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creep and run and jump and fly, or else lay perfectly still like little 

 black grains amidst the sandy gravel of the dry river bed. PJdnoncus 

 castor was also obtained on the shingle, and near the more sandy edge, 

 next the turf of the river-bank, such species as Bembidium anglicanuniy 

 Shp. {andreae, F.), Tachypus pallipes, Bledius subterraneus, Moryclius 

 aeneiis, Aegialia sabuleti, and Chaetocnema confusa were secured, along 

 with many other commoner species. On a sunny grassy slope a fine ? 

 Meloe violaceus was taken, and, on being exhibited to a worthy " herd " 

 who chanced to be at hand, caused him to take his first lesson in 

 coleoptera, as he had wonderingiy to say " Weel, 1 never saw a beetle 

 afore ! ' ' 



During the month I had the pleasure of a short visit from Professor 

 T. Hudson Beare, who shared some of the pleasures of the chase, and 

 who has now kindly assisted in the determination of the results. 



Additions to tlie Coleoptera of the Northumberland and Durham 



district, 1906. 



By RICHAED S. BAGNALL. 

 During the year, despite the unproductiveness of general collecting 

 and one's limited spare time, many interesting species have been 

 added to our counties' coleopterous fauna. I have already briefly 

 noticed several in these pages (72, 73, 159, 242, etc.), and 

 such are merely tabulated here and denoted by an asterisk. Harpalus 

 rufibarbis, F. — Taken by Professor Beare and myself at Greatham. 

 Coelambus impressopunctatus, Schal., and Ochthebitis marinus, Pk. 

 Though not recorded, Mr. Gardner has taken these species at 

 Greatham, where I found them again this year. Hydroporus ferru- 

 gineiis, Steph. — Taken at Hart by Mr. Gardner. -■'Oxypoda formiceti- 

 cola, Mark. 0. recondita, Kr. — Very rare, Corbridge ; a single 

 example taken by Mr. Donisthorpe in nest of F. rufa, July, and 

 another by myself, August, 1906. '''0. haemorrhoa, Sahl. ■•'Thiaso- 

 phila anyidata, Er, Dinarda markeli, Kies. — One example with F. 

 rufa, Corbridge, October, lilyrniedonia huvieralis, Great Corbridge. 

 ■''Notothecta fiavipes, Gr. *iV. anceps, Er. ■''Homalota ctispidata, Er. 

 ■■'H. parallela, Man. Gyropliaena pnlchella, Heer, and G. strictula, 

 Er. — Both taken by Mr. Gardner in the Hartlepool district, interesting 

 records on account of their known distribution. Oligota pusillima, Gr. 

 — Greatham. 0. flavicornis, Lac. — One example amongst reed-refuse, 

 Winlaton. Hypocyptus oviilum, Heer. — Derwent Valley ; Tachyporus 

 tersus, Er. — Derwent Valley ; these two latter species have been taken 

 by both Mr. Donisthorpe and myself at Gibside and Winlaton. 

 Mycetoporus lucidvs, Er. — Gibside, March. M. pwnctus, Gyll. — 

 "Winlaton. M. sp)lendidus, Gr. — Axwell Park, May. Heterothops 

 binotata, Gr. — Amongst seaweed, Whitley. ''''Quedlus brevis, Er. 

 ■•' Leptacinus forwicetorinn, Mark. Steniis guynemeri, Duv. — At water- 

 fall, Gibside, with Quedius auricomus. Trogophloeus rivularis, Motz. — 

 In bog near Winlaton. Romaliwn punctipenne, Th. — Tynedale and 

 Derwent Valley. ■'•Homalium caesiini, Gr. var. subraficorne. Fhloeo- 

 bium clypeatuin, Miill. — Winlaton and Warkworth. '■'•Neuraphes 

 elongatidus, Mull. -'N. angidatus, Miill. *A^. sparshalli, Den., var. ?. 

 ''''Scydmaenus exilis, Er. '•'Tychus niger, Pk. ■■' Bytkinus validus, Aub. 

 '''Biloporus bicolor, Den. '^'Euplectus pmictatus, Muls. *i?. karsteni. 



