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“**Megacronus cingulatus, Mann. By sweeping at Wytham Park; one, 
April 13th, 1906. 
M. analis, Payk. liy sweeping; Ogley Bog, Wytham Park, &c., scarce. 
**M. inclinans, Gr. One example at Hen Wood (W. #.). ° 
Bolitobius lunulatus, L. i 
B. trinotatus, Er. All more or less common in fresh as well as 
B. exoletus, Er, in decayed fungi in woody places. 
B. pygmeus, F. 
Mycetoporus splendens, Marsh. By sweeping and in sandpits; not 
rare, spring. 
**M. punctus, Gyll. Near Cumnor; one example by sweeping, 31st 
May, 1906. 
M. lepidus, Gr. Not rare on walls, in sandpits, and by sweeping, 
M. longulus, Mann. throughout the district. 
M. splendidus, Gr. In wet places; Wytham Park, Yarnton, &c., 
not-rare. 
Habrocerus capillaricornis,Gr. Among deadsticks,&c.; BagleyWood, 
Wytham Park, &c. ; not uncommon. 
Heterothops dissimilis, Gr. In flood-refuse, &c. ; Yarnton, not common. 
*H. nigra, Kr. In flood-refuse, Yarnton, rare. The natural habitat of 
this species is in the nest of the mole, in which it has been taken by 
Dr. N. H. Joy plentifully in Berkshire and elsewhere. 
*Quedius lateralis, Gr. In fungi and cut-grass; Wytham Park, not 
‘common: 
Q. mesomelinus, Marsh. Bagley Wood, by beating hawthorn-blossom, 
June, 1904. : 
*Q. puncticollis, Th. By sweeping at Wytham Park; one example, 
“3rd November, 1906. 
. brevicornis, Th. One dead but perfect specimen in fungus at Bessels- 
leigh, 6th October, 1906. An inhabitant of birds’ nests in hollow trees. 
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cruentus, Ol. Under loose bark; Bagley Wood, Wytham Park; 
scarce. 
cinctus, Payk. In dead leaves, vegetable refuse, &c.; generally 
common. 
. fuliginosus, Gr. Chiefly in damp places; not uncommon. 
tristis, Gr. Under stones, in tufts, &c., not uncommon. 
molochinus, Gr. With the preceding, but more plentiful. 
. picipes, Mann. Among dead leaves, sticks, &c. ; not rare. 
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Tubney ; scarce. 
. fumatus, Steph. Among dead leaves, vegetable refuse, &c.; Elsfield, 
-Tubney, Wytham Park, &c. ; not uncommon. 
maurorufus, Gr. In wet tufts of grass, &c.; Elsfield, Yarnton, &c., 
not rare. 
. obliteratus, Er. In vegetable refuse near Port Meadow, rare. 
.tufipes, Gr. On walls, among vegetable refuse, &c ; common. 
. attenuatus, Gyll. Chilswell (% /7.). 
. boops, Gr. Chiefly by sweeping ; generally common. 
Creophilus maxillosus, L, In carrion and on the wing; common. 
Leistotrophus nebulosus, F. In dung; Boar’s Hill (7. H.); Water 
Eaton (/. C.). 
L. murinus, L. In dung, tufts, &c., Elsfield, Tubney, &c., not rare. 
*Staphylinus pubescens, De G. Bagley Wood (lV. Z.). 
*S. stercorarius, Ol, Occasionally on the wing (7. #.). 
**S. latebricola, Gr. Ferry Hinksey, rare (W. #.). 
*S. erythropterus, L. Bagley Wood and Tubney, occasional (IV, #.). 
S. cesareus, Ceder. Occasionally on the wing and on paths. 
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. nigriceps, Kr. Among dead leaves, in moss, &c.; Hen Wood, 
