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burn; Forth, Haddington, Gullane, Dirleton, Luffness Links; 

 Edinburgh, Fullarton ; Linlithgow, Bathgate, Beare and Evans 

 (i, 2); Moray, East Ross, Garve, Joy (5); Clyde, Lanark, 

 Coatbridge, Fergusson (n). In moles' nests. 



Ocypus cyaneus, Pk. -Moray, Elgin, one near Grantown-on-Spey, 

 June 1907, Bishop; Eastemess, Nairn, Donisthorpe (4). 



O. compressus, Marsh. Clyde, Clyde Ls lands, Arran, one in August 

 1879, Fowler (6). 



Philonthus varius, Gyll., var. shetlandicus, Poppius. Shetland, 

 Shet lands, Lerwick, 6th July 1S76, four specimens, Ting wall, 

 7th July 1876, one specimen, Poppius. This form, according 

 to Poppius, has the elytra of a uniform dark red colour, and is 

 closely allied to var. nitidicollis, Boisd. It was recorded as 

 common in the Shetlands by Blackburn and Lilley, but it is 

 not clear from their paper whether the type form also occurred. 

 Dr Sharp, in his " Coleoptera of Scotland " (Scot. Nat., II., 380), 

 stated that he had a specimen from Shetland with the elytra 

 red instead of green. He referred it to var. nitidicollis, Boisd, 

 which, however, appears to be distinct from shctlandicus. 



P. quisquiliarius, Gyll. Forth, Fife, shores of Loch Leven, very 

 abundant, Beare (10); [Moray, Elgin, Culbin Sandhills, 

 Chitty ( 3 )].i 



Gabrius pennatus, Shp. Scotland, Sharp (11); T 'ay, East Perth, 

 in flood rubbish, Blair Atholl ; Moray, Eastemess, flood 

 rubbish, Dalwhinnie, Joy (9) ; Nethy Bridge, Donisthorpe (9) ; 

 Clyde, Ayr, Ayr; Renfrav, Lochwinnoch, Fergusson (n). 



G. appendiculatus, Shp. Scotland, Sharp (11); Clyde, Stirling, 

 in debris of old straw, Rowardennan, Fergusson (12). 



G. bishopi, Shp. Solway, Dumfries, Beattock and Thornhill, very 

 rare, Sharp (11); Ayr, Barr; Clyde, Ayr, Ayr, Barassie, Shew- 

 alton, Irvine, Stevenston ; Lanark, Coatbridge ; Dumbarton, 

 Bowling, Fergusson (n). By the side of streams. 



G. velox, Shp. -Clyde, Lanark, in flood refuse, Coatbridge, 

 Fergusson (n). 



Cafius fucicola, Curt. Forth, Haddington, common under seaweed, 

 Hepburn (3) ; Linlithgow, Dalmeny, Logan (1) ; Fife, 



1 Chitty stated that the insect to which this record referred was " either 

 quisquiliaris or ventralisT Commander Walker has kindly examined the Chitty 

 Collection at Oxford, and finds one ventralis labelled '' Forres," which, doubtless, is 

 the specimen on which the record was founded. There is in the collection, how- 

 ever, a small example of quisquiliaris, labelled " Beauly," which gives the insect a 

 status in Eastemess. 



