80 Ashmolean Natural History Soctety of Oxfordshire. 
Hoplia philanthus, Fuss. On the wing at Cothill and Tubney; rather 
scarce. 
Serica brunnea, L. Tubney, chiefly in sandpits ; common in summer. 
Rhizotrogus solstitialis, L. On the wing about trees at midsumnier ; 
sometimes very plentiful. ‘Taken at Oxford in 1820-1 ” (7. W. H.). 
Melolontha vulgaris, L. The common Cockchafer. By beating trees, 
and flying at sunset ; often common in May and June. 
Phyllopertha horticola, L. Chiefly on bracken; Tubney, &c., some- 
times plentiful in summer. ‘* Taken at Oxford in 1819.” (4. WW. #.). 
Cetonia aurata, L. The Rose-beetle. ~ In flowers in early summer ; 
3agley Wood, &c., not rare; also frequent on roses, &c., in gardens. 
FamILy Buprestide. 
*Agrilus laticornis, Ill. By sweeping in Bagley Wood (/. 1. S.). 
*A. angustulus, Ill. By sweeping, and on young oaks; Tubney, 
occasional. 
**Aphanisticus pusillus, Ol. In moss at Bagley Wood (/. /. S.). 
*Trachys minuta, L. On sallows at Bagley Wood, early summer, not 
rare. 
**T. pumila, Ill. By sweeping Glechoma hederacea, &c., in open places at 
Tubney and Wytham Park; also occasionally in sandpits; early 
summer, sparingly. 
**T. troglodytes, Gyll. One example of this rare insect taken by my 
nephew, H. G. Champion, by sweeping at Cothill, April 21st, 1906. 
FAMILY Bucnemide. 
Throscus dermestoides, L. By evening sweeping; Bagley Wood, 
scarce. 
*T. carinifrons, Bonv. By evening sweeping; Bagley Wood, Wytham 
Park ; occasional. 
**Melasis buprestoides, L. In dead hornbeam, Bagley Wood, a few 
specimens, February, 1905. 
FAMILY Bilateride. 
Lacon murinus, L. In sandy places, sometimes flying ; Tubney, com- 
mon. ‘‘ Capt. Oxford, 1819” (#% W. Z.). 
“Cardiophorus asellus, Er. In sandpits, Tubney (//. #.). 
Cryptohypnus riparius, F. In tufts, vegetable refuse, &c. ; Tubney, not 
rare. 
*C. 4-pustulatus, F. By sweeping in meadows; near the Cherwell, very 
common in early summer ; also at Tubney, Ferry Hinksey, &c. 
**Elater rufipennis, Steph. ‘‘This species ... was taken in 1821 
under the bark of oak treesin July at Bagley Wood, Oxon” (7. W. ZZ), 
It is now extremely rare in Britain. 
**E. elongatulus, F. Tubney ; a few examples taken in decayed fir 
trunks in May, 1906, by Mr. J. Collins and myself. ~ 
E. balteatus, L. Bagley Wood, not rare on hazel (/. WW. S.). 
*“Ischnodes sanguinicollis, Panz. ‘‘ Some dead specimens in a rotting 
log at Dorchester” (7. W. S.). 
Melanotus rufipes, Hbst. In rotten Wood; Bagley Wood, Tubney, 
&c., occasional. 
Athous niger, L. By sweeping in lanes; generally common in summer. 
A. longicollis, Ol. By sweeping in grassy places: fairly common, 
especially the male, 
