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"Rare. On the moors near Twizell," P. J. Selby, 

 (N. H. Trans., p. 5 ; Tarns basalt's, Gyll., Trans. 

 Tyneside Nats'. F. Club, ii., 257). 



300. Droniius agilis, F. 



Rare; Winlaton Mill. 



301. D. meridionaHs, Dj. 



Winlaton, Winlaton Mill, and Gibside. Early 

 spring. 



D. linearis, 01., D. qnadriinacnlattis, L., D. 

 quadrinotatus, Pz., D. nielanocephalns, Dj., and D. 

 nigriventris, Th., all more or less common in the 

 same district. 



*4oi. Agabus conspersns. Marsh. 



Pond near Winlaton. Not uncommon, 1901. 



f52i. Cyclonotuni orbiculaj'e, F. 

 Near Winlaton, 1901. 

 " Twizell, Gosforth, etc." (N. H. Trans., p. 68). 



*987Z'. Creophilus niaxillosns, L., var. ciliaris, Steph. 



This rare variety of a very common coleopteron is 

 recorded by the Rev. Canon Fowler from the Tweed, 

 Clyde, and Argyle districts, and as having been 

 taken by Mr. Champion at Deal. Mr. Donisthorpe 

 tells me he took it at Ashstead (Ento. Mo. Mag.) ; 

 also common in Ireland (Irish List and Irish 

 Naturalist, Donisthorpe and Bouskell). In 1901 

 (July?) it occurred to me near Winlaton Mill, from 

 a dead dog, literally alive with Creophilns, Necro- 

 phorns, Necrodes, Silpha (including the fine S. 

 ihoracica), Hister, various Staphylinidae, etc., all in 

 one writhing heterogeneous mass. Again, on Sept. 

 2nd, 1902, I took another example of the var. ciliaris, 

 this time from under a dead cat "resting" in a field 

 near Winlaton. These several localities are so 

 widely spread — north, south, east, and west — that 

 it seems to me that if all collectors paid the common 

 Creophilus particular attention they would very likely 



