SOME COLEOPTERA FROM THE SUMMIT OF BEN NEVIS 33 



much valuable personal help received from Canon Fowler 

 M.A., F.L.S., to whose great work on Coleoptera I am in- 

 debted for most of the notes on distribution. 



The collection contained nearly 600 specimens repre- 

 senting 52 species or thereabouts, 36 genera, and 11 great 

 groups. 



GEODEPHAGA. 



1. CARABUS VIOLACEUS, Z. One example. 2700 feet. Typical 



form. A common species in England and Scotland. 

 Rather local in Ireland. 



2. NOTIOPHILUS BIGUTTATUS, Fab. A fragment. Abundant 



throughout the kingdom. 



3. NOTIOPHILUS AQUATICUS, L. Two examples. A common and 



widely distributed species. 



4. NEBRIA GYLLENHALII, Sch. Seventeen examples. Four of the 



form with reddish elytra. In most of the specimens the 

 legs are more or less reddish, and in two examples particu- 

 larly so. This species was found on one or two occasions 

 inside the observatory on the summit. The species is 

 widely distributed and common in mountainous districts, 

 even in the valleys. 



5. LORICERA PILICORNIS, F. Three examples. According to 



Canon Fowler, this species is common and widely dis- 

 tributed throughout the kingdom, except in the extreme 

 north of Scotland. I, however, found it not uncommonly 

 in the Thurso district in 1892. 



6. ANCHOMENUS PARUMPUNCTATUS, F. One damaged example. 



A common species throughout the kingdom. 



BRACHELYTRA. 



7. HOMALOTA (?) A fragment. Too much damaged to determine. 



8. MYCETOPORUS LEPIDUS, Grav. One damaged example. A 



widely distributed species. 



9. MYCETOPORUS PUNCTUS, Gyll. One damaged specimen. There 



seems little doubt that the fragment represents this species, 

 which occurs rarely in England, and has been reported from 

 the lowlands of Scotland. 



10. TACHINUS ELONGATUS, Gyll. Two examples. A very local 



species, but widely distributed. Rare in Scotland, but 

 found both in Lowlands and Highlands. 

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