284 COLEOPTERA. 



P. sordidus, Grav. In dung, eta Tollcross ; Cambuslarig ; Ardrossan 



(A.A.D. ; A.F.) : Irvine ; Ayr (A. F.). 

 P. ebeninus, Grav. Three from Ayr district are referred to this species by 



the Rev. H. S. Gorham. 



P. fumigatus, Er. R. One by shaking tufts of grass, Ayr 3/1894 (A. F.). 

 P. debilis, Grav. Clyde (Sharp). 



P. cruentatus, Gmel. Renfrew district, in moss (J. S.). 

 P. longicornis, Steph. Clyde, in refuse (Sharp). 

 P. varians, Payk. In refuse and moss; Arrochar; Irvine (A. A. D.): Bonhill 



(J. M.) : Tollcross (A. F.) : Paisley (J. D.) : Ardrossan ; Ayr (A. F.). 

 P. vernalis, Grav. R. One amongst refuse on banks of stream, Barassie 



5/1899 (A. A. D.). 

 P. micans, Grav. R. In flood refuse, Barassie 5/1899 (A. F.) : in moss, Ayr 



3/1900 (A. A. D. ; A. F.), teste Rev. H. S. Gorham. 

 P. trossulus, Nord. In moss etc., Bowling (A. F.) : Giffnock (A. A. D.) : 



Lanark (W. E.) : Ayrshire coast (A. A. D. ; A. F.) : teste Rev. H. S. 



Gorham. 

 P. puella, Nord. R,, one from Arrochar (A. A.D.): Hamilton (M. Cat., 



under parumpunctatus, Er.) : one from Paisley district (J. D.). 

 Cafius fucicola, Curt. R., under decaying seaweed Macrihanish beach 



11 /1 895 (J. J. W.). 

 C. xantholoma, Grav. Under decaying seaweed, Ardrossan ; Barassie ; Ayr 



(A. A. D. ; A. F.) : Brodick (W. E.). 

 C. sericeus, Holme. " Very local. Found by Prof. M'Nab nr. Ayr " 



(Sharp). 

 Actobius cinerascens, Grav. Scarce in flood refuse, Ardrossan (A. F.) : in 



damp moss, Ayr 3/1900 (A. A. D. ; A. F.). 

 Xantholinus fulgidus, F. Very r., one amongst rubbish, Tollcross 4/1899 



(A. F. ; A. S. N. H., 1900, 53). 

 X. glabratus, Grav. Scarce ; under stones, Kilsyth (A. A. D.) : Paisley 



(J. D.) : Ayr (A.F.). 



X. punctulatus, Payk. Very c. and gen. dist. 

 X. linearis, 01. Abund. in vegetable refuse etc. 

 Baptolinus alternans, Grav. C. under loose bark. 

 Othius fulvipennis, F. C. in moss. 

 0. laeviusculus, Steph. Clyde, scarce (Sharp). 

 O. melanocephalus, Grav. Scarce in moss, and under stones, Bonhill 



(J. M.) : Lennoxtown ; Ayr (A. F.) : Lanark (W. E.) : Barr (A. A. D.). 

 O. myrmecophilus, Kies. R., one Lennoxtown 3/1900 (A. A. D.}. 

 Lathrobium elongatum, L. Gen. dist. ; in marshy places. 

 L. fulvipenne, Grav. C. in various situations. 

 L. brunnipes, F. C. in damp moss and tufts of grass. 

 L. quadratum, Payk. R. ; wet moss on the margins of a pond nr. Ayr 



3/1900 (A.A.D. ; A.F.). 



L. multipunctum, Grav. R., two in moss, Lennoxtown 4/1899 (A. F.). 

 Stilicus rufipes, Germ. Renfrew district, in moss (J.S.). 

 S. orbiculatus, Er. Renfrew district, in moss (J. S.). 



S. affinis, Er. Not unc. ; moss and refuse, Tollcross ; Cambuslang ; Bishop- 

 ton ; Ayr (A. F.) ; Lanark (W. E. ; A. S. N. H., 1900, 96). 

 Evaesthetus scaber, Thorns. R. ; flood refuse, Bishopton 2/1900 (A. A. D.) ; 



Renfrew district, moss (J. S.). 



Dianous coerulescens, Gyll. R. ; damp moss by side of streams, nr. Glas- 

 gow (M. Cat.) : Barr, one 6/1900 (A. F.) : below Gl. Ashdale waterfall, 



Whiting Bay 1856 (J. E. S.) : Bardowie L. (T. G. B.). 

 Stenus bimaculatus, Gyll. Renfrew district, in moss (J. S.). 

 S. Juno, F. In damp moss, Bowling (A. F.) : Milngavie ; Giffnock ; Ayr 



(A. A. D.). 



