Insects. 



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lunaris, Chrysoraela goettingensis, Trox scaber, Dorctis parallelipipedus, &c. ; these 

 have repeatedly occurred. Notwithstanding the length of this list, there are several 

 more species to be found with this ant, some of which, as Myrmedonia cognata and 

 M. liinbata, have been taken in Britain ; but much remains to be done, and I shall 

 be glad if this sketch incites any of our more northern coleopterists to a careful inves- 

 tigation of the nest of this ant. I can assure them that, when accessible, they will 

 find it nearly always prolific. — G. R. Crotch ; Uphill House, Weston-super-Mare, 

 July, 1862. 



List of Coleoptera taken in the New Forest, Hants. — 

 Lebia cyaneocephala. One, by sweeping. 



Necrophorus Mortuorum, N. Vespillo, N. humator. All common in specimens in 

 the gamekeeper's museum, i.e., dead crows, &c. 

 Liodes humeralis. In Fungi. 



Scaphidium 4-maculatum. In Fungi. I shall be glad to send specimens of this, 

 set or unset, to any one sending box and return postage. 

 Cryptarchia strigata. Beneath bark. 



Ips 4-guttata, I. 4-puuctata. Beneath bark, chiefly beneath bark of the stumps 

 when the iree has been felled the year previously, and there is a lot of balmy-looking 

 sap running out. 



Ithizophagus depressus, R. ferrugineus, R. bipustulatus. Beneath bark of felled 

 trees. The last common. 



Thymalus limbatus. In Fungi and beneath bark. The same remark applies to 

 this as to Scaphidium 4-maculatum. 



Bitoma crenata. Common beneath bark, chiefly of stumps when the tree has 

 been cut some years. 



Cerylon histeroides. Beneath bark. 



C. ferrugineum. Rare. Beneath bark. 

 Sylvan us unidentatus. Rare. Beneath bark. 



Mycetophagus atomarius. Last year this was common on a beech tree : not one 

 to be seen this year. 



Litargus bifascialus. Beneath bark. 



Dermestes murinus. Common in gamekeeper's museum. 



Trox sabulosus. Two, flying over dung. 



Athous rhombeus. One, bred from a pupa beneath bark of dead oak. 

 Elater sanguineus, E. sanguinolentus, E. Pomona?. Beneath bark, and sunning 

 themselves on dead trees. 



Corymbites quercus. Beating. 

 Diacanthus bipustulatus. Beneath bark. 



D. holosericeus. Beating. 

 Campylus linearis. Beneath bark. 



Byturus tomentosus. Common. Beating whitethorn. 

 Cis villosulus. In Boleti. 

 Platydema violaceura. Two, beneath bark. 

 Helops striatus. Common. Beneath bark. 



Mycetocharis bipustulata. Rare. Beneath bark of dead standing oaks. 

 Eryx atra. One, beneath bark of dead standing oaks. 



Orchesia micans. On Boleti. Of this I have bred a good number, and shall be 

 glad to send unset specimens to anyone who wants them. 



