COLEOPTERA. 



By C. J. Gahan, M.A., F.E.S. 



Fam. Tenenbrionidae. 



Anatolica sp. incert. Several specimens from Yii-lin Fu, Shensi, 

 on border of Ordos Desert, 12-16-XI-1908. Impossible at present to 

 identify species. New to British Museum collection. 



Extremely common amongst the sand hills of the Ordos, and 

 together with the four following species, forms the chief food of the 

 Ordos hedgehog {Erinaceus miodon). 



Anotolica augustata St. Two specimens from Yii-lin Fu, Shensi, 

 on border of Ordos Desert, 12-16-XI-1908. 



A larger species than the above, and equally common. 



Blaps rugosa Gebl. One specimen from Yii-lin Fu, Shensi, on 

 border of Ordos Desert, 12-16-XI-1908. 



A very common species, chiefly found in old buildings, but also 

 in open country. 



Akis fumestra Fald. One specimen from YU-lin Fu, Shensi, and 

 one from T'ai-yuan Fu, Shansi. No date. 



As common as Blaps, but found more often in open country. 



Fam. Meloidae. 



Meloe sp. incert. One badly damaged specimen labelled N. China. 

 Very common throughout North China, frequenting low shrubs and 

 bushes. Sometimes seen in great numbers. 



Fam. Chrysomelidae. 



Chrysomela sp. incert. One specimen from Ytin-t'ing Shan 

 mountains, 90 miles west of T'ai-yiian Fu, Shansi, 8-X-1908. 



A small herbivorous beetle. 



In addition there are a few species of Carabidae, predaceous beetles 

 depending for their subsistence upon their power to run down and 

 kill animals weaker or less protected than themselves : and of 

 Staphylinidas, commonly called "cocktail beetles," usually found in 

 rubbish heaps, or where decaying animal or vegetable matter exists. 

 These few species cannot be determined. 



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