Ashmolean Natural History Soctety of Oxfordshire. gl 
*M. humeralis, L. Both occur sparingly on flowers in early summer 
*M. pumila, Gyll.* at Bagley Wood, Boar’s Hill, Cothill, &ce. 
Anaspis frontalis, L. On hawthorn-blossom ; generally common. 
*A. garneysi, Fowl. Bagley Wood (//”. #.). 
A. pulicaria, Costa. 
A. geoffroyi, Mill. All occur more or less commonly in hawthorn 
A. costz, Emery. g blossom, &c., in early summer, especially 
A. subtestacea, Steph in woody places. 
A. maculata, Fourc. 
Famity Anthicide. 
Notoxus monoceros, L. In sandpits, by sweeping, and on the wing ; 
Cumnor, Tubney, &c. ; sometimes very plentiful. Usually regarded 
as a coast isect. 
Anthicus floralis, L. In vegetable refuse and by sweeping ; common. 
“Taken at Oxford in 1819, common on stones and posts near stable 
yards, particularly about horse dung in such situations in Oxford” 
(BOWE TE): 
A. antherinus, L. By sweeping; generally distributed and not rare. 
“Taken at Oxford in 1819” (% W. #.). 
FAMILY Meloide. 
Meloé proscarabeus, L. The Oil-beetle. In grassy places and path- 
ways inspring; common. ‘‘ Taken in great numbers in 1819 at the 
stone quarries at Heddington, feeding on the delicate thin grass ” 
(ZZ): 
M. violaceus, Marsh.  Boar’s Hill (JV. #.). “ Taken at Oxford in 
NOLO (A. Wa Eze). 
**Sitaris muralis, Forst. This rare and very interesting beetle has been 
found not uncommonly in August and September, 1906, by Mr. A. H. 
Hamm, on old stone walls at Cowley and Iffley, in and about the 
nests of the mason- bee, Axthophora pilipes, F., on which it is 
parasitic in its early stages (Ent. Mo. Mag. 1906, p. 273). ‘‘On an 
old wall at Wolvercot” (/. W. S.). 
FamiLy Anthribide. 
*Brachytarsus fasciatus, Forst. ‘‘Taken at Oxford in 1819... . it is 
taken on the blossoms of the horse chestnut, in some years in great 
numbers” (4. W. #.). 
*B. varius, F. On hawthorn-blossom and by sweeping: Bagley Wood, 
Tubney ; rare. 
Famity Curculionide. 
*Apoderus coryli, L. On hazel, Bagley Wood (W. H.).  “* I once took 
this on my windows in Peckwater at Ch. Ch., Oxford, I have repeatedly 
taken it”? (7. WW. AZ). 
Attellabus curculionoides, L. On oak leaves in early summer ; 
Tubney, scarce. 
*Byctiscus betuleti, F. Bagley Wood (W. #.). ‘* Taken at Bagley 
Wood while beating the Oaks, it varies greatly in colour sometimes 
being blue and at others of a metallic green” (7. W. #.). 
