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latter altogether, as it is quite within the bounds of possibility 

 that some of the doubtful records at any rate may be confirmed 

 in the future. If I have erred on the side of caution in 

 not accepting certain records, there is the more reason for 

 including these records in the body of the list. Wherever 

 possible an effort has been made in the case of doubtful 

 records to ascertain whether the occurrence of the insect in 

 Scotland should be admitted or not. 



Since the appended list was completed Volume VI. of 

 Fowler's Coleoptera of the British Islands has appeared, and 

 in the first part of it all records of Scottish Coleoptera which 

 were also new to the British fauna since the publication of 

 Volume V., in 1891, are noted. The second part of the 

 volume contains a list of additional localities, notes, etc., 

 compiled by Mr H. St J. K. Donisthorpe. Many of the 

 records which are contained in this supplement are also 

 included in these notes, but the compiler does not appear to 

 have had access to all the literature regarding Scottish 

 Coleoptera, and the notes are somewhat incomplete in this 

 respect 



For assistance and advice in the preparation of this paper 

 I have gratefully to acknowledge my indebtedness to Dr 

 Sharp, Commander Walker, and Messrs F. Balfour-Brovvne, 

 Wm. Evans, Percy H. Grimshaw, Bertram M'Gowan, J. M. 

 Whitehead, and W. E. Sharp. Dr Sharp has given me his 

 views on the authenticity of certain of the late Wm. Lennon's 

 Solvvay records ; and, in connection with these records, I am 

 obliged to Mr Eagle Clarke and Mr Grimshaw for allowing 

 me to consult Lennon's MS. list of the Coleoptera of Mid 

 Solway. Commander Walker has been at considerable 

 trouble to examine and give me his opinion on a number 

 of Scottish beetles in the late A. J. Chitty's collection at 

 Oxford, which Mr Chitty had recorded with doubt. 



In conclusion, I may state that no attempt has been 

 made to note the extension in the distribution of species 

 already contained in the Coleoptera of Scotland as disclosed 

 in the published records. To do this thoroughly would 

 have involved the expenditure of more time than I could 

 afford, and in any event it seems to fall rather within 



