162 Mr. Hardy on the Entomology of the Cheviot Hills. 



Ixodes, species not determined. At the same period I took 

 on the sandy road side, leading to Whiteside or Whitsunbank 

 Hill, near Wooler : 



Colletes succincta. I Halictus tumulorura, L. 



Halictus rubicundus. I Andrena fulvicrus ? 



Fossores. 



Pompilus SP. | Mellinus arvensis. 



One spring, in visiting Heathpool Linn, I observed Silpha 

 thoracica, not a common insect thereabouts. Gyllenhal 

 notices its vernal habits. The result of a short attention, one 

 hot summer, to a shallow peaty pool, on the neck of Hedge- 

 hope, was the discovery of Agabus arcticus, which was 

 attended by A. congener, Payk. Some hasty surveys of the 

 peak of Cheviot shewed that it and Hedgehope agreed in the 

 character of their insect habitants, such as — Pterostichus 

 Orinomus, Homalota tibialis, Calathus micropterus , Antlio- 

 phagus alpinus, Arpedium brachypterum, Otiorhynchus 

 maurus, &c, common to both. From a pool near " the 

 pole," I landed, Hydroporus melanocephalus , Gyll. ; and H. 

 nigrita, Fab. (female)^.??, glabellus, Thomson. 



In June, 1870, my object was to investigate Cheviot itself, 

 commencing with the ravine above Goldscleugh and then 

 ascending to the top. I made the ascent twice, but both days 

 terminated in mist and rain. On a third attempt, 1 looked 

 into Henshole, but did nothing more than turn over a few 

 stones, and shake out some moss. There was a general 

 drought, and not much to be got. Broadstruther Burn, Cold 

 Martin Moss, Wooler Water, and the Till, were also over- 

 hauled. 



Coleoptera. 



Carabus granulatus and violaceus. Both on the top of Cheviot. 

 ,, nitens. One on the moor between Broadstruther and 



Cheviot. 

 Notiophiltts aquaticus and biguttatus. On the top of Cheviot, 



as well as Hedgehope. 

 Patrobus excavatus. Plentiful on Cheviot, up to the apex. No 



trace of the Scottish mountain species assimilis. 

 Calathus melanocephalus, nearly all of the black variety. 



Cheviot. 

 Calathus micropterus. Cheviot. 



