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Shp. — With type, but much rarer ; Newbiggin, Whitley, and Roker. 

 Xantholinus longiventris, Heer. — Gibside. Lathrobium longulum, 

 Gr. — Gibside. L. fovulum, Steph. (punctatum, Brit. Cat.). — Gibside 

 in October, and Norman's Riding, near Winlaton, May. Cryptoeium 

 glaberrimum, Hbst.- — -Near Winlaton, February. Lesteva pubescens, 

 Man. — One example from under a chip of wood lying beneath a small 

 waterfall, Gibside, November, 1905. I have now local records of all our 

 British s])ecies oi Lesteva. Homalium brevicorne, Er. — Mr. Donisthorpe 

 took a Homaliina apparently referable to this very rare species in 

 Gibside this October, and has sent it to M. Fauvel for his opinion. 

 Hardy records it from the Wooler district. Leptinus testaceus, Miill. — 

 I found a solitary example in a rotten oak branch, Gibside, September, 

 1905. It resembled a bug so much both in form and agility that I 

 very nearly passed it. Agathidium badium, Er. — It is with real 

 pleasure I am able to record this species from Gibside, and to Mr. 

 Donisthorpe, who took an example whilst staying with me this October, 

 I am indebted for pointing out the species. It occurs exclusively 

 beneath beech bark, except in the summer, when I have found it in a 

 tree-growing fungus. Dr. Chaster took a single example at Patterdale, 

 and added it to the British list last year [Ent. Rec, 1904, p. 18). 

 Necrophorus vestigator. Hers. — Taken by Mr. Robson at Birtley. 

 Choleva spadicea, Stm. — Near Marley Hill, above Gibside. Pteryx 

 suturalis, Heer. — This September I took a number of this tiny beetle 

 from under the bark of a small decayed beech branch. Triplax 

 BiooLOR, Gyll. — In March I found both the larvfe and the pupae 

 (apparently both new to science) of this recent addition to our beetle 

 fauna. Cerylon fagi, Bris.— Another example from beneath beech 

 bark in Gibside. C. ferrugineum, Steph.— Beneath beech bark ; 

 Gibside, very plentiful ; Hylton and Egglestone, in Teesdale, rare ; 

 Winlaton Mill, a number from a rotten oak stump. Rhizophagus 

 PERFORATUS, Er. — Further examples from Gibside. Lathridius 

 angulatus, Man. — Rare ; by sweeping in the Derwent Valley and 

 Weardale. Atomaria fimetarii, Hbst. — Gibside, in a small fungus. 

 Ephistemus gyrinoides, Marsh., var. dimidiatus, Stm. Corymbites 

 quercCs, Gyll., var. ochropterus, Steph. — Rare with us ; Gibside 

 and South Hylton. Geotrupes vernalis, L. — Near Marley Hill. 

 Cis nitidus, Hbst. — Gibside and Egglestone in Teesdale. Chryso- 

 MELA oRicHALciA, Mlill., var. HOBsoNi, Steph. — Extremely local. South 

 Hylton in August {Ent. Eecnrd). Longitarsus anchus^, Pk. — Gibside, 

 rare. L. ochroleucus, Marsh. — This has occurred to me plentifully by 

 evening sweeping in a certain cornfield near Hylton (June, 1905), 

 whilst L. Inridiis, Scop., also recorded by Bold as rare, has been very 

 common at Gibside, Castle Eden Dene, Teesdale, etc., this year. 

 Phyllotreta atra, Pk. — One specimen taken by Mr. Gardner, at 

 Hartlepool. P. crucifer.e, Goeze. — By sweeping, Hartlepool (Gardner) 

 and Derwent Valley. Mantura rustica, L., var. suturalis, Weise. — 

 Gibside and South Hylton. M. matthewsi, Curt. — Two examples 

 taken by Mr. Gardner at Hartlepool. Psylliodes chalcomera. 111. — 

 Hartlepool. One specimen only (Gardner). P. hyoscyami, L. — Hartle- 

 pool, one specimen only. Hartlepool (Gardner). I verified its identity 

 by comparison with types which Commander Walker kindly gave me. 

 Anaspis geoffroyi, Miill., var. subfasciata, Steph. — By beating haw- 

 thorn in June, at Egglestone in Teesdale. Rhynchites ^quatus, L. — 



