264 Mr Hardy on the Entomology of the Cheviot Hills. 



Ichneumon castanetjs, Grav. Top of Hedgehope, Common burn, 



and top of Cheviot. 

 Obesbius castanetjs, Mashall. Tops of Hedgehope and Cheviot, 

 October, 1871-2. Described and figured in " Ent. Monthly 

 Mag." for 1868, p. 193. This curious apterous Ichneumon has 

 hitherto only been found on mountain summits in Perthshire, 

 at about 3,500 of altitude, and on Groat fell in Arran. 

 Odyneeus paeiettjm. Wooler haugh. 

 Ceabeo podageicus. Old Middleton wood. 

 Andeena nigeo^enea. Sandy read, Whiteside hill. 

 ,, analis. Sallow blossoms, Wooler haugh. 

 ,, Gwynana. Dandelions. Wooler. 

 „ cingulata. Well-dean, Wooler. 

 ,, albicans. Blossoms of willows on the moors. Common 

 burn, sides of Wooler water, &c. Often covered up in pollen. 

 Halicttjs mintjtus. Well-dean, Wooler. 



Diptera, 



Tbypeta Absinthii. Wooler haugh ; also in Pease-dean in 



February. 

 Mttsca rtjdis. Large numbers were huddled together under 



stones at the top of Cheviot, in October, in a half torpid state. 



There were also several examples of the Sciara mentioned in 



last year's report, some of them apterous and newly disclosed. 



It may be a species peculiar to mountain tops. There appears 



to be sufficient food for spiders on the heights throughout the 



year. 



Arachnida. 

 When I was about to undertake my October journey, I 

 received a communication from the Rev. 0. Pickard-Cam- 

 bridge, Bloxworth Rectory, Dorset, ■well known for his 

 extensive knowledge of Arachnida, asking if I would bottle 

 for him such species of Spiders as fell in my way. As a 

 commencement, I made up a collection which has been more 

 successful than might have been anticipated, from the pre- 

 vious wet harvest. Mr Cambridge says of it, that " It is the 

 richest lot I ever had from any English correspondent. 

 There are 112 species, of which three are new to Britain, and 

 fourteen new to science." The rarest were from the summits 

 of Hedgehope and Cheviot— the two presenting identical 

 species, — where, excepting a few commoner sorts, the greater 



