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C. flavipes, F. In dung, &c ; generally common. 
. lateralis, Marsh. In dung, &c. ; Boar’s Hill (WY. Z.). 
- melanocephalus, L.) All these are more or less common in dung 
- unipunctatus, L. flood-refuse, &c., and sometimes by sweeping. 
. quisquilius, L. 
.nigriceps, Marsh. Boar’s Hill (W. #.). 
. pygmeus, Ill. In dung; generally common. 
. lugubris, Payk. Ferry Hinksey (. 7). 
Megasternum boletophagum, Marsh. In flood-refuse, dung, decayed 
fungi, &c. ; often very abundant. 
Cryptopleurum atomarium, Ol. Chiefly in vegetable refuse ; generally 
common. 
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Fami_Ly Staphylinide. 
Aleochara fuscipes, F. In dead animals and birds ; generally common. 
*A. lata, Grav. In dead rabbits ; Wytham Park, not common. 
*A. brevipennis, Grav. In wet tufts of grass; Yarnton, rare. 
*A.tristis, Grav. In dung, scarce; Wytham Park; Boar’s Hill (W”. /7.), 
Water Eaton (/. C.). 
A. bipunctata, OI. In dung, occasional ; Water Eaton (/. C.). 
*A. cuniculorum, Kr. In and about rabbit-burrows ; Boar’s Hill; Tub- 
ney, in abundance, May, 1905. 
A. lanuginosa, Gr. In dung, vegetable refuse, and by sweeping ; common, 
A. succicola, Th. In vegetable refuse, &c. ; generally common. 
**A. meerens, Gyll. One specimen found on my own doorstep at Summer- 
town, 20th October, 1906. 
A. nitida, Gr. In small carcases and by sweeping ; not rare. 
A. morion, Gr. Occasionally by sweeping ; Tubney, Wytham Park, &c. 
Microglossa suturalis, Sahlb. In vegetable refuse ; Marston, &c., not 
rare. 
*M. pulla, Gyll. In fungi on old elms ; Tubney, rare. 
M. nidicola, Fairm. In and about sand-martins’ nests in sandpits ; 
Cumnor and Tubney, common. 
Oxypoda lividipennis, Mann. In dead leavesand by sweeping ; Bagley 
Wood, Wytham Park, &c. ; occasional. 
O. vittata, Mark. By sweeping ; Wytham Park, rare, November, 1906. 
O. opaca, Gr. In wet tufts and marshy places ; Wytham Park, Yarnton, 
@&c., not rare. 
O. alternans, Gr. In decaying fungi; Wytham Park, &c., sometimes 
common. 
O. longiuscula, Gr. In moss, tufts of grass, &c. ; Yarnton, not rare. 
*O. brachyptera, Steph. In sandpit at Cumnor, rare, June, 1906. 
*Ocyusa maura, Er. In damp moss; Yarnton, common in moss in 
spring ; Grandpont (W. /7/.). 
**Phlceopora corticalis, Gr. One in fungus on elm near Water Eaton, 
September, 1905 (G. C. Champion). 
Ocalea badia, Ex. In vegetable refuse, cut grass, &c. ; Bagley, Shotover, 
Tubney, Wytham Park, &c.; not rare. 
**Calodera riparia, Er. In damp tufts of grass at Yarnton; early spring, 
rare. ; 
*C. ethiops, Gr. With the preceding ; not uncommon. 
*Myrmedonia collaris, Payk. In tufts of grass, spring; Boar’s Hill, 
Yarnton, rare. 
M. limbata, Payk. Under stones with Formica flava ; occasionally by 
sweeping ; Chilswell Hills, Elsfield, Wytham Park ; scarce. 
Drusilla canaliculata, Fab. Under stones and among grass, usually 
with ants; generally common. 
