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FAMILY Ptinide. 
*Ptinus lichenum, Marsh. ‘Taken at Oxford in i819 ” (#. W. /Z.), 
P. fur, L. In houses, common; abundant in the University Museum. 
Niptus hololeucus, Fall. In cupboards in houses ; frequent. 
*Hedobia imperialis, L. Near Bagley Wood, in dead hedges, sparingly. 
FAMILY Anobiide. 
*Dryophilus pusillus, Gyll. By sweeping, chiefly under fir-trees ; Tub- 
ney, Wytham Park, &c. ; scarce. 
Priobium castaneum, F. By beating hedges ; often on the wing ; gener- 
ally common. 
Among dead sticks and by sweeping ; 
_often in houses; common. The first 
species is the notorious ‘‘ Death- watch.” 
Xestobium tessellatum, F. Oxford, on walls; ‘‘ attacking large num- 
bers of willow trees at Oxford” (/. W. S.). 
Ernobius mollis, L. In fir palings and by sweeping; Boar’s Hill, 
Wytham Park, &c. ; not rare. 
Ptilinus pectinicornis, L. In dead beech at Wytham Park, abundant. 
“Taken at Oxford on willow trees where the bark had perished, 1819” 
(ais): 
*“Ochina hedere, Miill. By sweeping; Water Eaton, Wytham Park, &c. ; 
not rare. ‘‘ On dead ivy in Magdalen College grounds” (J. W. S.). 
*Ccenocara bovistz, Hoff. Single examples have been taken by sweeping 
at Tubney, July 17th, and at Boar’s Hill, September 8th, 1906. Its 
usual habitat is in puff-balls. 
Anobium domesticum, Fourc, 
A fulvicorne, Sturm. 
FaMILy Lyctide. 
Lyctus canaliculatus, F. Summertown, on the wing; Bagley Wood 
(Wise). 
FAMILY Cisside. 
Cis boleti, Scop. In fungi on old stumps, &c. ; very common. 
C. villosulus, Marsh. ‘Taken at Oxford in 1821” (/ W. #.). 
*C. bidentatus, Ol. In fungi on old trees; Tubney, Wytham Park; 
common. 
*C. alni, Gyll. Under bark, in faggots, &c.; Bagley Wood, Cothill ; Tub- 
ney (W. #7.). 
Octotemnus glabriculus, Gyll. In fungi on old stumps, c, ; not rare. 
FAMILY Cerambycide: 
Aromia moschata, L. The Musk-beetle. About old willows near the 
river banks, occasional (4. 7%. 4, W. #H.). ‘‘Taken at Oxford in 
1819. It isin some years extremely common and in others scarcely 
ever to be taken. It is fond of willows” (7. W. #.). 
*Tetropium crawshayi, Sharp. One specimen of this Longicorn, quite 
recently added to our list, taken on the roadside between Marston and 
Elsfield, June 25th, 1905. 
*Callidium violaceum, L. About fir palings, &c.; sometimes very com- 
mon at Boar's Hill ; occasionally at Bagley Wood, Summertown, &c. 
*C. variabile, L. ‘“ Taken at Bagley Wood in 1819” (#7. W. #.). 
