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51. Halt tea (Graptodera) longicollis, Allard., E. C. Rye, 1. c. 



1867, 95. 



On heath, not uncommon. I have specimens from Prestwick 

 Carr, and others from the Cumberland Moors. 



52. Clambus pubescens, Redt. 

 Hartley Dene ; rare. May. 



53. Ptiluim concolor, Sharp, E. C. Rye, 1. c. 55. 

 Yetholm, common. Mr. G. R. Crotch. 



XXX. — Notice of the Life of the late Joshua Alder, Esq. By D. 

 Embleton, M.D. 



By the death of Mr. Alder, on the 21st of January, 1867, at 

 the ripe age of seventy-four years, Newcastle has lost a truly 

 worthy and distinguished son, one of the brightest ornaments of 

 British Natural History. 



These our Societies have to mourn for one of their foremost 

 members; and as our late friend and former President of the 

 Ttneside Club had, throughout his life, endeared himself to all 

 who knew him, and had shown us, by example as well as by pre- 

 cept, in what spirit Natural History ought to be studied, it is our 

 duty to do honour to his memory by placing on record some 

 authentic account of his career, though it is to be hoped that a 

 memorial more substantial and useful than this notice, of one 

 who has largely contributed to foster a love of nature in New- 

 castle, and to earn for his native town a deserved reputation for 

 the successful study of Natural History, will ere long be founded 

 by his numerous scientific and private friends. 



The following memoir has been compiled with the kind assist- 

 ance of Miss Alder, Mr. Joseph Blacklock, and Messrs. Albany 

 and John Hancock. 



Joshua Alder was born on Easter Eve, 1792, in Dean Street, 



