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can be obtained by shaking roots of grass, in flood refuse, &c. I have 

 found it at Rainham, Barking (Essex), and on the Thames banks 

 generaUy ; also at Tottenham (Middlesex). " Damp places, in moss, 

 flood refuse, &c. Rather common. Kent: Lee, Blackheath, Sheer- 

 nees, Gravesend, Chatham, Tumbridge Wells, &c. Surrey : Reigate '' 

 (G. C. Champion, Kent and Survey Coleopteva). Blackheath, in 

 company with M. foveola (West). " Under bark, and at roots of plant 

 generally, near wood fences ; Merton, Coombe, Totton (Hants) " 

 (E. A. Newbery). " Under stones and at roots of grass, but not 

 nearly so common as the other two species "' (W. H. Bennett, Hast- 

 mgs). " Taken at Weymouth " (R. Gillo). Not recorded from 

 Ireland. 



M. trimcatellus, L. — Readily distinguished from M. faveola by the 

 absence of pores on third stria. Occurs at Barkmg and Rainham, 

 Essex. " In sandy places, at roots of grass, &c. Local and common. 

 Kent: Sheerness, Deal, Pegwell Bay, Chatham. Surrey: Reigate, 

 Egham, Walton, Richmond, Croydon" ^G. C. Champion, Kent and 

 Survey Coleopteva). Deal (West). " Under stones and at roots of 

 of grass, common" (W\ H. Bennett, Hastings). "Not common 

 round London ; Shirley (Surrey) in Moss ; Maidenhead (Berks) " (E. 

 A. Newbery). " Taken at Peckham, in company with M. ohscuvo- 

 guttatus " (H. Heasler). Ireland : — "Recorded by Haliday from Port- 

 marnock, Co. Dublin " (Rev. W. E. Johnson). 



M. foveola, Gyll. — " Sandy places at roots of grass, &c., common 

 everywhere" (G. C. Champion, Kent and Survey Coleopteva). "Common 

 under stones and at roots of grass " (W. H. Bennett, Hastings). 

 " Abundant on sand hills, Deal, at roots of grass ; Hampstead Heath, 

 at roots of furze; Southsea " ^E. A. Newbery). "A very common 

 species in the sands at Burnham and Bournemouth " (R. Gillo). 

 " Under stones and heath, Heswall and Bidston " (R. Wilding). 

 " Abundant among dead leaves of the dwarf sallow on the sandhills 

 on both sides of the Mersey ; also on Flaybrick Hill, &c." (Dr. Ellis, 

 Liverpool Coleoptera). Not uncommon in sandy and heathy districts. 

 I have taken it freely at Noctorum, Haswell, Burton, &c." (W. E. 

 Sharj)). " J/, foveola is the only species of the genus recorded in 

 Cornwall, it is widely distributed but by no means common" (Rev. J. 

 Isabell). Ireland : Recorded from Portmarnock, Co. Dublin (Rev. W. 

 F. Johnson. 



