254 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



SUPPLEMENT TO DR SHARP'S " COLEOPTERA 



OF SCOTLAND." 



By Anderson Fergusson. 



(Continued from page 232.) 

 PSELAPHID/E. 



Tychus niger, Pk. Forth, Haddington, one male in moss at 



Gifford, Evans (13); Clyde, Ayr, two males, Carrick Hill, near 



Ayr; Renfrew, four specimens in the Paisley district, 



Fergusson (1). 

 [Bythinus glabratus, Rye. Solway, Dumfries, two specimens 



in Dr Sharp's collection from Eccles doubtfully referred to this 



species, Fowler (6).] 

 B. validus, Aub. Forth, Edinburgh, Cramond, Corstorphine 



Hills ; Linlithgow, Dalmeny Park ; Solway, Dumfries, 



Dabton Loch, banks of Nith, specimens from all the above 



localities in Dr Sharp's collection, Fowler (4, 6). 

 Bryaxis waterhousei, Rye. Forth, Berwick, a pair from Penman- 



shiel, Hardy (1). 

 B. helferi, Schm. Forth, Fife, Rincardine-on-Forth, April 1901, a 



dozen under pieces of wood lying on the side of a muddy 



ditch, Evans (6). 

 Euplectus piceus, Mots. Tay, Mid Perth, one Comrie, 30th April 



1899, Evans (7) ; Clyde, Clyde Islands, under fir bark in Glen 



Ashdale, Arran, Bagnall (3). 



trichopterygim:. 



Trichopteryx seminitens, Mat. Tay, East Perth, in sheeps' 



droppings, Pitlochry, Beaumont. 

 T. volans, Mots. Tay, East Perth, in dry refuse in farmyard, 



Pitlochry, Beaumont; Moray, Eastemess, Aviemore, "three 



specimens were taken about 1876 or 1877 by Mr Champion," 



Fowler (6). 

 T. longula, Mat. Scotland (Champion), Fowler (6). 

 T. intermedia, Gillm., var. thomsoni, I. B. Erichson. Moray, 



Eastemess, in some numbers by beating fir tops, Newtonmore, 



and also two in Formica sanguinea nest at Nethy Bridge, 



Donisthorpe (5). 



