76 Fordham : Yorkshire Coleopteva in 1916. 



1916. The writer obtained a profusion of beetles from flood 

 refuse from the River Derwent at Bubwith in January, but 

 the only species worthy of note were f Anthracus consputus 

 Duft. (one), j Atheta gyllenhali Th., and A. debilis Er. A 

 few moles' nests in February produced Qucdiits nigro- 

 cceruleus Rev . (8), Aleochara spaaicea Er. (7) *6i, and Oxypoda 

 longipes Muls. (1) *6i ; but in March, although 56 nests were 

 examined, owing to the extreme wetness of the ground very 

 few beetles were obtained, though even nests saturated with 

 moisture contained beetle larvae, fleas and mites. The species 

 obtained were Quedius t alp arum Dev. (20), Q. nigroccerulcus 

 Rey. (2), Q. brevicomis Th. (2), Hister marginatum Er. (1), 

 Aleochara spadicea Er. (3), with single examples of Clivina 

 fossor L., Tachyporus chrysomelinus L., Oxytelus tetracarinatus 

 Block, (which at first raised hopes of the mole's nest Saulcyi 

 Pand.), and Epurcea depressa Gyll. (cestiva Er.). Three 

 visits to Barmby Common, near Pocklington (April 26th, 

 June 9th and July 29th) produced Litargus connexus Geoff., 

 (bifasciatus F.) in profusion in colonies of six to a dozen or so 

 under bark of birch stumps, but very difficult to capture 

 many at a time, owing to their agility (a single specimen was 

 also taken at Bubwith under ash bark). With the last species, 

 also occurred Diphyllus lunatus F. (*6i) and in fungi on the 

 stumps were f Cryptophagus ruficomis Steph., and -fCis setiger 

 Mell (villosulus Marsh) ; Dorytomus salicis Walt. *6i, and 

 Deporaus mannerheimi Humm. (megacephalus Germ.) *6i, 

 were beaten from sallow and birch respectively. 



At Esciick on Ap.il 15th, Phloeonomus pusillus Gr. *6i 

 and Hylastes palliatus Gyll. occurred under fir bark and 

 \Atheta fungivora Th. was taken in a fungus, and on June 16th 

 Brachytarsus (Anthribus) variegatus Fourc. (varius F.) *6i was 

 beaten from young conifers, and Dryophilus pusillus Gyll. 

 from both these and oak. By general sweeping were taken 

 Orchestes rusci Hbst. *6i, Coeliodes rubicundus Hbst. *6i, and 

 Alophus trigitttatus F. Skipvvith Common produced on July 

 15th, Dorytomus rujulus Bed. (pecloralis Gyll.) *6i and salicis 

 Walt. *6i from sallow, and ^Atheta sodalisJL. and f Gyrophcena 

 nana Pk. from fungi. 



In addition may be noted a dark specimen of Agonum 

 ericeti Panz. from Burton Moor, Cleveland (A. A. Fordham) 

 *62 and a fine $ specimen of Monochamus sutor L. taken in a 

 woody ard in Huddersfield by Mr. Cocker. 



The dagger and asterisk are used as in previous reports to 

 indicate additions to County and Vice-County lists respectively. 



Much help has been given in the identification of many of 

 the above species by Messrs. E. A. Newbery and W. E. Sharp, 

 and the nomenclature of their ' List ' has been followed as in 

 the previous report. 



1917 Feb. 1. 



