288 MR. JOSEPH SIDEBOTHAM ON 



Anthyllis vulneraria, L., var. j3. Dil- 



lenii, Schult Forming the herbage on the sandy 



downs above Whitsand Bay, and 

 common elsewhere. 



Genista pilosa, i/ Gue Graze. 



„ tinctoria, L., Tar. j8. humi- 



fusa, DicJcs Plentiful between Caerthilian and the 



Lizard Lights. 



Illecebrum verticiUatum, L Madron Parish. 



Herniaria glabra, L Common at the Lizard. 



Valerianella oUtoria, ilfowcA Fields, Sennen Cove. ^ 



,, dentata, Koch „ „ „ 



Wahlenbergia hederacea St. Paul, and generally distributed. 



Erica vagans, i Gomhilly, Pradannack, and Lizard 



Downs. 



„ ciliaris, i Edgecombe Downs, Carclew. 



Erythrsea pulchella, Fries Mount's Bay. 



„ centaurium, Pers A stunted broad-leaved form, from 



Porth Curnnow (non E. latifolia, 

 8m.). 



„ littoralis. Fries Mount's Bay. 



Sibthorpia Europ^a, L St. Madron's Well. 



Linaria Elatine, Mill Marazion. 



Allium sibiricum, L Eill Head. 



Asparagus officinalis, i. (?) „ 



Asplenium lanceolatum, Huds Whitsand Bay. 



XXIII. Notes on Wood-eating Coleoptera. 

 By Joseph Sidebotham^ Esq. 



Bead December nth, 1866. 



The number of species of Coleoptera that feed upon wood 

 in this country is considerable,, some attacking growing 

 trees^ others when cut down or partially decay ed^ others 

 attack solid timber when cut up and used for buildings or 

 furniture. The various species are not confined to one or 

 two of the great divisions^ but are to be found scattered 

 through most of them^, being found in the sections Necro- 



