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Hydnohius punctatus, Sturm. Darland Hill (Walker) ; Snowdon (Sopp and 

 Tomlin) ; Tubney (Donisthorpe). 



Hydnohius strigosus, Schmidt. Chipstead (Bedwell) ; Woking (Champion) ; 

 Bradfield (Joy) ; Huntingfield (Chitty) ; Oxford district (Walker) ; Ditch- 

 ling (Dollman). 



Triarthron maerkeli, Schmidt. Wellington College (Fowler, Joy and Tomlin) ; 

 Wokingham (E. A. Waterhouse) ; Woodhay (Donisthorpe) ; Tubney 

 (Walker) ; Bardon Hill, Leicestershire (Bouskell) ; Cumberland (Day and 

 Britten). 



Necrophorus vestigator, Hersch. Ferndale, Dorset (Sopp) ; Oxford (Walker) ; 

 Suffolk ; Lundy Island (WoUaston) ; Birtley, Durham (Robson). The 

 Rev. G. A. Crawshay has reared this species from the egg laid in confine- 

 ment. 



Necrophorus ruspator, v. microcephalus, Thoms. Weymouth (Donisthorpe). 



Necrophorus interruptus, Steph. Ditchling (Dollman); Isle of Wight, not 

 uncommon, Niton (Mitford), Sandown (Taylor), Blackgang, Chale, and 

 Rj^le, in dead rabbits, &c. (Donisthorpe) ; Enslow Bridge, nr. Oxford 

 (Hamm). 



Necrophorus interruptus, v. gallicus, Duv. Cookfield, Sussex (Chitty). 



Silpha tristis, lU. Wicken Fen (Donisthorpe); Tubney (Walker); Suffolk; 



Norfolk ; Lundy Island (WoUaston) ; Grimsby (Wallace) ; Ireland, Dublin, 



Limerick, and Waterford. 

 Silpha nigrita, Creutz. Cadr Idris (W. E. Sharp) ; near Two Bridges, Dart- 



mcor Forest, in abundance (Chant, 1833). Mr. Keys has taken it sparingly 



on Dartmoor. In the flower-heads of dandelion, Cumberland (Britten) ; 



Winlaton MiU, Durham (Bagnall) ; Ireland, Donegal and Antrim. The type 



of this beetle is the red form S. tyrolensis, and it is much more common in the 



Highlands. Infested with large intestinal worm, Braemar (Donisthorpe). 

 Silpha quadripunctata, L. Bordwood Copse, I. of W. (Taylor) ; Chattenden ; 



Bagley Wood (Hope) ; Bentley Woods, Suffolk (Morley) ; Norfolk (Burrell) ; 



Doncaster (Corbett) ; Ireland, Down, Carlow, Clare, and Waterford. 

 Silpha obscura, L. Wicken (Nicholson). 

 Silpha reticulata, F. Norfolk (Burrell). 

 Silpha opaca, L. Lundy Island (Joy and Tomhn). Curtis records its capture 



by the Rev. I. Burrell in flowers of the mountain ash in Norfolk. Earlshilton, 



Leicestershire (Donisthorpe) ; Ireland, common. 

 Silpha thoracica, L. Not recorded from Ireland. 

 Silpha sinuata, F. Requires confirmation as an Irish species. 

 Silpha dispar, Herbst. Bungay, Suffolk (Garneys ); Ripon, Yorkshire (E. A, 



Waterhouse) ; Ireland, widely distributed. 

 Silpha laevigata, F. This species feeds on snails, as pointed out by Westwood, 



and recently by H. J. Thouless. I have seen it up grass stems devouring 



small snails at Camber. 

 Silpha atrata, L. Is not found in Ireland. 

 Silpha suhrotundata, Steph. Is confined to Ireland and the Isle of Man. I have 



found it infested by an intestinal worm of the genus Gordius. 



