MR. T. J. BOLD ON COLEOPTERA. 371 



of grass brought to me which had attached to them what might 

 be the egg-bundles of this insect : they were silky white, about 

 the size and shape of a stout grain of rye, and full of pink co- 



XIV. — Insects of Northumberland and Durham (Notes on Cole- 

 optera). By Thomas John Bold. 



During the past year (1871) several interesting additions have 

 been made to our local fauna, principally resulting from the la- 

 bours of my old friend and fellow-worker, Mr. James Hardy, of 

 Old Cambas, who, for two seasons past, has been investigating 

 with considerable success the insect fauna of the neighbourhood 

 of Wooler. For us his captures have an especial interest, oc- 

 curring as they do on our extreme northern limits : moreover, 

 several of them are species which have hitherto been found on 

 the Scottish mountains only, and which appear to find their 

 southern limit on the Cheviots. 



For full particulars of Mr. Hardy's examination of the district 

 mentioned, reference must be made to the Proceedings of the 

 Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, Vol. VI. 



COLEOPTERA. 



(species new to our local fauna.) 



1. Bembidium Clarki, Dawson, Geodephaga Britannica, 199. 



PL III., fig. E. 

 Not uncommon on the Durham coast, where it lives amongst 

 the shingle on the beach. Mr. Hardy also finds it on the coast 

 of Berwickshire. 



2. Haliplus variits, Nic. ; T. J. Bold, Ent. Mon. Mag., IV., 



284 ; D. Sharp, Cat. Brit. Col., 4. 

 E. C. Rye, Ent. Annual, 1872, 137, refers this species to con- 

 finis, var. ; nevertheless, I am of opinion that it is the insect 



