70 =Ashmolean Natural History Soctety of Oxfordshire. 
taken in 1822 at the same place and sent to me, it was about the 6th of 
Augt.” (# W. H.). This large and very conspicuous beetle has not 
been taken in Britain for many years, and its name is expunged from 
the more modern lists of our Coleoptera. 
N. humator, Goeze. In dead animals; fairly common. 
N. mortuorum, F. In carrion and putrid fungi; Tubney, Wytham Park, 
&c., not rare. 
*N. vestigator, Hers. In dead rabbit at Boar’s Hill, singly, 4th August, 
1900. 
N. ruspator, Er. In dead rabbits, &c.; Boar’s Hill and Wytham 
Park, not rare. 
N. vespillo, L. In carrion; not rare and generally distributed. 
*Necrodes littoralis, L. In carrion, occasional (WW. #.). 
*Silpha quadripunctata, L. On oak trees in early summer, Bagley 
Wood, not rare (WV. 4.). ‘‘ Taken on Oaks at Bagley Wood near 
Oxford in 1820 (2 W. Z.). 
*S. opaca, L. South Hinksey (//. Z.). 
S. thoracica, L. In carrion, Tubney, &c.; occasional. ‘‘Taken in 
immense numbers in Lord Abingdon’s Woods at Witham in 1818” 
(f. W. Z.). 
S. rugosa, L. Both these are generally common in dead animals, 
S. sinuata, F. especially the first-named. 
S. levigata, F. On paths and in sandpits ; Cumnor, &c., not common. 
S. atrata, L. In vegetable rubbish, under damp bark, &c.; generally 
common. ‘The var. brunnea, Herbst, of occasional occurrence. 
“Taken in Shropshire and at Oxford” (4. W. /.). 
*Choleva angustata, F. Among dead leaves; Tubney, Xc., rare. 
C. cisteloides, Froh. In tufts, under stones, &c. ; Ogley Bog, Yarnton, 
&c., scarce. 
*C. intermedia, Kr. On walls, Oxford, and among vegetable refuse in 
autumn, Elsfield, scarce. 
C. agilis, Il]. In tufts of grass, vegetable refuse, Xc. ; not rare. 
C. velox, Spence. With the preceding; Yarnton, Xc., scarce 
C. wilkinii, Spence. Among dead leaves and sticks ; Bagley Wood, 
Boar’s Hill, Tubney, &c., not rare. 
*C. anisotomoides, Spence. In wet tufts of grass ; Ogley Bog, Tubney, 
Yarnton; not rare. 
*C. nigricans, Spence. Among dead leaves, Xc. ; Bagley Wood, Yarn- 
ton, scarce; Tubney (W. 7.). 
C. grandicollis, Er. In carrion, decaying fungi, &c.; Boar’s Iill, 
Elsfield, Tubney, Wytham Park, &c., not rare. 
*C. nigrita, Er. Chiefly in damp tufts of grass; King’s Weir, Water 
Eaton, Yarnton, occasional. 
C. tristis, Panz. All these species occur more or less 
C. kirbyi, Spence. | plentifully in dead animals. C. chry- 
C. chrysomeloides, Panz. someloides being especially abundant at 
C. fumata, Spence. | times. 
C. watsoni, Spence. 
Catops sericeus, Panz. In small dead animals; also by sweeping; 
generally common. 
*C. sericatus, Chaud. By sweeping and at roots of grass ; Cothill, Tub- 
ney ; scarce. 
**Colon viennense, Herbst. Single specimens of this rare species taken 
by sweeping at Tubney, October 20th, and at Wytham Park, October 
22nd, 1906. 
**C. serripes, Sahlb. By evening sweeping; Ogley Bog and near Mar- 
ston Ferry, rare. 
