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C. aurata, Marsh. Chiefly on sallows ; generally common. 
*C. smaragdina, Foud. With the preceding species ; Cothill ; Bagley 
Wood (W. #.). 
*Hippuriphila modeeri, L. On Zgvisetum, and in tufts in winter ; Bag- 
ley, Chilswell, Ogley Bog ; fairly common. 
**Epitrix pubescens, Koch. On So/anum Dulcamara ; Cothill, rare. 
*E. atrope, Foud. On Aéropa Belladonna in summer; Wytham Park, 
abundant. 
*Chztocnema confusa, Boh. ‘Tubney(//. /.). 
C. hortensis, Fourc. By general sweeping ; fairly common. 
Plectroscelis concinna, Marsh. By sweeping, chiefly in damp places ; 
common. 
Psylliodes chrysocephala, L. In waste places, on Crucifers, Xc. ; Shot - 
over ; Bagley Wood (MW. 77.) ; not common. : 
P. napi, Koch. On aquatic plants, mostly Cracéfere ; Marston Ferry, 
Tubney, &c. ; common. 
P. cuprea, Koch. By general sweeping ; Cothill, Tubney ; not rare. 
P. affinis, Payk. On Solanum Dulcamara ; generally common. 
*P, chalcomera, Ill. On Carduus nutans ; Tubney, common. 
**P, hyoscyami, L. This usually rare species occurs abundantly through- 
out the summer on /Zyoscyamus niger at Wytham Park, and has also 
beer. taken at Elsfield. 
*P. picina, Marsh. On aquatic plants on river-banks; Marston Ferry, 
Water Eaton; King’s Weir (VY. /7Z.). 
*Cassida murrea, L. On Jnula dysnterica ; Chilswell Hills, July, 
1899, taken sparingly in all its stages by Mr. H. St. J. Donisthorpe 
and myself, July, 1899, and more freely in succeeding years by Mr. 
Holland. 
*C. vibex, L. By sweeping at Elsfield, scarce (VY. 4.). 
C. nobilis, L. ‘* Taken in 1820 at Oxford on the banks of the Isis on 
flags” (#. W. #.). 
C. flaveola, Thunb. By sweeping, in tufts in winter, &c. ; Tubney, 
Yarnton, scarce; Boar’s Hill (W. #.). 
C. equestris, F. On Mentha, Lycopus, &c., in wet places ; Cothill, King’s 
Weir, Marston Ferry, Tubney, &c. ; often common. 
C. viridis, L. On thistles; common everywhere. 
FamILy Tenebrionide. 
Blaps mucronata, Latr. In houses, cellars, &c. ; common. 
*Crypticus quisquilius, L. This usually strictly maritime species has 
been found locally in sandy places on Frilford Heath by Mr. Holland 
and myself. 
Microzoum tibiale, F. In sandy places; Tubney, common. 
*Heledona agaricola, Hbst. In fungus on dead birch tree, Christ Church 
Meadow ; rare. 
*Scaphidema metallicum, F. One in a tuft at Yarnton, January 5th, 
1907; Tubney (W. Z.). 
Tenebrio molitor, L. In houses, Summertown, flying to light; also 
under bark at Wytham Park. 
Tribolium ferrugineum, F. In the Museum buildings, occasional. 
*Hypophleus bicolor, Ol. Under bark of dead elm ; Tubney, not rare. 
Helops striatus, Fourc. Bagley Wood, in faggots, not common. 
‘¢ Taken at the roots of trees at Bagley Wood in 1819” (#7. W. &.), 
