98 Ashmolean Natural History Soctety of Oxfordshire. 
*Eubrychius velatus, Beck. By sweeping water-plants, Marston Ferry ; 
one specimen, July 5th, 1906. 
Litodactylus leucogaster, Marsh. In flood-refuse; Yarnton, rare, 
spring, 1906. 
*Phytobius comari, Herbst. On Lythrum Salicaria, &c.; Marston 
Ferry, not rare, July, 1906. 
*P. q-tuberculatus, F. By sweeping, often far from water; Cothill, 
Cumnor, Tubney, Wytham Park, &c. ; frequent. 
*Limnobaris t-album, L. By sweeping in damp places; Cothill, 
common ; also at Ogley Bog and Marston Ferry. 
“Baris lepidii, Germ. In flood-refuse near Yarnton, rare, January, 
1906. 
Balaninus venosus, Grav. On oak, hawthorn-blossom, &c., in woods ; 
fairly common. ** Taken at Bagley Wood, Oxfordshire, beating oaks ; 
it is abundant about May” (/. W. /.). 
B. nucum, L. The ‘‘ Nut weevil.” ‘On hazel ; Bagley Wood, Tubney ; 
occasional. 
*B. villosus, F. On oak, hawthorn-blossom, &c. ; Bagley Wood, Boar’s 
Hill, Tubney ; fairly common. 
B. salicivorus, Payk. On willows in summer ; generally common. 
B. pyrrhoceras, Marsh. With the preceding species ; frequent. 
Calandra granaria, L. About bakers’ shops, granaries, Xc. ; frequent. 
C. oryzz, L. Notas common as the preceding species. ‘Taken at the 
Botanic garden at Oxford by Baxter” (7. W. 7.). 
*Cossonus ferrugineus, Clairv. Taken in great abundance in a dead 
poplar tree at Binsey by Mr. W. Holland, also at South Hinksey. 
I have found dead specimens in a Lombardy poplar near Wytham 
Park. ‘ Taken at Oxford on the dry wood of willow trees where the 
bark had been stripped, it then perforates the wood and commits the 
greatest havoc” (#. W. /7.). 
Rhyncolus lignarius, Marsh. In decayed wood, chiefly of elm ; gener- 
ally common. 
Magdalis armigera, Fourc. On elm hedges; Cothill, occasional ; 
Botley (W. #.). 
M. cerasi, L. By sweeping; Bagley Wood (/V. 4.) ; Tubney (/. C.). 
FAMILY Scolytide. 
Scolytus destructor, Ol. Very destructive in the larva state to elm trees ; 
the perfect insect eater taken by sweeping. 
S. multistriatus, Marsh. By sweeping ; Marston Ferry, Summertown, 
SC.s rare: 
Hylastes ater, Payk. By sweeping under fir trees ; Tubney, frequent. 
H. opacus, Er. On old timber, and flying ; Summertown, occasional. 
*Hylastinus obscurus, Marsh. In old stumps of broom; Chawley brick- 
pit, rare. 
*Hylesinus crenatus, F. Not as yet taken in the perfect state, but the 
traces of the larva are very frequent in old ash trees. 
*H. oleiperda, F. By sweeping under ash trees; Cothill, Tubney ; 
rare. 
H. fraxini, Panz. By sweeping; Wytham Park, fairly common. 
Myelophilus piniperda, L. By sweeping under fir trees; Tubney, 
frequent. 
*Phlceophthorus rhododactylus, Marsh. In dead stems of broom ; 
Chawley brick-pit, common, May, 1906. 
Dryoceetes villosus, F. Under oak bark ; Wytham Park, not common. 
