i68 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



the same genus, C. hypericin F., occurred along with it on the 

 same plant but far more sparingly. Dr Sharp did not include 

 C. brunsvicensis in his " Coleoptera of Scotland," but Fowler {I.e. iv., 

 308) mentions that it has been recorded by Stephens from Forfar- 

 shire. 



Longitarsiis brtititieiis., Duft. {castaneus, Foudr. nee Duft.). The 

 synonymy of this species and L. Ii/ridus, Scop., which immediately 

 succeeds it in the British list, is much confused. I think, however, 

 It is clear that the records under Z. brunnca, Duft., in Dr Sharp's 

 "Coleoptera of Scotland" refer to Z. luridus, Scop., which is the 

 commonest species of the genus in Britain, and that the true 

 Z. brjintieus, Duft., has not hitherto been recorded from Scotland. 

 Messrs Tomlin and W. E. Sharp, in their paper on the genus 

 {E. M. M. xlviii., 2), give no Scottish localities for the insect. At 

 Machrie Bay, Arran (Clyde Islands), I found a single specimen 

 during September 191 2 and another in September 19 13 which have 

 both been referred to brunneus, Duft., by Mr W. E. Sharp. 



Longitarsus prateiisis, Panz., v. coHnris, Bed. This variety of 

 pratensis, with infuscate thorax and dark posterior femora, occurred 

 along with the type at Machrie Bay, Arran (Clyde Islands), in 

 September 1912 and September 191 3. It has not previously been 

 noted from Scotland, but probably occurs wherever the type is 

 found. 



Polydrosus mollis., Stroem. {mica/is, F.). This weevil was re- 

 corded, in Murray's Catalogue of the Coleoptera of Seotlaf/d {18^^)^ 

 from Edinburgh, Dalkeith, Roslin, Lanarkshire, near Hamilton, and 

 Berwickshire, but Dr Sharp {Scottish Naturalist., vi., 141) stated 

 that the species was unknown to him as Scottish, and that he was 

 inclined to suspect an error of determination. It has been found 

 not uncommonly upon young trees of various kinds at Lanark 

 (Lanark) during the summer-time since 1914, and specimens have 

 been seen by Mr Newbery. 



Apion curtirostre, Germ, {humile, Germ.), v. medianiim, Th. 

 This variety is much smaller than the type, with the rostrum shorter 

 and thicker and the elytra more inflated behind (Newbery, 

 E. M. M. xlix., 227). A few examples were swept along with the 

 type at Machrie Bay, Arran (Clyde Islands), during June 1916. 

 It is probably quite common. 



Ehyfichites harwoodi, Joy.- Two examples were beaten off old 

 birches at Machrie Bay, Arran (Clyde Islands), during June 1916, 

 and other two were taken, also off birch, in the same locality during 

 June of the following year. Mr Newbery {E. M. M. liii., 80) states 

 that he has always taken R. harwoodi and to?iie/itosus, Gyll., to- 



