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Dytiscus punctulatus, F. Not c. ; ponds ; Helensburgh ; Fossil (J. E. S.): 



Renfrewshire (M. Y., I.) : Kilmaurs (W. G.) : Ayr (A. F.). 

 D. marginalis, L. Not unc. and widely dist. ; ponds. 

 D. lapponicus, Gyll. "Clyde, very local. In highland lakes " (Sharp). 

 Acilius sulcatus^ L. var. scoticus, Curt. Not unc. ; ponds ; Helensburgh 



(J. E. S.): c., Fossil Marsh (F.F.W. S.): Tollcross (G. W. Ord) : 



Renfrewshire (M. Y., I.) : Kilmaurs (W. G.) : Stevenston (A. F.). 

 A fasciatus, De G. Fossil Marsh, not r. (J. E. S.) : Renfrewshire, local but 



abund. (M. Y., I.). 



Fam. Gyrinidae. 

 Gyrinus minutus, F. Small loch on Dungoin ; nr. Glasgow (J. E. S.) : nr. 



Paisley (M. Cat.). 



G. natator, Scop. C. and gen. dist. 



G. marinus, Gyll. Three nr. Balmaha, L. Lomond, 6/1898 (T. S.). 

 G. opacus, Sahl.Not c. Tarbert (T. S.) : Glasgow (D. Sharp, E. M. M., 



V. 59). Canal nr. Glasgow and Paisley (M. Cat. under G. marinus, 



Gyll.) probably refers to this species. 

 Orectochilus villosus, Miill. Local, under stones nr. margins of streams, 



L. Lomond ; Kelvin (M. Cat.) : Barr (A. F.). 



Fam. Hydrophilidae. 



Hydrobius fuscipes, L. C. stagnant and running water. 



H. picicrus, Thorns. Tarbert (T. S.). 



Anacaena globulus, Payk. Clinging to sticks in ponds and in flood refuse ; 



Tarbert (T. S.) : Bonhill (J. M.) : Bowling ; Bishopton ; Ayr (A. F.). 

 Philhydrus melanocephalus, 01. Nr. Paisley (M. Cat.) : Brodick 



(W. E.) : Ailsa Craig (Thomas Scott, Trans. N. H. S. Glas., V., N.S., 158). 

 P. minutus, F. Nr. Paisley, r. M. Y., (M. Cat.) : Brodick (W. E.), 

 Laccobius sinuatus, Mots. In flood refuse ; Strathaven 8/1900 (A. F.). 

 L. minutus, L. Not c. ; stagnant water, Tarbert (T. S.) : Bishopton 



(A. A. D. ; A. F.). 

 L. bipunctatus, F. Not unc. ; stagnant water, Bishopton (A. A. D. ; A. F.) : 



Port Glasgow (A. F.). 

 Limnebius truncatellus, Thorns. In flood refuse, and clinging to submerged 



sticks, Strathaven 8/1900 (A. F.). 

 Helophorus rugosus, 01. Clyde, scarce (Sharp). 

 H. nubilis, F. Clay pits, Botanic Gardens, Glasgow, 1859 (J. E. S.). 

 H. aquaticus, L. C. running and stagnant water. 

 H. aeneipennis, Thorns. Very c. ; running and stagnant water. 

 H. brevicollis, Thorns. -C. in similar localities. 



H. arvernicus, Muls. Local ; sandy banks of the Irvine (A. A. D. ; A. F.). 

 Hydrochus brevis, fferbst.C. in Cart nr. Paisley (M. Cat.). 

 H. angustatus, Germ. Nr. Glasgow (M. Cat.). 

 Henicocerus exsculptus, Germ. Flood refuse, Strathaven (A. F.) : Cart 



(M. Cat.). 



Octhebius bicolon, Germ. Flood rubbish, Machrihanish, r. ( J. J. W.). 

 Hydraena riparia, Kug. Flood rubbish, Strathaven, 8/1900 (A. F.). 

 H. nigrita, Germ. Clinging to stones in streams, local, Ayr (A. F.). 

 H. angustata, Sturm. Glasgow (W. W. Fowler, Ent. xvii., 162). 

 Cyclonotum orbiculare, F. Local, in moss, margins of ponds ; nr. Paisley ; 



Kilmun (M. Cat.) : Fossil (T. G. B.) : Ayr (A. F.). 

 Sphaeridium scarabaeoides, F. Abund., in dung. 

 S. bipustulatum, F. Not unc. ; in clung ; nr. Glasgow ; Blairmore (J. E. S.) : 



Ayr (A. F.). 

 Cercyon littoralis, Gyll. C., under decaying seaweed on the coast. Three 



of a striking var. having elytra pale testaceous with a black spot towards 



the posterior of each were taken on the shore at Ayr in 1894 (A. F.). 



