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depressus, F. Mortonhall, May 1895 ; Broxburn, April 1899. 

 R. cribratits, Gyll. One, Braid Hermitage, Edinburgh, 24th 

 March 1902. 



Lcemophlotus piisillus, Schon. Two examples of this small beetle 

 have been brought to me by Mr. R. Godfrey, both got in bread, 

 and doubtless imported ; $, Bo'ness, July 1900 (confirmed by 

 Thornley) ; 9, Edinburgh, October 1902. 



Corticaria elongate/, Humm. Kincraig (Spey), August 1889; and 

 several localities about Edinburgh. 



Melanophthalma fuscula, Humm. Kincraig, August 1889. 



Cryptophagus cellar is, Scop. Kincraig, August 1889 ? L)unbar, in 

 shop, September 1894; Braidburn, July 1896. 



Aphodius fossor, L. ?, Kinross, July 1902; <$ , in flood refuse, 

 Kinghorn Loch, February 1903. A. constans, Duft. Swans- 

 ton Hill, Pentlands, June 1899. A. lapponum, Gyll. Pentland 

 Hills above Silverburn, May 1895, and above Swanston, June 

 1899. A. pusillus, Hbst. Aviemore, May 1893. 



P/iyllopert/ia horticola, L. Balquhidder and Lochearnhead, July 

 and August 1902. In 1900 Mr. J. Baxter brought me 

 specimens from the island of Tiree, where the species was 

 abundant in June, and I have a specimen taken by Mr. H. 

 Raeburn near the summit of Ben Nevis on 28th June last. 



Anomala frischii, F. St. Andrews Links, common in July 1890; 

 Gullane Sandhills, July 1900, etc. Very plentiful there on 

 igth July last, flying in the sunshine and crawling on the sand 

 and grass. 



Cetonia floricola, Herbst. Towards the end of April 1900 I dug 

 out of large dome-shaped nests of the hill-ant (Formica rufa}, 

 near Callander and Brig o' Turk (Upper Forth), over a dozen 

 larvas of this fine beetle. They were of various sizes, some 

 being scarcely a third grown, while others appeared to be about 

 full-fed. They were put into two boxes, each filled with a 

 handful of material from the heart of the ant-hill. In some 

 nests " ant-eggs " were already present, but I did not take any, 

 feeling sure it is not on them but on the vegetable matter of 

 which the " hill " is mainly composed that the beetle grubs feed. 

 When the small supply of this material brought home was used 

 up, a mixture of earth and sawdust was substituted. In June 

 1901 when several grubs were still alive an earthen cocoon 

 containing a dead beetle was discovered in one of the boxes, 

 and in September two living beetles made their appearance ; 

 only one grub now survived, but it died soon afterwards. In 

 June 1900, Mr. S. M. Macvicar sent me a living example of 

 this beetle from Invermoidart, Argyll. I may mention that 



