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Micrambe vini, Panz. On flowers of broom, furze, &c., and by 
sweeping ; common. 
**Atomaria fimetarii, Herbst. By evening sweeping at Wytham Park ; 
one specimen, September 2nd, 1905. 
A. nigriventris, Steph. In tufts of grass; King’s Weir, scarce. 
*A. umbrina, Gyll. [In old faggots ; ‘Bagley W ood, rare. 
A. linearis, Steph. By sweeping; Wytham Park, &c., frequent. 
A. fuscipes, Gyll. In moss; Yarnton, scarce. 
A. atricapilla, Steph. In vegetable refuse and by sweeping; fairly 
common. 
A. basalis, Er. Among dead leaves near Islip ;_ rare. 
A. mesomelas, Herbst. In damp moss and tufts, &c.; Binsey, 
King’s Weir, Yarnton, &c., fairly common. An entirely black variety, 
occurs rarely. 
A. ruficornis, Marsh. In vegetable refuse and by sweeping; common. 
Ephistemus gyrinoides, Marsh. Chiefly in vegetable refuse ; generally 
common. 
FamiLy Seaphidiide. 
Scaphisoma agaricinum, L. Under damp bark and on fungi ; Wytham 
Park, not rare. 
Famity Mycetophagide. 
Typhezea fumata, L. In dead sticks, vegetable refuse, &c.; generally 
common. 
*Triphyllus suturalis, F. In dry fungi on old trees; Tubney, Water 
Eaton, Wytham Park, &c. ; sometimes plentiful. 
T. punctatus, F. Tubney (//7. Z.). 
Litargus bifasciatus, F. Under loose dry bark of ash, &c.; Wytham 
Park, not rare. 
Mycetophagus quadripustulatus, L. In tree fungi; generally 
distributed and often abundant. 
*M. piceus, F. ‘‘ Taken in 1820 in the Botanic Garden at Oxford” 
CZUATzE), 
M. multipunctatus, Hell. In fungi on willow, also under dry oak bark ; 
near Water Eaton, and Wytham Park, not rare. 
FAMILY Dermestide. 
Dermestes vulpinus, F. ‘Taken at Oxford in 1821” (/ I. #.). 
D. murinus, L. On small dead animals and birds; common. ‘‘ Taken 
on the bodies of dead moles in immense numbers at Lord Abingdon’s 
at Witham in 1817” (7. W. #.). 
D. lardarius, L. In houses, shops, &c., Oxford, occasional. ‘‘ Taken at 
Oxford in 1820, the larvse are taken on salted hams and bacon” 
(fF. W. #7.). 
Attagenus pellio, L. On walls in the city, occasional; very common in 
the University Museum in the spring and early summer. 
*Tiresias serra, F. Marston Ferry, under bark, one example, June 25th, 
1905. The curious hairy larva is not rare under dry elm bark at 
Tubney, and may be easily reared to the perfect state by feeding it on 
dead flies. 
Florilinus muszorum, L. In houses ; frequent. Common in spring in 
the University Museum. 
Helocerus claviger, Er. On umbelliferous flowers; Tubney, Wytham 
Park, &¢., not rare. 
