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YORKSHIRE COLEOPTERA IN 1916. 



W. J. FORDHAM, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., F.E.S., 



Bubwith. 



Since the publication of the report of the Yorkshire Coleoptera 

 Committee, several additional records of interest have come 

 to hand. 



Mr. G. B. Walsh reports the following : — 



Philonthus varius Gyll. var. f bimaculahts Gr. Hotham 

 Carrs, April, 1915. 



■\Bledius erraticus Er. One under a stone on a bank of 

 sand and shingle in the River Swale above Richmond. 

 Also the following species which he took when on a visit to the 

 writer at Bubwith : — 



^Cerylon fagi Bris. One under rotten ash bark in garden. 

 (This Ash stump has furnished me with several inter- 

 esting beetles, including Litargus connextts Geoff. 

 {bifasciatus F.) and Scaphisoma boleti Pz.). 



*Stenus ater Man. ] in moss by the River 



Stenus vafellus Er. I Derwent in Bubwith 



j- Ceuthorkynchus rugulosus Hbst. ) Ings. 



I find that I have an unrecorded specimen of the latter 

 insect taken in the house at Bubwith in May, 1909. It is a 

 not uncommon species, but has hitherto been overlooked in 

 Yorkshire. 



In December, 1916, I sent a small sample of flood refuse 

 from the River Derwent to one or two entomological friends. 

 Mr. E. A. Newberry, in this, found among other species : — 



*Cercyon marinus Th. [aquations Brit. Cat.). 



*Abrceus globosus Hofi., and 



*Helophorus granulans L. (brevicollis Th.). 

 The species obtained by Mr. W. E. Sharp include : — 



Bembidium lunulatum Fourc. (riparium 01.). 



Anthracus consputus Duft. (a previous specimen from 

 Bubwith flood refuse is so far our only Yorkshire 

 record) . 



*Pria dulcamara Scop., and 



* Longitarsus castaneus Foud. 



With reference to the report for 191 6, I believe that Oxypoda 

 longipes Muls. is new to the county and not merely to V.C. 61. 



The dagger and- asterisk, as in previous lists, refer to New 

 County and Vice-County Records respectively. 



In The Entomologist's Record for February. Dr. T. A. Chapman has 

 illustrated ' Notes on Early Stages and Life History of the Earwig ( Forficula 

 auricularia).' 



Naturalist, 



