40 COLEOPTERA. 



merely published an extract from a j3rivate letter of Mr. Wal- 

 ton's, as being the only obtainable evidence ujDon this phantom 

 beetle), still cumbers our lists ; Apion scrohicolley Gyll., in 

 no one's possession, is retained, because the species was 

 described from England, but 2?avidmny Germ., of which 

 Mr. V/aterhouse's original carded specimen, mentioned by 

 Mr. Walton, is still extant in his cabinet, is omitted; both 

 species of Monoliammus are retained ) Cocc'mella impustu- 

 latcij Linn., and Scymnus 4:-lunulatus, 111., disappear; — but 

 of the former I believe there is a genuine specimen in Mr. S. 

 Stevens's collection, and of the latter, in addition to Mr. 

 Waterhouse's original ambiguously British exponent, there 

 is a fresh carded specimen in my own collection, from Kent, 

 and of which Dr. Sharp was not aware. 



Mr. Bold, who has, single-handed, so ably continued the 

 good work commenced by Mr. Hardy and himself, has 

 during the past year (Nat. Hist. Trans. North. & Durh., iv) 

 published a Revision of the Coleoptera of the Catalogue of 

 the Insects of Northumberland and Durham ; which is, in 

 fact, a purged, increased, and thoroughly worked-up 2nd 

 Edition of that v/ell known publication, now 20 years old. 

 The recorded Coleopterous fauna of these two counties now 

 appears to consist of 1527 species (a little less than half of 

 those known to be British), — an increase of upwards of 400 

 on the original census. One new species is described, and 

 two others not before recorded as British are brought for- 

 ward in this Bevision; these will be noticed in their proper 

 places. Plilceohiiis grlseus (Crotch, Cat. A pp.) is recorded 

 as taken at Sunderland by Mr. Peacock; and Bythiiius 

 (jlahricoUls, and one or two doubtful species, are still allowed 

 to continue on the list. 



Mr. James Hardy, whose engrossment upon other pur- 

 suits than Entomology has been so much lamented by all 



