74 Ashmolean Natural History Society of Oxfordshire. 
H. bimaculatus, L. Tubney (//. 7). 
*Carcinops 14-striata, Steph. One specimen in my house at Summer- 
town, July, 1905. 
*Kissister minima, Aubé. In vegetable refuse ; Godstow, rare. 
*Dendrophilus punctatus, Herbst. In rotten elm; Wytham Park, rare ; 
also singly at Tubney. 
*Gnathoncus nannetensis, Mars. In sandpit at Cumnor, among 
droppings of sand-martins ; not rare, June, 1906. 
Saprinus nitidulus, Payk. In dead animals; not rare. 
S. eneus, F. With the preceding ; Cothill, Tubney, &c. ; frequent. 
**S. virescens, Payk. By sweeping near Cothill; one example, May 2oth, 
1905 (G. C. Champion). 
*Abrzus globosus, Hoff. In damp rotten wood; Wytham Park, not 
rare ; Ferry Hinksey (7. Z.). 
Acritus minutus, Herbst. In old manure heap, Summertown, not rare, 
spring, 1906. 
**Onthophilus globulosus, Ol. In sand-pit at Tubney, one example, 
November, 1904 (//” Z.). 
O. striatus, F. In dung ; occasionally by sweeping ; not uncommon. 
FAMILY Micropeplide. 
Micropeplus porcatus, Payk.) Both not uncommon in vegetable refuse 
M. margarite, Duv. and by sweeping, especially in autumn. 
FAMILY Nitidulidee. 
*Brachypterus gravidus, Ill. On Linaria vulgaris ; Tubney, not rare. 
B. pubescens, ooh Both these species, especially the latter, abound 
B. urtice, F- everywhere on stinging-nettles. 
*Cercus pedicularius, L. On meadow-sweet (Sfirea ulmaria) ; common 
in early summer. 
C. bipustulatus, Payk. With the preceding; very common. 
C. rufilabris, Latr. By sweeping in damp grassy places ; common. 
Carpophilus hemipterus, L. ‘‘ Several in a rotting branch in Bagley 
Wood” (-f. W.S.). 
Epurea estiva, L. In hawthorn and other flowers in early summer ; 
common. — 
E. melina, Er. With the preceding ; Bagley Wood, occasional. 
E. florea, Er. In flowers in early summer ; generally common. 
E. deleta, Er. In flowers; sometimes in fungi; Wytham Park, 
not rare. 
E. obsoleta, Fab. Chiefly under bark ; Wytham Park; Boar’s Hill 
(With). 
*Omosiphora limbata, F. In fungi on elm trees near Water Eaton ; 
scarce. 
*Micrurula melanocephala, Marsh. In blackthorn blossom; Bagley 
Wood, common, April, 1905. 
Nitidula bipustulata, L. In dead animals and birds; generally 
common. 
*N.rufipes, L. In dry carrion; Tubney, not rare, summer, 1906. 
Soronia grisea, L. Under willow-bark, Summertown, scarce. 
Omosita colon, L. In dry carrion, old bones, &c., common. ‘* Takenat 
Oxford in 1819” (&. WV. Z.). 
O. discoidea, F. With the preceding species; common. ‘‘ Taken at 
Oxford on bones, and is at all times pretty common” (/. WV. Z.). 
