92 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



Dromius agilis, F. Kirknewton, Midlothian, April 1895. 



Laccophilus obscurus, Panz. Small pond at Bush, Roslin, May 1895 ; 

 Longniddry, May 1900. 



Hydroporus pictus, F. Tulliallan, April 1901. H. tristis, Payk. - 

 Bavelaw Moss, March 1899; Cramond, February 1903. H. 

 obscurus, Sturm. Bavelaw Moss, April 1897, and February 

 1903. The last two were recorded from " Forth " by Mr. Beau- 

 mont in the "Entomologist" for 1888. 



Agabus arcticus, Payk. Fauldhouse Moor, Linlithgowshire, March 

 1903. A. unguicnlaris, Thorns. Kincraig, Speyside, August 

 1889. 



Ilybius cenescens, Thorns. Bavelaw Moss, May 1895; Brodick, 

 April 1895. Identified by Thornley and confirmed by 

 Champion. 



Acilius su/ca/us, L., dark var. Small pond, south-east of Arngask, 

 Kinross-shire, September 1899. 



Helochares punctatus, Sharp. Bavelaw Moss, one, June 1899. 



Helophorus rugosus, Ol. Glencorse, November 1884; Luffness 

 Links. H. nubilus, F. Glencorse, November 1884; Edin- 

 burgh, January 1901 ; Thornton, February 1903. H. arver- 

 iiicus, Muls. Heriot Water, May 1901. 



Astilbus canaliculatus, F. Muthill, September 1901. 



Gyrophana lavipennis, Kr. Arniston, many on decaying fungi, July 

 1897. 



Bolitochara lunulata, Payk. Kincraig, Strathspey, August 1889. 



Gymnusa variegata, Kies. In wet moss on hillside, Innerleithen, 

 January 1897 ; Carlops, in wet moss at waterfall, May 1902. 



Conosoma Uvidum, Er. Innerleithen, December 1896; Pentlands, 

 etc., common. I have also Bolitobius pygmceus from "Tweed" 

 (Peebles). 



Tachyporus formosus, Matth. Elie, one, August 1901. 



Mycetoporus clavicornis, Steph. Caerketton, Pentlands, one, April 

 1902 ; in flood refuse, Thornton, Fife, common, February 

 1903. 



Ocypus o!ens, Miill. When Dr. Sharp drew up his catalogue, he 

 seems to have had no definite record of the occurrence of this 

 well-known beetle in the south-east of Scotland till W. A. 

 Forbes called attention to its occurrence on Arthur's Seat 

 ("Scot. Nat." iii. 316). It is given as a common species, 

 however, in Wilson and Duncan's " Ent. Edin." (1834), and is 

 recorded in a list for Dollar, published in the " New Statistical 

 Account " of the parish. Though I cannot say it is common in 



