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Homalota oblongittscttla. Old hay ; Middleton wood, and near 

 Langlee. 



„ xanthoptera. In fungi ; Earle Hill Head. Oct. 

 ,, sodalis. Old hay; near Langlee, and at the base of 

 Hedgehope. 



„ angttsticollis, Thomson. Two in decayed hay, Middle- 

 ton wood ; rare. October. New to this district. 

 ,, ljevana. In hay ; Middleton wood. 

 ,, mtjscortjm. Humbleton wood. 

 Gyroph^ena aefinis. In fungi ; Middleton wood. July. Bare. 

 Mycetoportts lepidus. In moss at the apex of Hedgehope ; also 



a small pale variety. 

 Ephistemtts globostjs. "Wooler district. One. 

 Mycetoporus splendidttltjs. In decayed hay at the base of 

 Hedgehope ; several. It is usually found about the roots of 

 rough grass, in moist, clayey situations. I formerly found it 

 near Monkhouse, &c. 

 Contjrus lividus. General at the roots of grass, in sandy spots, 



by water sides; also a sea-coast insect. 

 Heterothops dissimilis. A considerable number of this some- 

 what rare insect in the bottom of a hay-stack near Langlee ; 

 and again above Langleyford. May ; October. 

 Quedius temporalis. Decayed hay on Hedgehope ; also near 

 Langlee. May ; October. Scarce here. 

 ,, xanthopus, Er. In Langleyford backwood; one ex- 

 ample ; in May. New. It is believed to have been taken 

 under the bark of a decayed alder, Dr Sharp, "Scottish 

 Naturalist," I., p. 37, states that, "a few individuals of this 

 very rare species have occurred under fir bark at Eannoch." 

 ,, rueicollis. In fir stumps ; Langleyford. 

 ,, stjturalis. In decayed hay, Middleton wood and 

 Langleyford Backwood ; in numbers in October. It has pre- 

 viously been found in Newcastle district, but mostly by single 

 specimens. See Mr Eold's " Catalogue," &c. 



,, attentjatus. Decayed hay, Hedgehope; also near 

 Spindleston pond. 

 ,, ptjlvicollis. Decayed hay; Middleton wood and 

 Hedgehope. 

 „ scintillates. Old hay-stack near Langlee. 



The other Quedii in decayed hay, were Q. fuliginosus, molo- 



chinus, picipes, impressus (very large dark examples), hoops, 



peltatus, impressus, and maurorufus. 



Philonthus puella. Decayed hay ; Middleton wood and Langlee. 



Lathrobittm mttltlptjnctatum. Among stones ; side of Wooler 



water, above Earle Mill. 

 Stilious orbiotjlatus. Earle Hill Head and Langleyford vale. 



