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Psylloides chrysocephala, L. Not c., bv sweeping, Paisley (J. D.) : Irvine 

 (A. A. D.) : Shewulton ; Ayr (A. F.). ' 



P. marcida, III. E., one by sweeping, Ayr (A. F.). 



P. chalcomera, III. E., one by sweeping, Luss 6/1900 (A. A. D.). 



P. picina, Marsh. Scarce, by sweeping, Bonhill (J. M.) : Ayr, June (A. F.). 



Cassida flaveola, Thunb. Not unc., by sweeping, Carapsie (J. E. S.) : Glas- 

 gow (M. Cat.) : Ayr : Colintraive (A. F.). 



C. viridis, F.On thistles, Troon (A. E.) : Ayr ; Barr (A. F.) : Arran, 

 Whiting Bay (J. E. S.) ; King's Cross (A. A. D.). 



C. hemisphaerica, Herbst. Verv r., one crawling on a sandhill, Irvine 

 1900(A.F.). 



Fam. Tenebrionidae. 

 Blaps mucronata, Latr. Scarce, in cellars and outhouses, Bonhill (J. M.) : 



Paisley (R. E.) : Greenock (T. S.). 

 Heliopathes gibbus, F. Very local, in sandy places nr. coast, Ayrshire, Mr. 



J. P. Duncan (M. Cat.) : Irvine ; Prestwick (A. F., Trans. N. H. S., 



Glasg., V. N. s., 136). 



Alphitobius diaperinus, Panz. Clyde (Sharp). 

 A. piceus, (rf.Iu a loaf in Glasgow. M. Hislop (M. Cat,). 

 Gnathpcerus cornutus, /I Paisley, in grain store (E. E.). 

 Tribolium ferrugineum, F. In Egyptian wheat, Glasgow (J. E. S.) : one, in 



bread, Elvanfoot, 1900 (W. E.). 

 Helops striatus, Fourc. Tarbert (T. S.) : on the very summit of Holy I., 



beneath the cairn, 1859 (W. E.) : two nr. Brodick 41895 (W. E., 



A. S. N.H., 1900, 99). 



Fam. Melandryidae. 

 Tetratoma ancora, F. Paisley (M. Cat.). 



Fam. Pythidae. 



Salpingus castaneus, Pan:. Scarce, Cambuslang (A. A. D.) : by sweeping 



in tir wood, Shewalton (A. F.). 

 S. ater, Pai/k. Glasgow (M. Cat.) : one, apparently this species, bv sweeping 



nr. Campbeltown 6/1895 (J. J. W.). 

 Rhinosiinus mficollis, L. Local and scarce, under loose bark. Paisley, 



M. Y., (M. Cat.) : Johnstone (A. A. D.) : Ayr (A. F.). 

 R. viridipennis, Steph. Renfrewshire (M. Y., V.). 

 R. planirostris, F. Under bark, and by sweeping, Glasgow district (J.E.S.): 



Johnstone (A. A. D.) : Ayr (A. F.) : a remarkably large form rarely 



under beech bark, Campbeltown (J. J. W.). 



Fam. Mordellidae. 



Anaspis frontalis, L. Not unc., bv sweeping, Luss (A. A. D.) : Greenock 



(J. E. S.) : Barr (A. F.). 



A. rufilabris, Gyll. Scarce, Cadder (A. A. D.). 

 A. maculata, Fourc. Scarce, by sweeping flowers, Dundonald (A. A. D.). 



Fam. Rhipidophoridae. 

 Metoecus paradoxus, L. Apparently very r. ; "Bothwell Castle : ' (M. Cat.). 



Fam. Anthicidae. 



Anthicus floralis, Z. E., Bonhill (J. M.). 



A. scoticus, Rye. Local and r., Paisley bv M. Young (E. C. Eye, E. M. M., 

 IX. 10) : in flood refuse, Barassie (A. A. D.) : Ayr (A. F.). 



Fam. Meloidae. 



Meloe proscarabaeus, L. Locallv abund. ; in sandy places, Tollcross 

 (J. E. S.) : Irvine (Thos. Wilson ; A. F.) : nr. Brodick ( W. E.). 



