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other examples of M. paradoxus I have seen, was, 

 I think, an unusually fine insect. The other (also a 

 large example) proved to be a female, which I believe 

 is not represented in Bold's collection. 



Though I searched the district high and low for a 

 wasps' nest, I met with no success in the immediate 

 neighbourhood, but later in the year I came across a 

 nest — of Vespa rufa I think — in Gibside, at a spot 

 fully a mile from Lockhaugh. As both the Metcecus 

 took readily to wing, and seemed to possess strong 

 flying powers, they could easily have crossed the 

 river from Gibside, a place where various wasps 

 abound (Ento. Mo. Mag., 1904, p. 159). 



*2 742. Meloe violaceus, Marsh. 



Whilst crossing the Blanchland moors on April 4th 

 of this year my friend, Mr. J. E. Patterson, of New- 

 castle, found Meloe violaceus, Marsh., under a stone 

 in a sandy situation. I was surprised that such a 

 common insect had not been recorded from our 

 district before, but upon consideration one can easily 

 see with what difficulties men in Mr. Bold's time 

 would have to contend to get on these moorlands. 

 Even now Blanchland lies ten long and hilly miles 

 from the generally used station Shotley Bridge, and 

 little less from Riding Mill. Near the site of Mr. 

 Patterson's capture I met with Cytnmdis vaporariorum, 

 L., hitherto only recorded from Twizell Moor (Ento. 

 Record, 1904, p. 262). 



f276i. Attelabus ctirailionoides, L. 



"Rare. Near Gilsland, and at Twizell" (N. H. 

 Trans., p. 84). 



Winlaton, Winlaton Mill, Gibside, Burnopfield, 

 etc., from saplings and grass, in or at the edge of 

 small woods. 



2782. Apion cerdo, Gers. 



Gibside, spring, 1904. 



