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oncus nannetensis, in fungus ; Komalota pagana and Lathridms elongatiis, by sifting 

 dead leaves ; and Nossidium pilosellum, not rarely about a CoMMs-burrow in oak, 

 with a solitary AgaricopTiagus cephalotes, the only Anisotomid met with by evening 

 sweeping, are alone worth mentioning. Aphodius ZenJceri was quite scarce this 

 year (though found not rarely at Mickleham), its place being apparently taken by 

 A. sticticus. 



At E-ainham, in October, Apion Icevicolle was found plentifully in a haystack 

 on the marshes ; Thyamis agilis again turned up, but very rarely, on Scrophularia 

 aquatica, at Snodland ; and Licinus depressus occurred on two or three occasions 

 under flints on the chalk hills at Queendown Warren, near Rainham, and at Boxley, 

 near Maidstone. 



1 went twice to Deal in September, but found the sand-hills devoted to the 

 " royal and ancient game " of golf to such an extent that collecting was carried on 

 at no email risk, in the midst of a miniature bombardment of hard balls flying in 

 every direction. On both occasions the evening was unfavourable for sweeping, and 

 I failed to find Anisotoma pallens, which species was the chief inducement of my 

 visits. I was able, however, to ascertain that many of the well-known specialities 

 in Cohoptera of this famous locality were still to be had for the working, and 

 obtained, in addition, a good series of Nitidula riifipes and 4^-pustulata, under a bone 

 lying on the bare sand. 



A visit to Faversham, in quest of Liosonms troglodytes in its original locality, 

 was unsuccessful as regards its main object, though I took a fine $ of its almost 

 equally rare congener, L. ohJongulus, with Apteropeda glohosa in moss, as well as 

 Stenus major and S. incrassatus in the marsh at Ospringe, where these species had 

 been previously obtained. — James J. Waikee, 23, Eanelagh Eoad, Sheerness : 

 November 29th, 1893. 



Coleoptera in the Oxford District. — During the past season I have met with. 

 several interesting species of Coleoptera in the neighbourhood of Oxford, some of 

 which have, perhaps, not hitherto been recorded from the district. The localities 

 which I worked were Bagley Wood, Shotover, and the backwaters of the river below 

 the city ; Dorchester, wliich is situated near the confluence of the Thame and 

 Thames, was also a favourite liunting-ground for beetles. 



Elaphrus uliginosus, one specimen, running on a mud-bank in a stream near 

 Stadhampton ; Fterostichus ohlongopunctatus, in some numbers, in Hen Wood, near 

 Oxford ; Oodes helopioides, near Marston, sometimes to be found in numbers at the 

 roots of grass on the high banks after the floods have subsided ; Anchomenus livens, 

 a few specimens in flood refuse, near Mesopotamia ; Oxyporus rufus, a long series 

 from decaying fungus at Dorchester ; Coccinella ohliterata, in crevices of bark in 

 Hen Wood ; ^Zexja^77(/era, by sweeping, at Dorchester ; Carpophilus hemipterus, 

 several specimens, in a rotting branch in Bagley Wood, but, unfortunately, most of 

 them were lost ; Cercus hipustulatus and C. pedicularius, swarming on the river 

 banks ; Cychramus luteus, sweeping in Bagley Wood ; Lathridius lardarius, a large 

 series, by sweeping at Dorchester ; Oeotrupes mutator, one specimen at Shotover j 

 Agrilus lalicornis,bj sweeping in Bagley Wood ; Aphanisticus pusillus, in moss at 



