president's address. 143 



House, in the west of Nortliumberland. U. Gallii has also 

 occurred in one or two other localities in the same county. 



In October, Mr. T. Belt discovered, near Kyton, Hydrocharis 

 Morsus-rance, a species new to the Flora of Durham ; at least it 

 is not recorded in the Flora of the late Mr. Winch, or in any local 

 list that I have seen. 



Mr. G. R. Tate, eldest son of our esteemed member, Mr. G. Tate, 

 informs me that he lately gathered, near the Cheviot Hills, speci- 

 mens of Crepis succis<efolia, which he had previously found in the 

 neighbourhood of Alnwick. This species was first added to the 

 Flora of Northumberland by my worthy friend Mr. J. Thompson, 

 who noticed it at Hareshaw Linn, near Bellingham, on the North 

 Tyne; and in moist meadows, near the Roman Station of Little 

 Chesters. The two last named localities, Mr. Winch, in the 

 Addenda to his Flora, pronounces to be the "southern limits" 

 of the plant. It can, therefore, now be traced throughout the 

 entire length of the county." 



Notice of the caj^ture of new and rare Coleoptera. By Messrs. 

 James Hardy and Thomas John Bold. — "In Entomology, we 

 have several interesting additions to our local Fauna. Mr. James 

 Hardy, in June and July, examined the northern borders of our 

 district, and reports the occurrence of the following Coleopterous 

 Insects, not hitherto noticed within our limits : — CalatlnLsmicrop- 

 terus, Aepus fulvescens (which he observed feeding on a small 

 Crustacean, apparently the young of Orchesia UttoreaJ, Colymhetes 

 fontinalis, G. histriatus, C. angustior,Ant]iopJiagusalpinus,Micra- 

 lymma hrevip)ennis, Lesteva punctata, Arpedhun hrachypterum 

 (new to the British Fauna), Homalotanivcdis (also new to Britain), 

 H. sericans, Tacliyu8a chalyhea, T. constricta, Trogophlceus Juligi- 

 nosus, Stenus atratulus (new to Britain), two species ofAgathidium, 

 apparently undescribed (A. pumilum and A. Lycogolae MS.), 

 Catops Watsoni, Philhydrus testaceus and P. afinis, Morychus 

 (Byrrhus) ceneus, A2olotarsus(?) maritimus, Cryptohypniis qiiad- 

 rum, CeutorhyiichusEchii, Omias stdcirostris, Otiorhynchus maurus 

 ("hitherto regarded as a native only of the cloud-capped mountains 

 of Wales"), Orchestes scutellaris, Hylastes j^iceus, Chetocnema 

 aridella, and Coccinella quatuordecim-guttata- 



