LIST OF BEES IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF NEWCASTLE. 9313 
wood contrasted greatly with the moth’s dark wings. Further on, 
in the same direction, [ caught another uncommon moth, 
Acronycta leporina, as it was flying softly across the read near 
where the oak wood has been cut down, on the right hand side 
going to Rowland’s gill—and, beyond that turnpike, I captured 
specimens of Rhagium Inquisitor, Clivina collaris, and other 
beetles of uncommon occurrence, on my way to a small bog en 
the left hand side of the road, where grows the sweet scented 
willow Salix pentandra, Linn. ; and where the “greasy” Frittillary, 
Melitea Artemis, was taken by Mr. Dinning—the beautiful 
Daddy-long-legs, Pedicea rivosa, I also met with in this bog. 
From this time, to the end of June, insects continued to occur 
in tolerable plenty, and I collected many good specimens, and in 
July when on the links beyond South Shields, I found great 
numbers of the coast-chafers, Anomala Frisch, of which I could 
not find a single specimen last year, and I then added the dark 
purple variety which is always very rare in England to my 
series. 
The latter portion of the year has not been nearly so favourable 
for the development of insect life, and the autumn broods have 
certainly been below the average. Sugar I have found, 
throughout the summer, next to useless for the night moths, 
Many evenings which, appeared propitious for these excursions, 
I have returned home with empty boxes, or had to depend 
entirely upon my net for captures, and [ have heard similar 
accounts from other Entomologists widely separated, and there- 
fore conclude it to be a general complaint. 
XLII.—List of Bees taken in the Neighbourhood of Newcastle- 
on-Tyne. By Vincent R. Perxins. 
I apprnp to these notes a list of the bees I captured during my 
residence in Newcastle, not as a catalogue, but merely for a 
guide for any one who may hereafter take the catalogue in hand, 
as I am aware there are many species in the local collections that 
I have not fallen in with. 
