162 [July. 



example of S. testaceus, Mots., a very variable species in colour and punctuation, 

 and sometimes even in shape. Fowler (Brit. Col., iii, 17t\ Table), separates lividus 

 from testaceus by its black claws, but the claws of testaceus being black also, this 

 distinction will not serve. Bold (Cut. Northiinib. and Durham, 1871, p. 109) 

 gives " sea banks near Hartley " as the locality for lividus, and it must be noted 

 that he took S. mulsaiiti, Wat., also " on the sea banks," and presumably at the 

 same place. S. mulsanti is now regarded by most authoi's as a var. of testaceus, but 

 it was not so regarded in Bold's time, or he might have suspected the identity of 

 the two insects. S. mulsanti has apparently been a puzzle to foreign Coleopterists, 

 having been referred by them in turn to scutellaris, Muls., redtenbacheri, Muls.,and 

 testaceus, Mots., nor can its real place be considered as settled even now. — E. A. 

 Newbert, 12, Churchill Road, Darmoutli Park, N.W. : May 11th, 1905. 



Epurwa longula, Er., and other Nitidulidm in the Derwent Valley. — On 

 September 26th, 1903, I took a strange Epiirxa from a lingering flower of meadow- 

 sweet (8pirxa ulmaria) in Gibside. At Mr. Tomlin's advice it was sent to 

 Mr. Champion, who kindly identified it as i^ Epursea longula, Er. Mr. Bold 

 took this species at Gosforth, but in consequence of having lost his specimens in the 

 Post Office, he records it as doubtful (?) (Nat. Hist. Trans, of Northumberland and 

 Durham, vol. iv, p. 56, 1871). 



Meligethes obscurus, Er. (distinctus, Shp. Cat.), another species of our Nitidu- 

 lidcB doubtfully recorded by Bold (Nat. Hist. Trans., p. 57, " M. distinctus, Erich., 

 /. e. 203. (.P). Rare. Seghill Dene. May."), has occurred at Winlaton and Rowlands 

 Gill, Autumn, 1903 and 1904, my examples of which were kindly named by Mr. 

 Newbery. These captures are interesting as confirmations of Mr. Bold's hitherto 

 doubtful records. 



Srachypterus pubescens, Er., B. urticse, F., Cercus pedicularius, L., C. bipustu- 

 latus, Pk., C. rufilabris, Lat., Epursea xstica, L., E. melina, Er., E. deleta, Er., 

 E. parvula, Stm., E. obsoleta, F., E. pusilla, 111., Nitidula bipustulata, L., Omosita 

 depressa, L., 0. colon, L., 0. discoidea, F., Meligethes rufijpes, Gyll., M. seneus, F., 

 M. viridescens, F., M. erythropus, Gyll. (?), Cychramus luteus, F., C. fungicola, 

 Heer, Ips quadriguttata,^., Rhizophagus depressus, '^ .,E,. perjoratus, Er., -K. ferru- 

 gineus, Pk., R. dispar, Pk., R. bipusfulatus, F., and others not yet identified, have 

 occui'red in the Derwent Valley of late. 



Cercus bipustulatus, local, from cherry blossom at Winlaton Mill, May, 1904 ; 

 Epursea melina, recorded by Bold as very rare, from meadow-sweet, July, 1902, 

 and hawthorn blossom, June, 1904, Winlaton Mill and HoUinside ; E. parvula 

 from beneath bark of oak, spring; and by beating oak and bracken, autumn; 

 Omosita depressa, Winlaton Mill, June, 1902. 



Cychramus luteus, said to be rare with us, occurs in numbers each summer, 

 on meadow-sweet, hemlock, &c., Winlaton Mill, HoUinside and Gibside, whilst 

 C. fungicola — if indeed these be two species — has fallen to me but rarely, although 

 reported as common. 



Ips quadriguttata, which Bold records as rare, from beneath bark of oak, bird 

 cherry, &c., was taken at Winlaton Mill in a like habitat, June, 1904, and again in 

 October and November of the same year, from a large hard fungus ( Polyporus 



