COLEOPTERA. 
By C. J. GAHAN, M.A., F.E-S: 
Fam. TENENBRIONIDAE. 
Anatolica sp. incert. Several specimens from Yii-lin Fu, Shensi, 
on border of Ordos Desert, 12-16-XI-1908. Impossible at present to 
identify species. New to British Museum collection. 
Extremely common amongst the sand hills of the Ordos, and 
together with the four following species, forms the chief food of the 
Ordos hedgehog (Frinaceus miodon). 
Anotolica augustata St. Two specimens from Yii-lin Fu, Shensi, 
on border of Ordos Desert, 12-16-XI-1908. 
A larger species than the above, and equally common. 
Blaps rugosa Gebl. One specimen from Yii-lin Fu, Shensi, on 
border of Ordos Desert, 12-16-XI-1908. 
A very common species, chiefly found in old buildings, but also 
in open country. 
Akis fumestra Fald. One specimen from Yii-lin Fu, Shensi, and 
one from T’ai-yiian Fu, Shansi. No date. 
As common as 4ilaps, but found more often in open country. 
Fam. MELOIDAE. 
Meloe sp. incert. One badly damaged specimen labelled N. China. 
Very common throughout North China, frequenting low shrubs and 
bushes. Sometimes seen in great numbers. 
Fam. CHRYSOMELIDAE. 
Chrysomela sp. incert. One specimen from Yiin-t’ing Shan 
mountains, 90 miles west of T’ai-yiian Fu, Shansi, 8-X-1908. 
A small herbivorous beetle. 
In addition there are a few species of Carabidae, predaceous beetles 
depending for their subsistence upon their power to run down and 
kill animals weaker or less protected than themselves: and of 
Staphylinidz, commonly called ‘‘ cocktail beetles,’ usually found in 
rubbish heaps, or where decaying animal or vegetable matter exists. 
These few species cannot be determined. 
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