NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM. 25 



8. 0. alternans, Grav., 1. c. II., 75. 

 •Frequents fungi in woods. 



9. 0. rupicola, Rye, Ent. Mon. Mag. III., 66. 



Two specimens, taken on Cheviot, by Mr. J. Hardy. 



10. 0. sericea, Heer. ; 0. nigrinus, Trans. CI. VI., 226. 

 South Shields and elsewhere. Not uncommon. 



11. 0. pallidula, Sahib. ; 0. testacea, 1. c. II., 75 ; 0. annu- 



laris, 1. c. 295. 



12. 0. brachyptera, Steph., Illust. Mand. V., 128. 

 Somewhat rare. Tynemouth, on the Irthing, &c. 



ROMALOTA, Mann.* 



1. H. currax, Kz., Trans. CI. VI., 226; D. Sharp, Trans. 



Ent. Soc. London, 1869, p. 94. 

 Banks of Till, Ouseburn, Devil's Water, and Irthing. 



2. H. insecta, Thorns. ; D. Sharp, 1. c. 97. 

 Broadstruther Burn, near Wooler, Mr. J. Hardy. 



3. H. pavens, Er. ; D. Sharp, 1. c. 98 ; H. sulcifrons, Wat. 



Cat. ; Tachyusa frontalis, Trans. CI. II., 90. 

 Somewhat rare. In woods, &c. 



4. H. cambrica, Woll. ; D. Sharp, 1. c. 100 ; H. velox, Nat. 



Hist. Trans. L, 319. 

 Rare. Whitley Sands. " Wooler district," Mr. J. Hardy. 



5. H. planifrons, Wat., Trans. CI. VI., 226 ; D. Sharp, 1. c. 



102. 

 Rare. Sands near South Shields. 



6. H. labilis, Er., Nat. Hist. Trans. I., 131 ; D. Sharp, 1. c. 



' 113. 

 Blyth and Whitley Sands. "Banks of the Wansbeck," Dr. 

 Power. 



7. H. carbonaria, Sahib.; D. Sharp, 1. c. 114; Tachyusa car- 



bonaria, Trans. CI. II., 92; Ilom. ripicola, 1. c. III., 

 '296. 



* The "Revision of the British Species of Homalota" by Dr. Sharp, above cited, is quite 

 indispensable to the student of this most difficult genus. 



