CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENTOMOLOGY OF ABERDEEN 209 



HYDROPHILID.E. 

 Hydrobius fuscipes, L. Not uncommon. 



STAPHYLINID.E. 



Creophilus maxillosus, L. Common. 

 Leistotrophus nebulosus, F. One taken. 

 Staphylinus stercorarius, OS. Not common. 

 Ocypus olens, Miill. Common in damp places. 

 O. cupreus, Rossi. Common under stones, etc. 

 O. morio, Grav. Aberdeen Links. 

 Philonthus politus, F. Common under stones. 

 Xantholinus glabratus, Grav. Common under stones. 

 Othius fulvipennis, F. Common under stones. 



SILPHID/E. 



Necrophorus humator, F. In dead birds, etc., not uncommon. 

 N. ruspator, Er. In dead birds, etc., common. 

 Silpha nigrita, Creutz. Once taken. 

 S. rugosa, Z. Not common. 

 S. atrata, Z. Hill of Tarbathie, under stones, scarce. 



HlSTERID.t. 



Saprinus nitidulus, Payk. Common. 



BYRRHID.E. 

 Byrrhus dorsalis, F. At Tarbathie, once taken. 



SCARAB-iEID/E. 



Aphodius fimetarius, Z. Common. 



A. merdarius, F. Not common. 



A. rufipes, Z. Banchory. 



Geotrupes stercorarius, Z. Abundant. 



Serica brunnea, Z. Common. 



Trichius fasciatus, Z. Invercannie, near Banchory, scarce. 



ELATERID^E. 



Athous hremorrhoidalis, F. Abundant among grass. 

 Corymbites aneus, Z. Common near Aberdeen. 

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