fragments, Buck's (1955) account remains the principal published source of
data concerning the Forest's beetles. Employing Buck's definition of the Forest
limits it is now possible to add some 228 species to the 1109 listed by him (1955).
Records for these additional species (Table 5) are derived from a variety of
sources. There is no space for documentation here, but I consider all of the
records on which Table 5 is based as likely to be reliable; those marked with an
asterisk (the majority) I am able to vouch for personally.
Several of the older records noted by Buck (1955) are of doubtful
authenticity. A few such cases, instances of misidentification, and
miscellaneous amendments to his list are briefly dealt with here:-
Beinbidion dalmatinum Dej. - the record by MacKechnie Jarvis (1931) later
shown to be due to a misidentification (MacKechnie Jarvis, 1946). Bembidion
minimum (Fabr.) - normally restricted to saline conditions, the record requires
confirmation. Acupalpus exiguus Dej. - records are likely to refer to dark
varieties of the much commoner A. dubius Schilsky. Orthoperus brunnipes
(Gyll.) - to be deleted; Champion's Loughton specimens (and others from
Epping Forest so identified) prove to be O. mundus Matthews. Acrotrichis
atomaria (Deg.) - this record may well refer to a different species of Acrotrichis.
Stenus aceris Steph. - often confused with the generally distributed S. impressus
Germar; records require confirmation. Quedius fuliginosus (Grav.) - requires
confirmation; much confused with Q. curtipennis Bernh. (of which I have seen
a number of Epping Forest specimens), a more generally distributed species in
SE England. Q. boops (Grav.) - requires confirmation; records could refer to Q.
aridulus Jansson, or other species of Quedius. Q. humeralis Steph. - the record
given is likely to refer to Q. nemoralis Baudi; however, I have seen Epping
Forest specimens of both the latter species and the true Q. humeralis Steph. (=
obliteratus Er.). Mycetoporus baudueri Muls. & Rey - record probably refers to
M. piceolus Rey. "Conosomus testaceus (F.) - the true Sepedophilus testaceus
(Fabr.) may be found in the Forest, but all specimens examined prove to be S.
marshami (Steph.). "Conosomus" pedicularius (Grav.) - records all probably
refer to the much more widespread Sepedophilus nigripennis (Steph.). Atheta
sodalis (Er.) & A. fungicola (Thoms.) - there are further Epping Forest records
of both species, so their occurrence there is confirmed. Saprinus immundus
(Gyll.) - a coastal species; the single old record requires a double query.
"Enicmus" minutus (Linn.) - records for this species are likely to refer to either
or both Lathridius anthracinus Mann. and L. pseudominutus (Strand). Har-
monia quadripunctata (Pont.) - to be deleted; records refer to the common
Propylea 14-punctata (Linn.) (Buck, 1957).
Many of the minor errors (spellings of scientific names, authorships, etc.)
to be found in Buck's (1955) list, as well as revised nomenclature or change of
status of species referred to by him, may be corrected by reference to the latest
Check List of British Coleoptera (Pope, 1977).
The list of additional species (Table 5) and foregoing comments relate to Epping
Forest as defined by Buck (1955). Although a sensible area to cover in a survey,
the Forest so delimited is somewhat arbitrary in faunistic terms. The Forest as
defined by Qvist (1971), that is the area administered as Epping Forest by the
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