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 INSECTS Trlchius fasciatus. The last-named insect is chiefly found in Scotland, but it has also occurred near Swansea. Several of the Scolytidae have been taken by Dr. Chapman, who has very carefully worked out the life-history of some of the species, and published the results in detail in the earlier volumes of the Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. Those who do not possess these volumes will find the chief parts of these descriptions quoted under their several genera in my work on The Coleoptera of the British Islands, vol. v. In the following list I am chiefly indebted to three collectors : — Colonel Yerbury, who sent a number of beetles from Herefordshire (without any definite locality) to the Oxford Museum ; the Rev. A. Thornley, who together with the Rev. C. H. Binstead captured a good many species at Eardisley ; and Mr. J. R. le B. Tomlin, who has sent me a very useful list from West Malvern. Mr. Willoughby Ellis has also sent me several records from Pembridge, Eardisley, and Pudleston. I must also thank Mr. J. J. Walker for kindly making out a list of Colonel Yerbury's beetles, and Dr. Chapman for a small list of Scolytidae. As Mr. Tomlin collected just on the borders of Herefordshire and Worcestershire, it is possible that some of his records may strictly belong to the latter county, and it is more than probable that a large number of the scarce species which were taken by Mr. Blatch and Mr. Horner near Ludlow, on the borders of Shropshire, occur also in Herefordshire. It is almost impossible to draw an exact line. I have myself taken the rare Philonthus lucens on the very top of the Worcestershire Beacon of the Malvern Hills, and also the beautiful Corymbites aeneus in numbers on the Worcestershire side of the hills, and both these species most probably occur within the Herefordshire border also. Nearly 600 beetles are enumerated below, or about one-sixth of the whole number of British species. It is very likely that this number will eventually be more than quadrupled, for the county is probably extremely rich in examples of the order. CARABIDAE Cychrus rostratus, L. Carabus nemoralis, Miill. Notiophilus aquaticus, L. — biguttatus, F. Leistus spinibarbis, F. — fulvibarbis, Dej. — ferrugineus, L. Nebria brevicollis, F. Elaphrus riparius, L. — cupreus, Duft. Lorlcera pilicornis, F. Clivina fossor, L. — collaris, Herbst. Dyschirius globosus, Herbst. Badister bipustulatus, F. Acupalpus meridianus, L. Bradycellus distinctus, Dej. — verbasci, Duft. Harpalus ruficornis, F. — aeneus, F. — latus, L. Stomis pumicatus, Panz. Pterostichus versicolor, Sturm. — madidus, F. — niger, Schall. — vulgaris, L. — strenuus, Panz. — vernalis, Panz. — striola, F. Amara apricaria, Payk. — spinipes, L. — tibialis, Payk. Hereford — familiaris, Duft. — trivial is, Gyll. — lunicollis, Schiodte. — similata, Gyll. Calathus cisteloides, M. — melanocephalus, L. — piceus, Marsh. Pristonychus terricola, Herbst. CARABIDAE {continued) Anchomenus angusticollis, F. (jun- ceus, Scop) — dorsalis, Mull. — albipes, F. — oblongus, F. — marginatus, L. — viduus, Panz. — — var. moestus, Duft. — micans, Nic. — fuliginosus, Panz. Bembidium rufescens, Guer. — obtusum, Sturm. — biguttatum, F. — aeneum, Germ. — guttula, F. — mannerheimi. Sahib. — quadrimaculatum, L. — quadriguttatum, F. — lampros, Herbst. — decorum, Panz. — nitidulum, Marsh. — tibiale, Duft. — atrocoeruleum, Steph. — femoratum, Sturm. — littorale, Ol. — fluviatile, Dej. — flammulatum, 01. — varium, Ol. (ustulatum, Sturm), — prasinum, Duft. Eardisley — punctulatum, Drap. Tachypus flavipes, L. Trechus minutus, F. Patrobus excavatus, Payk. Demetrias atricapillus, L. Dromius linearis, Ol. — agilis, F. — quadrimaculatus, L. — melanocephalus, Dej. Metabletus foveola, Gyll. 81 HALIPLIDAE Brychius elevatus, Panz. Haliplus confinis, Steph. Here- ford — ruficollis, Dej. DYTISCIDAE Noterus clavicornis, De G. — sparsus, Marsh. Laccophilus interruptns, Panz. (minutus, Er.) Hyphydrus ovatus, L. Coelambus versicolor, Schall (reticu- latus, F.) — inaequalis, F. — decoratus, Gyll. Deronectes assimilis, Payk. — depressus, F. — 12 pustulatus, F. Hydroporus pictus, F. — septentrionalis, Gyll. Eardisley — erythrocephalus, L. — planus, F. — nigrita, F. — morio, Dej. (atriceps, Crotch) — palustrls, L. Agabus bipustulatus, L. — guttatus, Payk. Platambus maculatus, L. Ilybius fenestratus, F. — ater, De G. GYRINIDAE Gyrinus urinator, 111. Eardisley — uatator, Scop.