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*Scymnus nigrinus, Kug. By sweeping; also in tufts; Bagley Wood, 
Ogley Bog, Tubney ; not rare. 
S. frontalis, F. By sweeping; Tubney, Wytham Park, &c., not rare. 
S. suturalis, Thunb. By sweeping; Wytham Park, frequent. 
S. testaceus, Mots. Tubney (W. /.). 
S. hemorrhoidalis, Herbst. By sweeping, also in tufts, moss, Xc.; 
common. 
*S. capitatus, F. Bagley Wood (WV. #.). 
*S. ater, Kug. Chilswell Hills (W. 7.). 
*Platynaspis luteorubra, Goeze. By sweeping at Wytham Park; one 
specimen, 8th May, 1906. 
Chilocorus similis, Rossi. By sweeping; Bagley Wood, Tubney, Xe. ; 
occasional. 
C. bipustulatus, L. With the preceding ; occasional. 
Exochomus quadripustulatus, L. By sweeping; Bagley Wood, 
Boar’s Hill, Tubney, &c., sometimes very plentiful. 
Rhizobius litura, F. By sweeping, in dry tufts, &c. ; very common. 
Coccidula rufa, Herbst. By sweeping herbage in wet places ; generally 
common. 
*C. scutellata, Herbst. On aquatic herbage ; Marston Ferry, rare. 
FamMiILy Endomychide. 
Mycetza hirta, Marsh. In rubbish, cellars, Xc. ; generally common. 
*Alexia pilifera, Mull. ‘‘ Dorchester, by sweeping.” (/. W. 5.). 
*Endomychus coccineus, L. In fungoid growth under beech bark ; 
Shotover, Wytham Park ; not rare. 
*Dacne humeralis, F. In fungus on elm trees ; Tubney, fairly common ; 
also at Wytham Park and singly at Christ Church Meadow. 
D. rufifrons, F. With the preceding ; Tubney and Wytham, common. 
FAMILY Colydiide. 
**Oxylaemus variolosus, Dufts. A single specimen of this exceedingly 
rare insect taken in a decayed oak faggot in Bagley Wood, 14th May, 
1904. 
*Orthocerus muticus, L. In holes in the sand, Tubney, sometimes 
common (//”. #.). I have found it there singly on two or three 
occasions. 
Cerylon histeroides, F. Under bark; Bagley Wood, Boar’s Hill, 
Wytham Park ; not rare. 
*C. ferrugineum, Steph. Ferry Hinksey (//. #.). 
FAMILY Histeride. 
Hister unicolor, L. In dead animals; Tubney, frequent. ‘* Taken at 
Oxford in 1819, equally common with cadaverinus, and generally to 
be taken on the same carrion” (7. IV’. #.). 
H. cadaverinus, Hoff. In dead animals; generally common. 
H. succicola, Thoms. In carrion, decaying fungi, &c.; Tubney, 
occasional. 
*H. purpurascens, Herbst. In rabbit-burrows ; Boar’s Hill, rare, June, 
1904. 
H. 12-striatus, Schr. In old manure heaps; Summertown, Xc. ; 
occasional. 
