256 PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS. 
and South Shields. Jschnornera melanura occurred at South 
Shields, in a pieee of timber, where it had apparently bred in 
some numbers, as the wood was completely riddled by their 
burrows. Orthochwtes setiger was found in the sand hollows, on 
the coast, between Whitley and Hartley. TZhyamis_ atricilla, 
levis, and ochroleuca, are from nearly the same locality, fre- 
quenting the plants growing on the sea-banks. And, finally, 1 
found Lathridius nodifer feeding on fungi at Little Benton, late 
in autumn.— Tomas John Bold, Long Benton, Feb. 11, 1864. 
ADDRESS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE TYNESIDE 
NATURALISTS’ FIELD CLUB, 
READ BY THE PRESIDENT, EDWARD CHARLTON, ESQ., M.D., AT 
THE EIGHTEENTH ANNIVERSARY MEETING, HELD ON THURS- 
DAY, THE 10TH OF MARCH, 1864. 
(JENTLEMEN.—The office of President of the Tyneside Natu- 
ralists’ Field Club, has generally been conferred upon naturalists 
in the counties of Northumberland and Durham, or else on those 
who have devoted themselves to Antiquarian pursuits in the same 
locality. It is probable that we owe the distinguished honour of 
holding this position to the fact of our entertaining a great affec- 
tion for both of these sciences, though we must confess that 
Natural History has, for by much the longer period, engaged 
our attention. We were collectors of birds and observers of 
their habits as far back as 1824, and in 1830 there commenced 
that acquaintance with the late Edward Forbes which ripened 
into a warm friendship that continued unabated till his early 
and deeply regretted death. Of late years, as a relaxation from 
the severe duties’ of our profession, we have devoted much of 
our spare time to Antiquarian research, but the old love for 
natural science still continues, and from time to time receives 
fresh stimulus from contact with so many earnest naturalists at 
the mectings of the Field Club. As a member of the Club— 
from its commencement, we have seen with joy its gradual 

