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COLEOPTERA IN YORKSHIRE, 1907. 



E. G. BAYFORD, 



Barnsley, 



The prevailing- weather during the year was of such a character 

 as to make it very unfavourable for collecting, reports from 

 workers in different parts of- the county agreeing that the lack 

 of species, usually common, has been the feature of the year. 



The various excursions of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union 

 have been attended by one or more representatives of the York- 

 shire Coleoptera Committee, and the results of their work 

 published in the 'Naturalist.' Similarly other important 

 captures, such as that of further specimens of the recently 

 re-introduced species Carpophilus sexpusttclatus F., by Dr. 

 Corbett have also been published in the same medium, and 

 need not now be more than referred to. 



From the Scarborough district the Rev. W. C. Hey, M.A. , 

 reports that * Lojigicorns^ as a rule associated with hot, sunny 

 weather, were unusually abundant in Forge Valley. On some 

 days nearly every flower-head of cow-parnsip was infested by 

 Gramnioptera tahacicolor De G. It was accompanied by a few 

 examples of the darker species, G. riificornis F. Two very 

 conspicuous Longicorns were noticed in the wood, Toxottis 

 meridianus L. and Rhagiiim inquisitor F. I had not seen either 

 of these insects in Forge Valley before this summer. One 

 evening my house-keeper called me to see a number of insects 

 flying to the lamps. They proved to be Trypodendron domes- 

 ticiim L. They had no doubt flown out of a log of birch wood 

 from Forge Valley, which was drying before the kitchen fire. 

 Chrysomela varians Schal. has been abundant on Hyperintm in 

 Forge Valley.' 



From the Doncaster district Dr. Corbett reports that, from 

 a collector's point of view, the past season has been the worst 

 he has experienced, ' The continued cold wet weather through- 

 out the summer months prevented anything being done with 

 the flower and leaf-frequenting species, hence the poor list of 

 Phytophaga and Curculionidce. Aquatic species have been 

 scarce also, only the commonest kinds being obtainable. On 

 the contrary, bark, fungus, and dung frequenters have been 

 fairly common, and amongst these some species hitherto scarce 

 have been very abundant. One feature of the season has been 

 the comparative scarcity of Coccinellidce. This may in some 



Naturalist, 



