112 Mr. F. Holme on the Habits, 



Stephens's measure being only a line : — B.foveola, which Stephens 

 notes as rare, but which is the commonest of the group on the 

 Cornish coast, varies from 1| to S^ lines; Stephens's dimensions 

 being from 1^ to 1| lines. 



Bolilochara inquinula, said by Stephens to be rare, is not un- 

 common in Gloucestershire and Lancashire, in putrid fungi, in 

 autumn. 



Bolitoc/iara atriceps, said by Stephens to be " not very common," 

 I found in abundance in decaying fungi in Winstanley Park, near 

 Wigan in Lancashire, in September : it is an extremely pretty 

 species, bearing great resemblance in the disposition of its colours, 

 as well as in its habitat, to the Bulitvbii, though differing altogether 

 in form. 



The rare and beautiful Bolitoc/iara collaris is taken occasionally 

 at Weston-on-the-Green by the Rev. A. Matthews. 



Oxypoda alternans occurs in fungi in September, not very un- 

 frequently, near Mersey Hampton, in Gloucestershire. 



Gyrophcenafasciata is found occasionally near Mersey Hampton, 

 but not very common, though I once swept a considerable number 

 out of an agaric. The posterior edge of the thorax is rufous in 

 immature specimens, and the abdomen and disk of the elytra 

 nearly testaceous. Besides the two thoracic punctures noticed by 

 Stephens, there are two other lateral ones nearly equidistant. I 

 had at first difficulty in identifying the species, as Stephens (pro- 

 bably from inadvertence) assigns to it a length of only three-fourths 

 of a line; but on reference to Marsham, whose Sl.fasciatus is 

 quoted by Stephens as a synonym, I there find the correct dimen- 

 sions, Ij line given. 



Gyrophcena polita, said by Stephens to be " rare near London," 

 is common near Mersey Hampton in autumn. The two larger 

 punctures at the back of the thorax, usual in the genus, are 

 observable in this species, though somewhat obsolete, and not 

 noticed by Stephens. In one of my specimens, apparently imma- 

 ture, the base and apex of the abdomen are dull piceo-rufous, but 

 the intermediate space deep black, thus showing a tendency to the 

 belted abdomen of the other species. 



Aleochara crythroceras. This species, which, from being 

 marked -j" in Stephens's Illustrations, (though not in the last 

 edition of his Nomenclature,) I conclude to have been considered 

 at that time extremely rare, I took in some plenty in Winstanley 

 Park in September. My specimens differ from Stephens's de- 

 scription in being a trifle larger ; the rufous suture is also very 

 narrow near the scutellum, but expands towards the apex, and the 



