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16. C. anisotomoides, Spence ; Murray, 1. c. 

 Damp places in woods, &c, but not abundant. 



17. C. sericea, Fab. ; Murray, 1. c. 

 Abundant everywhere. 



COLON, Herbst. 



1. C. dentipes, Sahib. ; Sturm, pi. CCLXXXI. A. 



A fine male, by sweeping low herbage, in a wood on the 

 Irthing. 



2. C. brunneum, Latr., Trans. CI. I., 78; C. serripes, var., 



Nat. Hist. Trans. I., 320. 

 A rare insect with us. Frequents dead leaves, &c. 

 The variety curiously simulates serripes. 



SPILERITES, Duft. 



1. 8. glabratus, Fab., Steph. Manual, 113. 

 One Specimen, taken near Wooler, by Mr. J. Hardy. 



SCYDM^ENID^. 

 EUMICRUS, Lap. 



1. E. tarsatus, Mull.; 8. tarsatus, Trans. CI. II., 191. 

 Rare. Long Benton, Durham, &c. 



SCYDMiENUS, Latr. 



1. 8. scutellaris, Mull. ; Sturm, pi. CCLXIII. A. 

 A single local example, is in my own collection. 



2. 8. collaris, Mull. ; Sturm, pi. CCLXIII. D. 



In moss, &c. Not rare. 



3. 8. pusillus, Mull., Trans. CI. n., 191. 



"In hot-beds at Grilesgate Moor, Durham," Rev. W. Little. 

 Mr. Hardy's examples of this species are all 8. collaris. 



4. 8. hirticollis, 111., 1. c. 



"In hot-beds at Grilesgate Moor, Durham," Rev. W. Little. 

 All my local specimens belong to the next species, as probably 

 do those of the Rev. W. Little, which I have not seen. 



