56 Ashmolean Natural History Society of Oxfordshire. 
FAMILY Phalacride. 
Olibrus liquidus, Er. Taken by Mr. Donisthorpe; not rare by sweep- 
ing at Tubney, &c. 
FAMILY Histeride. 
*Hister merdarius, Hoff. In starling’s nest in hollow elm near Water 
Eaton; three examples, May and August, 1907 ( /. C.). 
H. carbonarius, Ill, In dung; Water Eaton, Tubney, &c., not rare 
(Ge2Es): 
*Myrin 2tes piceus, Payk. In nests of Formica rufa at Tubney; rare, 
lat autumn, 1907 (/. C.). 
*Acritus nigrico nis, Hoff. By sweeping at Wytham Park ; one exam- 
ple, 19th September, 1907. 
FAMILY Nitidulide. 
*Nitidula quadripustulata, Fab. Found commonly at Headington 
Wick Copse in a sheep’s skull along with M. rufifes, June, 1907 ; 
also singly by sweeping at Cothill. 
Soronia punctatissima, Il]. Taken by Mr. Donisthorpe at Cowley ; 
also at sap of Cossws-infested oak near Summertown, July, 1907 
(CJenGa): 
*Meligethes umbrosus, Sturm. Shotover (W. Z.). 
M. obscurus, Er. Shotover (W. H.), Tubney (/. C.). 
*M. solidus, Sturm. On flowers of Aelianthemum vulgare ; Wood 
Eaton and Tubney, not rare (/. C.); Shotover (W. #.). 
*Cryptarcha imperialis, F. At sap of Cossws-oak near Summertown ; 
one, 14th July, 1907 (/. C.). 
*Rhizophagus cribratus, Gyll. By sweeping at Tubney ; one example, 
8th June, 1907. 
FamMiILy Monotomide. 
*Monotoma conicicollis, Aubé. ) Not uncommon in nests of Formica rufa 
*M. formicetorum, Thoms. at Tubney, November, 1907 (/. C.). 
FAMILY Lathridiide. 
**Holoparamecus depressus, Curt. Mr. J. R. le B. Tomlin, of Read- 
ing, informs me that he has specimens of this rare insect labelled 
‘© Oxford, common, 1891.” They were probably taken by the late 
Mr. J. W. Shipp. 
FAMILY Cucujide. 
*Lamophleus ater, Ol. In dead broom-stump at Chawley, with PA/e- 
ophthorus rhododactylus, Marsh.; one example, 19th April, 1907. 
FaMILy Cryptophagide. 
Cryptophagus lycoperdi, Herbst. In garden, Observatory St., Oxford 
W. £. 
**C, ruficornis, Steph. Under decayed ash bark, Wytham Park; one 
example, 22nd April, 1907. 
C. distinguendus, Sturm. In window of house, Oxford (W. #.). 
C. acutangulus, Gyll. In manure-heap, Yarnton; rare, March, 1907. 
C. affinis, Sturm. In cellar of house, Oxford (W. //.). 
**Czenoscelis pallida, Woll. By sweeping at Tubney; one example, 
8th June, 1907. 
