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INSECTS Aphodius sordidus, F. In dung, Powick — rufescens, F. In dung, Bransford — foetidus, F. In dung. Holt — obliteratus, Pz. In dung, Grimley Geotrupes spiniger, Marsh. In dung. Broad- heath Trox scaber, L. Flying at dusk, near Wor- cester Hoplia philanthus, FUss. On flowers, Wyre Forest Cetonia aurata, L. On flowers, sparingly Cryptohypnus riparius, F. Banks of Teme, etc. — quadripustulatus, F. By the Teme Athous longicollis, OI. Cotheridge Limonius minutus, L. Lord's Wood Adrastus limbatus, F. Monkwood Corymbites pectinicornis, L. Malvern Hills, Wyre Forest — cupreus, F. Malvern Hills — tessellatus, F. Trench Woods — asneus, L. Malvern Hills — metallicus, Payk. Monkwood — bipustulatus, L. One, Thorngrove Helodes marginatus, F. Cotheridge Cyphon coarctatus, Payk, Herbage, by the Teme — pallidulus, Boh. Monkwood Scirtes hemisphaericus, L. Water herbage, Camp Lampyris noctiluca, L. Occasionally, in woods Telephorus haemorrhoidalis, F. Lathe Hill — oralis, Germ. Marshy place, Camp — thoracicus, Ol. Camp Malthodes flavoguttatus, Kies. Grimley — dispar. Germ. Lenchford — fibulatus, Kies. Worcester, one — misellus, Kies. Bransford Malachius jeneus, L. Little Oldbury Axinotarsus ruficollis, Ol. Grimley Anthocomus fasciatus, L. In hedges Haplocnemus impressus, Marsh. One, at Trench Woods Tillus elongatus, L. Trench Woods Opilo mollis, L. On elms, occasionally, near Worcester Thanasimus formicarius, L. One, under bark of ash, Powick Necrobia violacea, L. On flowers. Trench Woods, and among skins Ptinus sexpunctatus, Pz. Occasionally in houses, Worcester Hedobia imperialis, L. On flowers, near Worcester Priobium castaneum, F. Hawthorn bloom Anobium denticoUe, Pz. In old house, Wor- cester — fulvicorne, Sturm. Hawthorn hedge Xestobium tessellatum, F. Old house, W cester Ochina hedera, Moll. Ivy, Powick Dinoderus substriatus, Payk. In moss on old stump. Perry Wood Lyctus canaliculatus, F. Herbage, Powick Cis micans, Herbst From polyporus on wil- — hispidus, Payk. ) low, Powick — bidentatus, Ol. Tree fungus. Crown East Rhopalodontus fronticornis, Pz. 1 ^^ , Ennearthron affine, Gyll. j " ■' Callidium alni, L. Boughton, near Worcester Clytus mysticus, L. On flowers of Hera- cleum, Hallow Rhagium bifasciatum, F. Dine's Green Pachyta collaris, L. Thorngrove Strangalia quadrifasciata, L. Monkwood Pogonochaerus bidentatus, Thoms. Dine's Green Mesosa nubila, OI. Monkwood Stenostola ferrea, Schr. Shrawley Wood Bruchus rufimanus. Boh. Monkwood Orsodacna cerasi, L. Hawthorn, near Trench Woods Lema erichsoni, SufFr. One, by Laughern Brook Crioceris asparagi, L. Worcester Clythra quadripunctata, L. Birchen Grove, Trench Woods Cryptocephalus bipunctatus, L. Trench Woods — aureolus, SufFr. Monkwood — fulvus, Goeze. Crown East — frontalis. Marsh. Bransford Lamprosoma concolor, Sturm. Moss, Middle- yards Chrysomela gcettingensis, L. Flood refuse, by the Severn didymata, Scriba. "1 jy , . . T-, r rr yi t, toreSt — hyperici, rorst. J ■' Melasoma asneum, L. Monkwood — longicolle, SufFr. Trench Woods Phytodecta rufipes, De G. Monkwood — olivacea, Forst. Wyre Forest — pallida, L. Near Malvern Phyllodecta cavifrons, Thoms. Cotheridge Batophila rubi, Payk. Moss, Flyford Flavel Blaps mucronata, Latr. Cellars, etc. Bolitophagus reticulatus, L. One, fungus on willow, Kempsey Scaphidema metallicum, F. Under bark on old stump near Worcester Tenebrio obscurus, F. One, indoors Cistela ceramboides, L. In decayed bark of oak tree, near Worcester Orchesia micans, Pz. Woody fungus on ash, Bransford Hypulus quercinus, Quens. Crown East CEdemera nobilis, Scop. Cotheridge — lurida, Marsh. Trench Woods Metoecus paradoxus, L. In wasps' nest 99