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COLEOPTERA IN YORKSHIRE IN 1or1s. 
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TAKEN altogether the past season has been better than several 
of the preceding ones, and a noteworthy fact has been the 
abundance of some species which are usually limited in numbers. 
Thus Mr. Bayford notes that there appears to have been an 
unusual abundance of our commoner Cavrabi, violaceus and 
nemoralis, while monilis has appeared more frequently than 
usual, but is by no means a common species. Several melanic 
forms of common species have been noted, in addition to other 
well-marked varieties. 
An innovation in this list is the division of the county into 
the five vice-counties as outlined in The Naturalist for Decem- 
ber, 1915, p. 373, instead of into the three Ridings as in previous 
reports. This brings the work of the Committee into line 
with that of other sections of the Union, and is a return to the 
method adopted in the list of the Beetles of Yorkshire com- 
menced in the Transactions some years ago by the late Rev. 
Ve -C..aHey: 
Species new to a particular vice-county are indicated by 
an asterisk followed by the number of that division. Additions 
to the county list are characterised by a dagger. 
The initials indicate Dr. H. H. Corbett, Lieut. H. V. Cor- 
bett, Messrs. E. G. Bayford, J. W. Carter, T. Stainforth, W. E. 
Sharp, M. L. Thompson, G. B. Walsh and the writer. Mr. E. W. 
Morse, being on active service in France, and Mr. E. C. Horrell, 
owing to business affairs, have been this year unable to add 
their usual valuable contributions. 
To avoid needless repetition the beetles found on the 
occasions of the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union excursions are 
not included, but the records of these should be referred to. 
For the Settle and Hebden Bridge meetings there are no 
records of Coleoptera, but of the others, for Saltburn (The 
Naturalist, 1915, November, p. 366), Mr. Thompson records 
forty species; Sawley (The Naturalist, 1915, July, 3, 232), 
four species, and Bishop Wood (The Naturalist, 1915, Septem- 
ber, p. 287) 148 species were noted (in addition to a few since 
identified). As with other years the following list includes 
some insects taken previous to 1915, but only recently identified. 
There have been forty-four species added to the County 
list during the year, and numerous additions to the Vice- 
Counties, and many additional localities for species already 
recorded have to be held over till the publication of our County 
List. The nomenclature of the catalogue of Beare and Donis- 
thorpe (1904) is used in this list, but it is hoped in future to 
adopt the more recent one of Messrs. Newbery and Sharp 
(1915). 
Naturalist, 
