92 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



I hope some day, with Mr. Thornley's co - operation as 

 regards at least one area, to see all these records published 

 in a connected form ; but there is still a great deal to do 

 before that can be accomplished, and in the meantime it 

 may be well to place on record a few of the more interesting 

 occurrences. 



In the matter of nomenclature I have followed Sharp 

 and Fowler's "Catalogue of British Coleoptera," 1893. 



a. Species not in Sharp's " Coleoptera of Scotland " 

 ("Scottish Naturalist," 1871-81), and of which I am not 

 aware of any subsequent Scottish records : 



Dromins meridionalis, Dej. Brodick, Arran, April 1895, one 

 example : identification confirmed by Mr. Thornley. 



Euconnus hirticollis, 111. One found under stone lying in a mossy 

 bog near foot of Loch Ard, Aberfoyle, South-west Perthshire, 

 April 1896. Specimen shown to Dr. Sharp. 



Halyzia conglobata, L. On May 1896 I beat an example of this 

 " Ladybird " off an oak at Aberfoyle, Upper Forth ; and in 

 September 1897 another was obtained in the same locality : 

 identification confirmed by Dr. Sharp. The species is not 

 included in Sharp's "Coleoptera of Scotland," and Fowler 

 ("Brit. Coleop.," vol. iii. p. 167) says : "Not uncommon in the 

 midland and southern districts of England and in Ireland, but 

 I can find no locality farther north than Sherwood Forest." 

 The name Coccinella conglobata occurs, however, in Don's list 

 of Forfarshire animals published in 1813; but, having regard 

 to the confusion which at that time existed respecting many of 

 the Coccinellida, there is every reason to believe that some other 

 form (probably one of the numerous varieties of the common 

 C. variabilis) was intended. 



Scymnus mulsanti, Waterh. ( ? S. redtenbacheri, Muls.).- -Four 

 examples of a small, dark, reddish-legged Scymnus, which Dr. Sharp 

 has named for me S. mulsanti, were obtained by sweeping grass 

 on the edge of Luffness Marsh, East Lothian, on 3oth June 

 last. 



Anommatus \2-striatus, Mull. - - In September 1897 a single 

 example of this minute, eyeless beetle was detected on the 

 under side of a board which had been lying for some months 

 on damp earth, Morningside, Edinburgh. 



Monochammus sutor, L. A $ example of this reputed British Longi- 

 corn, which was found crawling on the trunk of a tree in 



