60 COLEOPTERA. 



Oxypoda vittata. " In Bolcti.'' 



Ilomalota gregaria. " In lun(;i." 



Stapliylinus erytUropterus, *' Generally distributed." 



Silpha suhrotundata. "Christow." (Hitherto only 



known to me from Ireland.) 

 OUhrus crneus. " On fir trees." (Invariably occurs 



with us on chamomile, or 3Iatricaria.) 

 Slaps mortisaga, Linn. '^Common." (? imccronata, 



Lat.) 

 S'ltones regensteinensis. " On beans." (With us it 



always occurs on broom.) 

 Hylohius ahietis. " I have never met with it on firs, but 

 have always taken it on ivy, on the leaves of which it 

 feeds." (In its home, Scotland, there can be no mis- 

 take as to its fir- feeding habits.) 

 Cossonus linearis. " In sugar." (A truly wonderful 



habitat for the species.) 

 Trichopteryx lUtorah's. " On the coast." ( ? fucicola, 



All.) 

 Mr. Parfitt, speaking of Dai-tmoor, rightly suggests that 

 Cnoceris asparagi and a few other universally distributed 

 insects, which he refers to as the most marked forms inhabit- 

 ing that district, cannot be called mountain or northern 

 species. It is noteworthy, however, that out of a few insects 

 taken in that region by Mr. Wollaston and sent to me, there 

 should be more than one of a Patrohus (a genus not included 

 in Mr. Paifitt's Cat.) perfectly identical with the P. as- 

 similts, Chaud. (davipesj Thoms.), found so abundantly on 

 the Scotch mountains. 



Looking prospectively, it may be a subject of congratu- 

 lation to us that the Part containing the Coleoptei-a of the 

 Catalogue of British Insects proposed to be undertaken by 

 ths Entomological Society is not unlikely to be published 



