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Further captures of Coleoptora in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. — In the No. for last 
January I recorded the captiiro of some Coleoptera at Studloy Royal, near Ripon, 
and at Nocton, in Lincolnshire. Sinoo then, the following have come under my 
notice. 
Taken at Studley Royal, near Ripon — Bolitocha/ra ohliqua, Ilomalota excellens, 
9 , Coryphium angusticolle, Colon hrunnewm, Anisotovia, ovalis and calcarata, Scyd- 
niwnus exilis, Omosita depressa, Ptinus crenatus (in quantities), Ajjion cruentatum, 
and Apteropeda globosa. 
Taken at Nocton, in Lincolnshire — Oyrophwna gentilis, affinis, and manca, 
Anisotoma litura (pale form), Colenis dcntipes, Colon serripes and bruwtieum, Scyd- 
mcenus SparshallH, Cwliodes ruber, and Aspidophorus orbiciclatus (one specimen, 
found in a dead stick). — Edwaed A. Waterhouse, Fountains' Hall, Ripon, 
January, 1868. 
Note on Hylesinus crt'riaius.— This beetle (which, though widely distributed and 
abundant when it does occur, after the manner of the Xylophaga, seems to be any- 
thing but generally common) was very plentifal last year in an ash tree at this 
place. Latterly I have not noticed it in such numbers ; but, on examining the 
tree higher up (it has been blown down during the recent gales) I still find it in some 
quantity. All stages of the insect occur together, many of the beetle having 
evidently only recently left the pupal state, from their light colour. The beetles 
are found closely packed together, eating galleries in the inner side of the bark, 
for what purpose I cannot quite understand. The galleries are apparently not 
those made by the lai'va3 : and the powerful mandibles of the perfect insect are 
capable of committing great havoo. The bark of this tree is nearly completely 
destroyed ; but the beetle does not enter the solid wood. With it I found its 
common little congener, H. fraxini ; and, in rotten parts of the same tree, Dorcus, 
Sinodendrum and larva,, and the larva) of Pyrochroa and some Elater. The pretty 
little Dromius 4:-notatus, also, frequents the bark. — T. Algernon Chapman, M.D., 
Abergavenny, Februa/ry, 1868. 
Note on the food-plants of Sitones Uneelhcs OMd Barypithes sulcifrons. — I observe 
that the food-plant of Sitones Uneellits is generally unknown. Some time ago, it 
was suggested to me by a friend that thistles might probably afford its ordinary 
pabulum. After carefully noting the result of frequent sweepings last autumn, I 
came to the conclusion that not thistles, but bird's-foot trefoil {Lotus corniculatus), 
or white clover {TrifoUum repens), or perhaps both, for the two plants were always 
together, sustain the species. Most, if not all its congeners, I believe, are likewise 
partial to the LeguminoscB. 
On the 9th inst., I went in search of Barypithes sulcifrons, to a spot in Berwick- 
shire, whore I had taken that beetle many years ago, and found about a dozen 
specimens, a pair of them in cop. Both there and near Edinburgh it frequents 
sheeps' Fescue-grass {Festuca ovina), growing upon trap-rocks. The insect is 
seldom found in summer, and is then usually broken. — R. Hislop, Blair Bank, 
Falkirk, 16th Janua/ry, 1868. 
