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THE BRITISH NATURALIST. 



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(common), Stilicus affinis, Stenns suhcBneiis, S. hniunipes, A nthicns floralis, 

 Olihms consimilis (common), Apion ((^iieuin (common), and a few speci- 

 mens of the bugs Megaloclicura errntica and Nabis lativeutris. 



Dm'ing the later months of the year my attention has been directed 

 to hay-stack refuse collecting, the results of which are not yet suffi- 

 ciently made out, but which will furnisli material for a further com- 

 munication. 



Stoke -on-Tnnt, Feb. 1st, 1891. 



GOSSIPING NOTES ON BRITISH COLEOPTERA. 



BY G. A. LEWCOCK. 



( Continued from page 54.) 



D. quadi'hiotatus, Pz. — Common under bark. " Common and 

 generally distributed " (G. C. Champion, " Kent and Surrey Cole- 

 optera "). "Beaten from Scotch firs. West Wickham" (W. Chaney). 

 " Under bark, Lyndhurst (rather common), Southampton, Merton, 

 Loughton " (E. A. Newbery). "Under oak bark, and also under 

 railings, Crown Woods, Shooter's Hill " (West). " Under loose oak 

 bark in fields round Barnet. My series of this species and D. quadri- 

 maculatus have parallel lines of variation as regards the basal spots, 

 which range from oblong ovate to nearly circular" (Heasler). "Under 

 bark, but more plentifully under dry moss and lichens on tree trunks" 

 (W. H. Bennett, Hastings). " Under bark of many trees, and gene- 

 rally distributed " (R. Wilding, Liverpool^ " Under bark, but ratlier 

 rarely in this district, Bidston " (W\ E. Sharp, Ledsham). "Common 

 under bark of oak, Eastham Woods, but scarcely so common as D. 

 qiiadvimactdatiis'' [Dr. Ellis, " Liverpool Coleoptera"). Ireland : " Not 

 uncommon here. I took a number on trees, some under, and others 

 on the surface, of the bark " (W. F. Johnson, Armagh). 



D. qundrisignatiis, D].—^^ Under bark of oak, apple, &c. Local 

 and rare. Kent : Maidstone, Bexley. Surrey : Reigate, Forest Hill, 

 Nutfield, Wimbledon, Horsell " (G. C. Champion, " Kent and Surrey 

 Coleoptera"). "A single specimen taken round the roots of fir tree 

 on Hayes Common, Kent, December, 1890" (^Heasler). 



