182 [August, 



situated on the small axillarv knots of a twisr, as a rule in the ansrle 

 formed by the leaf -petiole. It is of the same type as that of D. faschen- 

 hergi and D. similisy ranging from 2*5 to 4'5 mm. in length, green or 

 more or less red, fm'nished with long curly pubescence, mostly of a 

 blight red to purplish-red colour. 



Hah. NoRTHTJMBEHLAis^D, Dipton "VVoods, Corbridge-on-Tyne, 

 June 29th, 1918, about a dozen examples were taken on one shrub 

 {J. W. H. H. ; B. S. B.), Ovingham (B. S. B.) ; Duiuiam, woods 

 near Whilaton Mill (B. S. B.). 



Recorded from Austria and Hungary b}'- Dalla Torre & Kieffcr, 

 but Houard reports it from Central Euro])e, Italy, and France. It is 

 apparently, in any case, much less known than the agamous form. 



Julij 5th, 1918. 



Bccetit captures of Coleoptera in the Oxford district. — Among a large 



mmiber of species of CoJeoptera met with by me during the present season 



near Oxford, the following are perhaps worthy of notice. Panagueus 4:-pustu- 



latus and Ainara patricia, at Shotover Hill (Oxon) and Tubney respectively ; 



A. anthohia, commonly at the end of May by sweeping iu a meadow almost 



adjoining my house, and unaccompanied by any other members of the genus. 



Hydroporus ferruyineus, one in a nearly dry puddle ot" clear water, near 



Stanton St. John, Oxon. Ayabus nliyinosus (1 (J ), Ilyobates forticor7iis, and 



Flnlonthus luce?is (again not rare) in OLerwell flood-refuse. Oxytelus fulvipes, 



sparingly in wet tufts at Yaruton, with Pnelaphus dresdensis and one example 



of a Calodera, perhaps referable to C. rufescens Ktz. A small heap of old 



manure close to my house produced a good number of the pretty and distinct 



little Millidium trisulcatwn ; I find the best way to obtain this and other minute 



beetles is to half-fill a large glass-topped box with the finely-sifted debris, when 



the insects very soon make their appearance on the glass and are readily taken. 



Cryptophayus i)opuli, in a similar manure-heap, also iu fungus at Cothill. 



Bediactis derjnestoides, under bark of wild cherry, and Conopalpus testaceuSy 



walking on a dead beech at Wytbam Park ; Kecrophorus restiyator, a fine pair 



under a recently dead mole at Tubney. The sweeping-net yielded many 



interesting species during the fine weather in May, notably -4/eocAar« macu' 



lata (1), Calodera umbrosa, Colon denticulatum (1), Ips '^-punctata (1), Tychius 



lineatulus, and a stray example ©f Dorytoinus validirostris at Shotover ; Homa- 



lata splendens (4) and H. exarata (1 J ) at iioar's Hill on May IGth; Euplectus 



abeillei, a fice J in a very unsuggestive-looking lane close to my house ; Saprinus 



virescens, Molorchus minor, Cryptocephalus hipunctatus var. lineola, Gymnetron 



rostellum, collinus, and linariae, all sparingly except the last, at Tubney ; and 



Colon viennense, 3Ielasis huprestoides, and Fhytoecia cylindrica at Wood Eaton, 



Oxon. Of the genera Ceuthorrhynchus and Ceuthorrhynchidius, which are well 



represented in the district, C. pilosellus occurred, but more sparingly than usual, 



in rabbit-holes at Tubney, with occasional C. euphorbiae j C triniaculatus, 



