374 MR. T. J. BOLD ON COLEOPTEEA. 



25. Hydnobius Perrisi, Fairm., Ent. Annual, 1865, 62. 



Very rare. I have only seen one local specimen, which was 

 taken in the vicinity of Gateshead. 



26. Anisotoma scita, Erich. ; E. C. Rye, Ent. Mon. Mag., VIII., 



158. 

 I have a female of this recently introduced species, which I 

 beat out of herbage at Hartford in May. 



27. Cryptophagus punctipennis, Briss. ; D. Sharp, Ent. Mon. 



Mag., VIII., 158. 

 Several local specimens, mostly from tufts of withered grass, 

 near South Shields. 



28. Cyphon nigriceps, Kies. ; G. E. Crotch, Entomologist, Sep- 



tember, 1866. 



Six specimens from the Wooler district, and taken in October. 



This species appears to vary a good deal in colour, as in these 

 examples I find the type form (testaceous with a black head), 

 one nearly black, and an intermediate form in which the head 

 and thorax are black with the elytra fusco-testaceous. 



I believe that it has hitherto only occurred in Scotland. 



29. Pissodes piniphilus, Herbst. ; Thomson, Skand. Col., VII., 



222 ; T. J. Bold, Ent. Mon. Mag., VII., 275. 

 Two specimens from Sunderland, but probably introduced. 

 It is however not unlikely to be found in this country, for it 

 occurs over nearly the whole of northern Europe. 



30. Erirhinus salicinis, Gyll. ; Walton, Ann. and Mag. Nat. 



Hist., 1844 (Dorytomus). 

 A small series of this pretty insect was beaten out of willows, 

 in the Cheviot district in May. It appears to be both rare and 

 local. 



31. Rhynchites ameovirens, Marsh. ; Walton, 1. c. 

 Bare. Middleton Old Wood, near Wooler. 



32. Caligraplia signatipennis, Stall. 



A living specimen of this handsome insect was taken in the 

 greenhouse of B. S. Newall, Esq., at Fern Dene. It is said to 



