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•C. fulva, Com. In cow-house near Water Eaton, not rare, 24th .March, 



1910; also in Cothill Mill. 

 'Melanophthalma tranversalis, Woll. Taken singly by Mr. J. Collins. 



Family Cucujidse- 

 *Laemophlceus duplicatus, Waltl. Under elm baric near Water Eaton. 



rare. May, 1907. 

 *L. pusillus, Schdn. In mill-refuse at Cothill, rare, March 5th, 1910. 



Family Cryptophagidae. 



Cryptophagus punctipennis, Bris. In haystacks and vegetable refuse, 



occasional : Water Katon, Cothill, &c. ; Enslow Bridge (_/. C). 

 C. saginatus, Sturm. In mill-refuse; Bayswater Mill, Headington, and 

 I a ithill, common. 

 **C. fowleri, Joy. In rotten wood, rare : Water Eaton, November, 1909 ; 

 Wytham, &c. < /. C. ). 

 'Atomaria munda, Er. In haystack near Water Eaton, common, March, 

 191 1 (/. C. an>i //'. //. ; I have also found it in mill-refuse at Cothill. 

 **A. atra, Herbst. Two examples at Cothill, 20th May, 1910 (J. C). 

 *A. versicolor, Er. Occurs sparingly in tufts, haystack-refuse, &c, at 

 King's Weir, Wolvercote, Water Eaton, Enslow Bridge, Wytham, 

 8cc Fir<t observed by Mr. I. Collins, March, 1910. 



Family Scaphidiidae. 



Scaphisoma boleti, Panz. In rotten wood near Enslow Bridge, 

 common. 30th December, 1910; Wytham Park, not rare (_/. C). 



Family Mycetophagidae. 



' Mycetophagus quadriguttatus. Mull. In mill-refuse at Cothill, 

 common ; first taken 23rd May, I'll 1. 



Family Byrrhidae. 



'Limnichus pygmaeus, Sturm. Boundary stream, Cowley Marsh . 



specimen, the prey of the Dipteron Hitara rnaura, P., 27th May, 

 191 1 (A. //. //. ). 



Family Parnidae. 



*Elmis volkmari, Panz. On large -.tones in brook near Bayswater Mill. 



rare, 22nd January, 1910. 

 *E. parallelopipedus, Mull. On stonework of weir, Gosford Bridges: 



one example, 18th July. 1911. 

 *E. nitens, Mull. With the preceding >pecies, scarce; first taken 8th 



July, 191 1. 



Family Scarabaeidae. 

 Onthophagus nuchicornis, L. Recorded by the-late Mr. J. W. Shipp 

 Mo. Mag. 1S93, p. 192) as having been found commonly under 



a dead rabbit in Bagley Wood. 

 *Aphodius constans, Dufts. First taken in tufts near Marston Ferry, 



February, 1908 ; it is one of the commonest of the spring Aphodii in 



the district, occurring freely in dung on pasture-land at Summeriown, 



Cumnor, Enslow Bridge, &c. 

 "Plagiogonus arenarius, Ol. In rabbit-burrows at Tubney, sparingly; 



first taken 2i>t May, 1910. 



