the Rev. Alfred Thornley, of 
Lincoln, for kindly identifying the more difficult species. 
We are thus more confident as to the correctness of the 
names than we should otherwise have been. The list is 
arranged according to Fowler and Sharpe's ‘“ Catalogue of 
the British Coleoptera” (1893). 
The initials ““T. S.” after the records are those of 
Mr. Thomas Stainforth; ““C. R.” are my own. 
