1889.] 401 



" Prionus coriarius is rather plentiful here in some years. This month, five fine 

 specimens have been taken on one oak on our lawn, all of which emerged from roots 

 running along the ground, leaving holes like those of bees' nests ; they were all 

 captured in the evening. 



" Lymexylon navale has also been captured, flying, on our lawn." — W. W. 

 Fowxeb, Lincoln : September 7th, 1889. 



Coleoptera in Sherwood Forest. — On a visit to Sherwood Forest in the middle 

 of June last, I captured the following among a large number of other Coleoptera : 

 Anisotoma dubia, Colenis dentipes, Scydmcenus Godarti, Scydmcenus sp. ? (allied to 

 S. Sparshalli, and about the same size ; the whole body, and especially the legs and 

 antennae, lighter coloured. Pubescence longer. Thorax with the transverse basal 

 line interrupted in the middle by a small fold with a minute fovea on each side of 

 it. The basal foveae in S. Sparshalli are closer together than in this species. 

 Antennas more distinctly clavate, and with the third joint longer than in Sparshalli. 

 Apex of elytra more rounded. Taken under bark on birch stumps in May, 1884, 

 •September, 1885, and in June, 1889). Eutheia clavata, JBatrisus venusfus, JEuplectus 

 nubigena, Bolitochara lucida (in Polyporus on an old oak), Leptusa ruficollis, 

 Oxypoda umbrata, Homalota nigritula (in Polyporus), H. ignobilis, H. humeralis, 

 H. cadaverina, S. muscorum (in extreme abundance on sappy stumps of recently 

 felled oaks), H. pilosiventris (sap), H. macrocera (sap), H. celata (sap), Quedius 

 lateralis, xanthopus, and scitus, Othius punctipennis, Stilicus rufipes, Ptenidium 

 turgidum, Orthoperus atomus, Exochomus 4>-pustulatus, Abrceus granulum, Plega- 

 derus dissectus, Micropeplus tesserula (36 specimens taken off a sappy stump of 

 recently felled oak), Meligethes morosus, Rhizophagus nitidulus, R. perforatus, 



R. nov. sp. ?, Monotonia longicollis, Corticaria serrata, Henoticus serratus 



(under birch bark, taken by J. Kidson Taylor in the same locality, and under similar 

 conditions, 20 years ago, and recorded in Ent. Mo. Mag., 1869 ; Canon Fowler omits 

 this record from his work), Atomaria elongatula and rujicornis, Tiresias serra, 

 Aspidiphorus orbiculatus, Aphodius inquinatus, Athous rhonibeus, Sphindus dubius, 

 Callidium variabile, Saperda scalaris, Mypophlceus castaneus, Eryx ater, Apion 

 marchicum, Rhyncolus cylindrirostris, Rhyncolus gracilis, Scolytus intricatus, 

 Rhinoncus castor. — W. Gr. Biatch, 214, Green Lane, Smallheath, Birmingham : 

 September \lth, 1889. 



Semiptera at Ewhurst. — The following were the chief results of some collecting 

 in the neighbourhood»of Ewhurst, Surrey, during August : — Macrodema microptera, 

 two macropterous specimens, one at Coneyhurst Hill, and one at Leith Hill ; Rhy- 

 parochromus antennatus (2), amongst roots of grass and moss on a wayside bank ; 

 Monanthia quadrimaculata, several from old apple trees in an abandoned orchard ; 

 others were still in the larval condition at the end of the month ; Eroticoris rufescens 

 (3), amongst heath ; Macrocoleus solitarius (2), by sweeping ; Amblytylus affinis, at 

 roots of grass ; Ploiaria vagabunda, from apple trees and spruce firs ; Corizus capi- 

 tatus and C. maculatus, one each by sweeping. The latter was a nymph when 

 captured, but as it appeared about full-grown, I kept it in hopes that it might soon 

 change its skin ; it was, however, ten days before the desired result took place, 

 during which time it fasted with apparently no evil consequences, as it issued an 

 imago perfect in every respect. 



