34 THE entomologist's record. 



and which occurred in j^reat profusion. It is very certain that 

 systematic research in other parts of Northumberland and Durham 

 will produce many other interesting additions to the Counties' Fauna. 



During the year, t^vo more Longicorns have been imported, Cordy- 

 Lomeia siitKialis, Chev., with mahogany, and Ci/Uene crinicornis, Chev., 

 in numbers, with lignum -vitro from the West Indies. 



Many rare beetles, for the most part recorded have also occurred^ 

 including the following additions to the counties' list. AleocJiara cuni- 

 (■nlornm, Kr., from a badger's burrow, Spen banks, Co. Durham. A. 

 xnccicola, Th., A. mnerens, Gyll., and A.i^paiUcea, Er., var. procera, Er.,are 

 in Mr. Gardner's collection from Hartlepool. Homalota lomjida, Hear, 

 //. subtilissiiiHt, Kr., in numbers, and a few examples of H. e.rilix, Er., 

 //. pallens, Redt. (?), from shingle, Winlaton Mill. H. aeqnata, Er., 

 //. linearis, Gr., and H. pilicornis, Th., from beneath bark, Gibside. 

 I'/iilaiithits cruentatus, Gmel., in vegetable refuse, rare. Tliinnbius 

 lonc/ipi'iDiix, Heer, in shingle, Winlaton Mill. Hoinaliinii planum, Pk., 

 under bark, Derwent Valley and Tynedale. H. pineti, Th., under bark 

 of a fir-log, Egglestone in Teesdale. Hopalaraea pyijinaea, Pk., Win- 

 laton Mill. Colon latum, Kr., a single specimen from dead grass refuse 

 in nest of mouse, Gibside. I^uplectus sii/natus, Reich., a single 

 specimen; tJ. minatissimua, Aub., not rare in shingle, Winlaton Mill. 

 Micrunda melanocephala, Marsh., very local, found in numbers early in 

 the year on a certain clump of bird-cherry trees, Winlaton Mill. 

 Melvjethes serripes, Gyll., specimens evidently referable to this species 

 from the flowers of bugle {Ajiii/a re])tam) and hedge-nettle (Stachys). 

 Knicmus finu/icola, Th., taken by my friend Mr. Gardner in Teesdale. 

 Cartodere elowjata, Curt., a solitary example in fungoid growth on a 

 log, Alnwick. Silvanus aimilis, Er,, a living specimen found floating 

 in a plate of pineapple syrup ; it may possibly have been brought in 

 from the woods on my clothes. Knnearthmn cornutnin, Gyll., from a 

 polyporus, Teesdale. Hiipophlocus hiador, CI., Alnwick. 



The Brachypterous Cryptinae. 



By ERNEST A. ELLIOTT, F.E.S. 



Great difficulty is experienced in identifying Brachypterous forms 

 of the subfamily Cryptinae, from the fact that the metathoracic costae 

 and the areolet of the wing, which are among the most important 

 characters made use of in defining the subdivisions, are, if not entirely 

 Avanting, yet difterent from the form typical of the group to which 

 these insects individually belong. In the hope of rendering some 

 assistance in this matter, I have prepared the following table, for 

 females only. I have not found it possible to arrange them in the 

 order of Mr. Morley's Ichneumona o/' Ihitain, vol. ii. (1907), but do not 

 consider this of any importance. 



By a curious oversight Mr. Morley has given us an impossible 

 description of the genus Oreshius, Marsh. Its author, in his original 

 description [Knt. Mo. May., iii., 1867, p. 193), says of the basal 

 segment : " basi latissimum, apicem versus gradatim angustatum." 

 This is evidently to be understood in the Gravenhorstian sense, the 

 postpetiole being the "pars antica," and thus the end of the segment 



