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1. Hydroporus rufifrons, D lifts. - PicEUs, StCTpih. In ditches 



at Boldon-Flats. April — June. 



2. Hr. UMBRosus, Gyll. = minutus, Steph, Very local, being 



confined to a single pond at Gosforth. April — October. 



3. OxTPODA MAURA, Erichs. Gosforth— very rare. May. 



4. Cercion centrimaculatum, Sturm. At Long Benton and 

 elsewhere, on dung, and in vegetable refuse — not rare. From 

 early spring to autumn. 



5. Ephistemus globosus, Waltl., Erichs. Very rare. Long 

 Benton. June. 



6. Cryptophagus badiijs, Sturm. Newcastle. 



7. Crypt, acutangulus, Gyll. Newcastle. 



8. Crypt, dentatus, Herhst Gosforth. June. 



9. Crypt, sfbdepressum, Gyll. Newcastle. 



10, A single specimen of an apparently undescribed species of 

 Salpingus, which will be described hereafter. 



The same gentleman noticed the very rare, and local Benihi- 

 dium tricolor (hitherto only found on the Derwent), on the south 

 branch of the Tyne, above Haltwhistle, in July. Near Feather- 

 stone Castle, the rare little Bee, Andrena analis, was found 

 breeding in a heathy hedge-row, and was accompanied by Nomada 

 Jlavoguttata. 



Another very rare Bee, Andrena coitana, was taken near the 

 same locality, a few weeks later, by George Wailes, Esq. 



Mr. Wm. Peacock has made a valuable addition to the Longi- 

 corn section of our Coleopterous Fauna, having captured a pair 

 of the very elegant Gracilia minuta, near Sunderland. 



This branch of Natural History gains additions probably, 

 not only by the discovery of species hitherto overlooked, but also 

 by the frequent introduction of new forms imported, either in 

 the egg or in the larvsa state, about the roots of plants now so 

 often brought from distant countries. 



In conclusion, I am happy to congratulate the members of the 

 Club on its flourishing state, as shown by the reports of the Trea- 

 surer and Secretary ; and thanking you, gentlemen, for the kind 

 attention with which you have listened to what has been, I fear, 

 a very imperfect address, I beg to say, that I hope, on a future 



