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straw, in the dusk of the evening. — Mr. Albany Hancock. Sand 

 banks near South Shields. — 1\ J. B. Gibside and Homildon 

 Heugh.— ^. //. 



" I have dug the pupa up in grassy places, on the magnesian 

 limestone, about three or four inches beneath the surface." — G. 

 Wailes, Esq. The specimen taken at Gibside, was dug out of the 

 soil, in which the insect lurks, till the closing shades of night 

 indicate the proper period for going abroad. 



195. Rhizotrogus, Latreille. 



1. K. SOLSTITIALIS, Linn. 



Amphimalla solstitialis, Steph., Illust., Mand., iii., 221. 

 " Ramparts, Tjnemouth Castle, the only locality known to me 

 in this part." — G. Wailes, Esq. 



196. Melolontha, Fahricius. 

 1. M. VULGARIS, Fab. 



Steph. Illust, Mand., iii., 222. 



" On different kinds of trees, in May, June, and July, near 

 Stockton. — Hogg's Stockton. " Newcastle, Meldon Park, &c." — 

 G. Wailes, Esq. " Twizell"— P. J. Selby, Esq. "Durham."— 

 Ornsby's Durham. Long Benton, Jesmond, Ouseburn, Ravens- 

 worth, Swalwell, Axwell, Winlaton Mill, Gibside, &c. May — 

 July. 



"The chestnut -brown beetle, or hedge chafer j in very warm 

 summers, appears in shady vales, by the sides of brooks and 

 streamlets, and sometimes is heard buzzing against the windows 

 of our houses, Alis tonans. Hence it is called by the French, 

 Aliton. The many rookeries with us is partly the reason why 

 we have so few chafers, even in the hottest summers; seldom more 

 than one or a pair being seen at a time." — Wains' Hist. North., 

 i., 365. We place little confidence in the worthy historian's 

 doctrine of the distribution of insect species being dependent upon 

 the animals that devour them. 



197. Phyllopertha, Kirby. 

 1. P. Horticola, Linn, 



Steph. Illust., Mand., iii., 22L 

 On the leaves of trees and hedges. Abundant in the vicinity 

 of Newcastle. " Twizell."— P. J. Selby, Esq. "Durham."— 



