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however ("Kent and Surrey Coleoptera'"), finds it in " marshy places, 

 common everywhere." Other localities are Lee and Lewisham, on clay 

 soil, round ponds (West) ; Putney, Wimbledon, Woolston (Hants), on 

 banks of rivers and streams, running in sun on reed refuse (Newbery). 

 Not recorded from Liverpool district or Ireland. 



C. schrankii, Duft. — This species and C. nigricornis are rather similar 

 in appearance, both being of greenish or reddish bronze, with a thick 

 pubescence on elytra, and each has the prosternal process punctured 

 between the coxae. C. shrankii has the three basal joints of the antennae 

 red; while C. nigricor7iis has one only of a lighter colour. The present 

 species {schrankii) is considered rare, but has been taken in some numbers 

 at Luccombe Chine, Isle of Wight. Mr. West possesses a series " taken 

 at the old locality by Mr. Gill." I have no other records. 



C. nigricornis, F. — Has been turned up recently at Hendon in 

 moderate numbers by Messrs. Newbery, Heasler, Burrows, and others. 

 Four specimens fell to my lot at Wormwood Scrubs, and also on the 

 banks of a small stream near Esher. Mr. Newbery also records it from 

 Putney and Wimbledon, running in the sunshine on reed refuse. Mr. 

 West takes it sparingly at Lewisham and Lee district, also at Loughton. 

 Mr. Champion (" Kent and Surrey Coleoptera ") records it as "common 

 and generally distributed in marshy places." It "is not uncommon in 

 Lancashire, particularly around Manchester " (W. E. Sharp). The late 

 Mr. R. Gillo found it very abundant in damp places at Wick Rock (Bath 

 district). Ireland : The Rev. W. F. Johnson records it in Armagh district, 

 under stones on edge of lake, Lowry's Lough, not plentiful. 



There is a variety of this species, melanocornis, Dejean, which has red 

 legs instead of pitchy, but I have never seen a specimen, neither do my 

 correspondents report its capture. 



C. holosericeus, F., is mainly distinguished from the preceding two 

 species in having the prosternal process not punctured between the 

 coxae. The beetle is generally considered very rare, and I have no 

 authentic record ol its capture. 



Oodes, Bonelli. — The Greek word (w-Aih;) means egg-shaped, and 

 refers to the appearance of the insect. Only three species occur in 

 Europe, and but one of these in Britain. 0. /lelopioides, F., as its name 

 denotes, is of different formation to the genus Chlaenius, and cannot be 

 confounded with any other species. The beetles were turned up in some 

 numbers by Mr. Billups, at Rainham (Essex), and in same locality by 

 Mr. Ryder, who gave Mr. West a series. I have not been fortunate in 

 securing any myself, but last year Mr. Heasler found several specimens 

 among reed refuse at Hanwell (Middlesex). It is also recently recorded 

 by Mr. T. Edmunds, jun., from banks of Dart, Totnes ; and formerly ! 

 taken in a marsh at Sheire, by Dr. Capron ; at Dorchester, by Mr. C. 

 W. Dale. Mr. F. W. Lambert, of Oxford, writes : " I take 



