2o6 The Scottish Naturalist. 



Rather common in peaty places in Shetland (near Lerwick, 

 Bressay, &c.), Orkney, and also at Dava in Morayshire. 



5. Sm. NIGER Lubb., Tullb. 1. c. t^-^-i tab. iii., figg. 21, 23. 

 Lubb. 1. c. Ill, tab. vi. 



Varietas apice sunimo capitis, pedibiis, antennis et fiirca alhidis. 



One specimen fomid in Orkney. 



MACROTOMA Bourl. 



{Tomocems Nic, Lubb.) 



6. M. VULGARIS Tullb. 1. c. 36, I, tab. iv., figg. 1-24. 



Grisca, post mortem nonnihil pallcscens, antennis corpore hand loiigiorilms ; 

 fnrctdae dentibns spinis \2.-\(i armatis, his spinis simplicibns ; iingiiictdo snperi- 

 ore dentictdis 4-6 armato^ inferiore nndico, tantum pila brevi instructor lanceo- 

 late. Long. 4 mm. 



Shetland ; only one specimen. 



7. M. PLUMBEA Lubb. (non Tullb.) Toinocei'us id. Lubb. 1. c. 

 138. An M. ti'identifera Tullb. 37, 24, tab. v., figg. 17, 18 (?). 



Grisea, post mortem, nonnihil pallescens, ajitennis, tibiis tarsisqne violaceis ; 

 antennis corpore hand lojigioribns ; fiirczdae dentibtis spinis (^-\o armatis, his 

 spinis basi lata utrinqne dente instnictis, ut tf'ifidae videntnr, spina apicali et 

 penultinia vel ajitepemdtima maximis, ilia interdiim vix trijida ; tinguictdo 

 superior e dentictdis 4-6 instj'ticto, inferiore qttam in pi'aecedetite latiore, saltern 

 pedum anteriorum denticzdo armato. Long. \ mm. 



Not uncommon in Shetland under rotting Fums on the sea- 

 shore. 



LBPIDOCYRTUS Bourl. 



8. L. CYANEUS Tullb. 1. c. 39, 27, tab. vi., figg. 8-1 1 (1872). 

 Z. purpiireiis Lubb. 1. c. 155, tab. xxx. (1873). 



Squamis detritis obscure cyanea, antennarum basi, pcdibus coxis exceptis 

 furcaque pallide fiaventibus ; antennis corpore pallidiorilms, articulo tertio 

 secundo sat multo breviore, tdtimo diiobiis praecedentibus si/fwl stimtisfere aeque 

 longo ; metanoto seg7nento abdominis primo sat midto longioi'e. Long. \ mm. 



Only one specimen from Orkney. Lubbock has not (1. c.) 

 given the locality where this species is found ; I am therefore 

 not sure that it has been observed in Britain before. 



9. L. LANTTGiNOSUS (Gmel.) Tullb. I. c. 38, 26, tab. vi., figg. 

 1-7. Z. aeneiis Nic, Lubb. 1. c. 154, tab. xxix. (verisimiliter). 



Pallide argenteo-aeneus, versicolor ; squamis detritis flaznts ; articulo tertio 

 antennarum secundo distincte breviore, quarto secundo longiore, scd dttobus prae- 

 cedentibus conjunctis paidlo breviore ; metanoto segmento abdominali primo lon- 

 giore; furcidae nianubrio et defitibus fere aeque longis. Long. 2 mm. 



Some specimens found in Orkney. 



