THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
Epurtea florea, 
Rhyzopliagus ferriigineus, 
... pert'oralus, 
clepressus, 
Cerylon histeioides, 
feiTugiueum. 
Scattered about among the stumps are 
pieces of oak timber, stripped of their 
bark, and left, apparently, to perish. 
Underneath one of these, and adhering 
to it, were several Scaphidium 4-macu- 
lalum, who were as much surprised to 
see me as I was to meet them, but they 
exhibited no desire to be further ac- 
quainted with me, and some of them 
would not be detained. In a similar 
situation I found Liodes humeralis, Bap- 
tolinus alternans and Bolitochara bella. 
Here and there in the Forest is a dead 
oak with its bark on, sometimes standing, 
sometimes cut down. Under the bark 
of such trees I found — 
Thyraalus limbatus, 
Mycetochares bipustulatus, 
Ampedus lythropterus, 
Philonthus splendidulus, 
Homalota cuspidata, 
... plana, 
... sequata, 
and, under the loose bark of a beech tree, 
Mycetophagus atomarius and Litargus 
bifasciatus, both abundant. ^ 
Hunting bark is at times rather tedious 
work, for you may continue searching 
without finding anything worth taking, 
until there comes an excitement in the 
shape of something rarer, then attention 
becomes fixed and the tired arm is 
strong again. So I spent three days 
hunting under bark, there being little 
inducement to do anything else. There 
was scarcely any blossom on the white- 
thorn, so that a prolific source of beetles 
was not accessible. One might walk for 
half a mile and not see a handful of 
bloom, and when he shook it find 
nothing more than Cyckramus fungicola 
and sundry Anaspis ; at least, such was 
my fate. The only thing worth mention 
that I got by beating was Corymbites 
Quercus, but I believe the cold season 
had something to do with this want ; 
and the presence of Ampedus lythropterus 
under the bark made me think that other 
species had not yet left their breeding 
places or winter quarters. 
I met Mr. Farren, who is on a col- 
lecting expedition in the Forest, and had 
been there for several weeks: he showed 
me his captures during that time, and 
there was nothing among the beetles that 
he had not obtained by digging out. The 
Lepidoptera he reported as being scarce, 
but the season for many good species had 
not arrived, so that it was too soon to come 
to any general conclusion respecting the 
scarcity of species this year. 
J. W. D0UGt4AS. 
Lee, June 8. 
THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
To the Editor of the * Intelligencer * 
Sir, — On the 1st inst., you prophesied 
that the Entomological Society would, 
on the 3rd, meet at 12, Bedford Row for 
the last time, but 
The best laid schemes of mice and men 
Gang aft a-gley,’* 
and so in this instance, when it was 
accounted as good as settled that the 
Society was to remove to another house, 
the negotiations suddenly fell through, 
and the Society remains in possession of 
its rooms for a short time longer. 
I thought it necessary to send you this 
note, as from the tenour of your article, 
many persons, in doubt of the Society’s 
locality, might be inconvenienced. 
1 am, sir. 
Yours, &c., 
J, W. Douglas, 
12, Bedford Row, Pres. Eut. Soc. 
June 10, 1861, 
Printed and published by Edward Newman, 
Printer, of No. 9, Devonshire Street, Bishops- 
gate Without, London, in the County of 
Middlesex. ^Saturday, June 15, 1861. 
