90 MR. bold's entomological notes for 1855, 



19. Epieims 14 StnatuSj Stepli. Several specimens found in 



rubbish at Jarrow. I found a single one on the sands at 

 South Shields. 



20. Tomicus villosus, Payk. Mr. Thornhill and I dug sixteen 

 specimens of this insect out of the bark of a felled oak, at 

 Gibside, in August. 



21. Scolytus destructor, Oliv. Found, in some plenty, at Gibside, 

 in August, and on the banks of the Tyne, near Close 

 House, in September ; in both cases in the bark of felled 

 elms. I fancy that this destructive pest must have been 

 overlooked; it was accompanied by numbers of larvse, 

 and the perfect insect will, in all probability, be detached 

 whenever its pabulum, the elm, is grown. 



22. Dorytomus costirostns, Schh. Bred from the catkins of 

 willow, gathered at Gosforth. 



Additional localities have also been found for some of the 

 rarer species of Coleoptera, recorded in our Catalogue. P. J. 

 Selby, Esq., informs me that Tarus vajyorariorum (basalis), is 

 occasionally taken on a moor near Twizell, but is very local. 

 Pterostichus JEtMops and Amara oriccdcia have been taken at 

 Rothley ; the latter, I have also taken at Heaton, and on the out- 

 skirts of Newcastle. Bembklium lunatum and testaceum, were 

 taken near Ryton, on the banks of the Tyne. Bembidiwn 

 Stomoides, the rarest of our indigenous species, has occurred to 

 myself, on the Tyne, near Eyton, and on the Devil's Water, at, 

 and above Dilston. Mr. Thornhill took a j^air on the Wear, 

 near Lumley. Although widely spread, it is however very rare, 

 generally being found singly, or at most in pairs. Its habits are 

 somewhat peculiar, for it lurks under stones, on the very outer 

 borders of the stream, w^here the gravel and the grass meet. 

 Bemhidium monticulum was taken on the Devil's Water, rather 

 plentifully, in September. In July, I took a fine series oi Agahus 

 uliginosus ( Calymhetes dispar of Cat. J, and of Hydraporus rufifrons, 

 at Boldon Flats ; both from the furrows of a recently flooded grass 

 field. Hydroporus Davisii, has occurred sparingly in the Hartburn ; 

 more plentifully in the Derwent, the Ouse, the burn running 

 into the Tyne, at Wylam, and in the Devil's Water. The var. 

 of Hydroporus rivalis^ known as Sanmarhu, has occurred in the 



