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can be called rare. On the sea shore Ocaled castanea and 

 Aleochara algarum occurred in company with Homalota vestita, 

 Philonthus xantholoma, and Homalium l&viusculum. In moss 

 on the hills, Oxypoda iucrassata, Homalota eremita, Mycetoporus 

 annularis, Quedius attenuates, Othius melanocephalus, Stenus 

 brevicornis and Arpedium brachypterum put in an occasional 

 appearance, and by promiscuous collecting we obtained Homa- 

 lota villosula and germana, Tachyporus humerosus, Tachinus 

 laticollis and Quedius tristis (whose occurrence in Scotland 

 seems to have been hitherto doubtful) and umbrinus. 



The Necrophaga were very sparingly represented, the best 

 being Cholena fiisca and coracina (the latter commonly). 



Of the remaining groups, the species we met with are so few 

 and far between that we will deal with them en masse. Aphodius 

 lapponum was not uncommon. Athoiis subfuscus was exceed- 

 ingly uncommon, but not local, and Chrysomela sanguinolenta 

 and Coccinella mutabilis were exceedingly local but not un- 

 common. Otiorhynchus blandus, Ceutorhynchus erica*, and 

 Donacia comari also occurred, and an Apion not yet determined, 

 possibly new. 



As a complete record of our captures may be of value as a 

 contribution to the Natural History of Shetland, we append a 

 list of the species we met with that have not been specially - 

 noted above : — 



Notiophilus palustris. Trechus minutus. 



,, biguttatus. ,, obtusus. 



Elaphrus cupreus. Ilaliplus lineatocollis. 



Carabus catenulatus. ,, confinis. 



Leistus rufescens. Hydroporus memnonius. 



Clivina fossor. • ,, Gyllenhalli. 



Dyschirius globosus. ,, erythrocephalus. 



Loricera pilicornis. ,, melanocephalus. 



Broscus cephalotes. 



nignta. 



Calathus cisteloides. ,, obscurus. 



,, mollis. ,, palustris. 



Anchomenus albipes. Colymbetes fuscus. 

 Olisthopus rotundatus. M notatus. 



I'terostichus niger. Agabus chalconotus. 



,, vulgaris. ff guttatus. 



,, strenuus. I Gyrinus natator. 



„ diligens. Aleochara moesta. 



Amara apricaria. M lanuginosa. 



,, spinipes. Oxypoda opaca. 



Harpalus latus. Homalota gregaria. 

 Hrndycellus cognatu^. M volans. 



