been yet met with in this country, although by accident P. ferru- 
geneus was given as the type of Thymalus in Samouelle's Entomo- 
logist's Useful Compendium. 
Thymalus limbatus is another valuable Genus added to our 
Fauna by Mr. D. Bydder, who took it in the New Forest in abund- 
ance during the months of June and July. It appears to be 
generally distributed in that neighbourhood, as I have since met 
with it occasionally in June near Brockenhurst and Lyndhurst. 
Upon stripping off the bark of decayed trees, the insect will gene- 
rally be found adhering to it like a Coccus or a scale, from which 
circumstance we are led to believe that like many of the Nitidulce 
it feeds upon Boleti, Fungi, &c. especially such as are found in 
similar situations : they no doubt at particular periods are to be 
found also in flowers, as Fabricius gives an Italian plant, the 
Dianthus Carthusianorum, as their habitat, and Mr. Ingpen found 
a single specimen upon a flower in Kent, during the present year. 
Boletus versicolor (Changeable Boletus) is given with the insect. 
