90 AXNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



Scottish Coleoptera, 1 which explains the inclusion of many 

 common species. Had space allowed many more might 

 have been given. 2 It is not, however, claimed that those 

 so selected are all first records for the areas in which the 

 localities lie. The majority appear to be, but in some cases 

 there are reliable records published prior to Sharp's Cata- 

 logue, while others are mentioned in later lists and notes. 



In the present list there are only two species for which 

 I have not been able to find any previous Scottish record ; 

 these are, Euplectus piceus, Mots., and LceuiopJdccus pusillns, 

 Schon. A Hydnobins, which still awaits determination, 

 may be an addition to the British fauna. Attention may 

 also be directed to the records of Dyscliirius ceneus, Dej., 

 Bhizophagus cribratus, Gyll., Strangalia qiiadrifasciata, L., 

 Grammoptera ruficornis, F., and the rearing of Cetonia 

 floricola, Herbst., from the larva. 



I have again to express my thanks to Mr. Thornley for 

 all the help he has rendered me in the identification of my 

 captures, and also to Dr. Sharp and Mr. Champion for 

 kindly naming or confirming a number of specimens sub- 

 mitted to them. 



Cicindela campestris, L. Common on railway bank near Thornton, 

 Fife, 25th May 1900, and near Saltoun, East Lothian, i2th 

 August 1902. Although plentiful in the Highland portion of 

 the Forth valley above Callander and Aberfoyle, the Tiger 

 Beetle is seldom met with in Lowland Forth. 



Notiophilus siibstriatus, Wat. Several along with the common N. 



biguttatus and the next, in flood refuse, Orr Water, near 



Thornton, Fife, February 1903 ; Aberlady, May 1890. N. 



palustris, Duft. Oban (Argyll), April 1894; Leadhills (Clyde), 



September 1900. 



Blethisa mtiltipunctata, L. Bavelaw, Mid- Lothian, May 1900 and 

 June 1901 ; pond near Aberdour, Fife, August 1900, common. 



Elaphrus uliginosus, F. Oban, April 1894, one specimen. 



The Scottish distribution given in Fowler's "British Coleoptera" is, in the 

 great majority of cases, merely a repetition of that in Sharp's Catalogue. 



! For " Tweed," which is poorly represented in the Catalogue, I could give 

 scores of records (mainly from Ileriot, Peebles, and West Linton), filling up 

 blanks, for many of which, however, records already exist in the "Transactions" 

 of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club. My Clyde records were given to Mr. 

 Anderson Fergusson when he was drawing up his list for the recent Handbook 

 on the Natural History of that area. 



