INSECTS TRICHOPTERYGIDAE (continued) Trichopteryx montandonii, All. n.c. rivularis, All. Gumley, only recorded from one other locality, Birmingham guerini, All. Gumley; only 3 other records fuscula, Mat. In moss Gumley (Rev. A. Matthews) ; no other locality chevrolati, All. Gumley dispar, Mat. Gumley variolosa, Muls. The first British specimen was taken at Gumley Smicrus filicornis, Fair. Gumley ; only four other British records Nephanes titan, New. Gumley Ptilium rugulosum, All. Gumley ; no other British locality is given exaratum, All. Gumley Ptenidium fuscicorne, Er. Gumley laevigatum, Gill. Gumley probably the only authentic British record wankowiezi, Mat. Gumley kratzi, Mat. Buddon Wood CoRYLOPHIDAE Orthoperus brunnipes, Gyll. Gumley (Rev. A. Matthews); only one other British specimen known, locality uncertain punctatulus, Mat. Gumley (Rev. A. Matthews) ; the only example known Sphaerius acaroides, Waltl. Gumley ; only two other British records PHALACRIDAE Phalacrus caricis, Stm. Bradgate, Market Bosworth, Gumley Olibrus corticalis, Pz. Gumley, Kibworth ; no other midland records aeneus, F. Leicester district, n.r. bicolor, F. ) Leicester district, herbage near hedge liquidus,Er. j banks n.c. ; no other Midland record millefolii, Gumley ; no other Midland record COCCINELLIDAE Subcoccinella 24-punctata, L. Near Leicester, no other Midland record Hippodamia variegata, Goez. Gumley, Loughborough ; no other Midland record Anisosticta ig-punctata, L. Gumley Adalia obliterata, Muls. Abundant on larch, firs, and other conifers. I have a nearly black form from Bardon Hill Mysia oblongoguttata, L. Local Anaitis ocellata, L. Bradgate, n.c. ; Bardon Hill, a nearly black form Coccinella hieroglyphica, L. Gumley Hyperaspis reppensis, Hbst. Sheet Hedges, r. Scymnus pygmaeus, Fourc. Gumley frontalis, F. Gumley ; Birmingham seems to be its northern limit arcuatus, Ross. Shenton Hall, 24 August, 1872, out of very old ivy added to the British list by Wollaston; since then taken I believe in Surrey, and a record previously doubted confirmed haemorrhoidalis, Hbst. Gumley minutus, Hbst. Gumley, the previous records are confined to the SE. counties COCCINELLIDAE {continued} Chilocorus similis, Ross. On alders in woods, local bipustulatus, L. Buddon &c., c. Exochomus quadripustulatus, L. Bradgate, Buddon, c. ENDOMYCHIDAE Mycetaea hirta, Marsh. Kirby Muxloe Lycoperdina bovistae. Buddon, Bardon, n.c. Endomychus coccineus, L. Gumley EROTYLIDAK Dacne humeralis, F. Market Bosworth, Oaiston, Gumley rufifrons, F. c. Triplax russica L. Local, but c. where it occurs aenea, Schal. Leicester district, Gumley, local CoLYDIIDAE Orthocerus muticus, L. Fairly c. Ditoma crenata, F. Gumley Cerylon histeroides, F. Bradgate, Buddon Wood, mahogany coloured form with Formica rufa HlSTERIDAE Hister unicolor, L. n.c. merdarius r. cadaverinus, Hoff. n.r. - succicolor. Thorns. Bradgate purpurascens, Hbst. Local neglectus, Germ. r. carbonarius, 111. Local bissexstriatus, F. Leicester district, damp meadows, n.c. bimaculatus, L. In hot beds, n.r. 12-striatus, Schr. c. Kissister minima, Aub. Gumley Dendrophilus punctatus, Hbst. Local pygmaeus, L. Buddon Wood Gnathoncus nannetensis, Mars. Sutton Ambien, Gumley, local Saprinus aeneus, F. r. Abraeus globosus, Hoff. r. Halacritus punctum, Aub. Acritus minutus, Hbst. r. nigricornis, Hoft. Local Ontophilus striatus, F. Local MlCROPEPLIDAE Micropeplus porcatus, Pk. r. Margaritae, Duv. r. NlTIDULIDAE Brachypterus gravidus, 111. r. Cercus pedicularis, L. Gumley bipustulatus, Pk. Aylestone, r. Carpophilus hemipterus, L. Leicester, in figs im- ported Epurea melina, Er. c. oblonga, Hbst. Bradgate silacea, Hbst. r. longula, Er. Gumley deleta, Er. c. parvula, Stm. v.r. variegata, Hbst. In fungi, n.c.
