Mr. Hardy on the Entomology of the Cheviots. 153 



Saperda scalaris. Beat from birch and then again from alder, 

 above Langleyford ; three examples. New to Northumber- 

 land, and one of the finest additions to the Eastern Border 

 Fauna, of recent years. 



Ehagium inquisitor and bifasctatum. Both in Langleyford vale 

 on sloe-blossoms. The latter is most abundant in the posts of 

 wire fencing, to which its larvse are very destructive. 



Calyptomerus dtjbius. Abundant at an old hay-stack, Langley- 

 ford Backwood. 



NEUROPTERA. 



Hemerobius nervosus. Abundant among oaks ; Brands-hill. 



Haeesus digitatus. Side of Coldgate water, Brands-hill. This 

 and the following insects are the " woodcock- wings," of anglers. 



Celetopteryx tuberculosa. With the preceding among ferns, 

 abundant. 



Ehyacophila dorsalis. "With the preceding. Frequent. 



HYMENOPTERA. 



TENTHREDINID^E (SAW-FLIES). 

 Hylotoma ustulata, L. Beat from birch above Langleyford. 

 Priophorus immunts, £%^.=albipes, Hartig=PABi, Thorns. 



Woolor district, iu June. 

 Nematus proximus, St. Farg. On juniper, heather, &c. White- 

 side, sides of Langleyford vale, &c. 



,, ruficornis, St Farg. Langlevford, June. 

 ,, Myosotidis, Fab. Bogs at the foot of Hedgehope, July. 

 ,, nigratus, itefe.=MEiiA]srosTER]srus, St. Farg. Bogs at foot 

 of Hedgehope, and in Cold Martin moss, July. 



,, gallicola, Steph. and Westw. The pretty gall is very 

 frequent on Salix purpurea, by the side of Wooler water ; 

 also on Salix nigricans* in the Bizzle. 



,, virescens, Hartig. Wooler district, one female example 

 in July. This has been recently described by Mr Cameron in 

 the "Scottish Naturalist," ii. p. 196. 

 Atb^eia Ros^e, L. Common in woods, and by field sides. 

 Selandria flavescens, Klug. A male ; Wooler district in July. 

 Resembles S. serva, but has the two basal joints of the antennae 

 yellow. New to Britain. 



,, ATRA, Steph. This according to Mr Westwood, "Gard. 

 Chron.," August 5, 1848, p. 524, is the parent of the leech-like 

 slimy-covered grub, which disfigures and destroys the leaves 

 of the pear-tree. I place it here, having received the grubs 

 from the Rev. F. E. Simpson, September 12, 1873, who states 

 that it was late in appearing this season. It has been observed 

 in Berwickshire about Hutton. 

 Hemichroa Alni, L. Two females beat from birch above 

 Langleyford, July. 



