RECORDS OF SCOTTISH COLEOPTERA AND HEMIPTERA 93 



Colinton Dell, near Edinburgh, in September 1878, is in my 

 collection. It was named for me a number of years ago by 

 Mr. C. O. Waterhouse of the British Museum. In all 

 probability it had been imported from the Continent at some 

 stage of its existence. 1 



Donacia thalassina, Germ. This pretty beetle was fairly common 

 on Ekocharis and other water-plants in a pond at Drumshore- 

 land, Linlithgowshire, on ist June 1895. The localities given 

 for it in Fowler's " British Coleoptera " are all in the south of 

 England, and its occurrence in the Edinburgh district is there- 

 fore of very considerable interest. Determined for me by 

 Mr. Thornley and confirmed by Dr. Sharp. 



Haltica palustris, Weise. A Haltica taken at Aberfoyle, Upper 

 Forth, in May 1896, is referred by Dr. Sharp to this form. 

 The localities mentioned by Canon Fowler are Wimbledon, the 

 south of England, and the Manchester district. 



Gnathocerus cornutiis, F. I have two $ specimens of this unmis- 

 takable form, both found in bread one at North Berwick in 

 August 1897, an d the other (for which I have to thank Mr. R. 

 Godfrey) in Edinburgh in July last. Although there does not 

 appear to be any previous record of the species from Scotland, 

 I suspect it is not very uncommon among flour in bakehouses, 

 etc. 



\Arceocerus fasciculatus, De Geer. In June 1895 a living example 

 of this foreign Anthribid was found in the Herbarium at the 

 Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, by Mr. J. F. Jeffrey, and kindly 

 sent to me. Dr. Sharp, to whom I am indebted for the name 

 of this beetle, tells me it is "a widely distributed form at 

 present ; frequently occurring in Herbaria."] 



b. Miscellaneous records of species already on the 

 Scottish list. The majority of these appear to fill up 

 district blanks. Many others might have been given had 

 space allowed : 



Carabus arve/isis, F. One taken on the Pentland Hills above 

 Colinton, 6th May 1899. This is the only occasion on which 

 I have seen the species in the south of Scotland. In the 

 Highlands, where it is not rare, I have obtained specimens at 

 Aberfoyle, Glen Tilt, and Dalwhinnie. According to Wilson 

 and Duncan (" Entomologia Edinensis," p. 69) it occurred 



1 This occurrence (together with the capture of another rare Longicorn, 

 Saperda carchan'as, L. , at Cromdale, Strathspey, in August 1891) was recorded 

 by me in this journal in 1892 (vol. i. p. 19). 



