184 CATALOGUE OF THE INSECTS OF 



In boggy places, and hedge banks. Gibside, Prestwick Car, 

 near Newcastle, Dunsfcon; on the Wear, above Soutbwick. 



It varies much in size, and in the colouring of the elytra and 

 thorax. The variety named T. maculicollis is nearly the type of 

 the species. The small variety, only one-half the size, mentioned 

 by Gyllenhal, occurs in damp fields, above Swalwell. 



10. T. BicoLOR, Fah. 



Steph. Illust, Mand., iii., 304. 

 Common. May — July. 



217. PoDABRUs, Fischer, 

 1. P. ALPiNrs, Payh 



Telephorus alpinus, Steph. Illust., Mand., iii., 304. 

 Banks of Wooler Water, Gibside, and on the banks of the 

 Derwent, not uncommon. June — July. 

 It shows a preference to the birch. 



218. Eagonycha, Eschscholtz. 



1. R. MELANURA, Fob. 



Telephorus melanurus, Steph. Illust, Mand., iii., 297, 

 On thistles, meadow-sweet, &c. Common. May — September. 



2. K PALLIDA, Fah. 



Telliphorus pallidus, Steph. Illust., Mand., iii., 297. 

 Common. June and July. 



3. R. FLAVILABRIS, Fcdloil. 



Telephorus flavilabris, Steph. Illust, Mand., iii., 295. 

 Among thistles, &c. Common. June and July. 



4. R. PALUDOSA, Gyll. 



Cantharis paludosa, Gyll. Ins. Suec, i., 336. — Telephorus 



^thiops, Curtis, Ann. Nat Hist, v., 279, (1840). 



In bogs and marshy places. Wooler Water, below Langley- 



fordj Whitsunbank Hill, near the base of Iledgehope, Gibside, 



banks of the Derwent, and in the dean above Winlaton Mill. — 



J. H. May— July. 



