34 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



loch that affords a patch of green rush covert. The Red- 

 throated Diver is frequent on the peat pools in certain 

 districts, but the Black-throated Diver is scarcer, and we only 

 saw one nest during our visit. This species, however, is said 

 to have benefited much by increased protection. We only 

 saw one specimen of the Great Northern Diver, which was 

 observed in adult plumage off the west coast on ioth June. 



SUPPLEMENT TO DR SHARP'S " COLEOPTERA 



OF SCOTLAND." 



By Anderson Fergusson. 

 {Continued from 1913, page 259.) 



[C. metallicus, Pk. Solway, Dumfries, Lochrutton Loch, Len- 



non (10).] 

 C. impressus, F., var. rufipes, Schil. Tav, Mid Perth, Rannoch, 



Donisthorpe (9). 

 [C. bipustulatus, L. Shetland, Shet lands, Shetland, Nilis.] 



lycim:. 



Pyropterus affinis, Pk. Moray, Easterness, fourteen from rotten 

 pine stump, Aviemore, Champion (8) ; under bark of Scots fir, 

 Nethy Bridge, Beare (24). 



TELEPHORID.E. 



Telephones fuscus, L. Forth, Haddington, one Aberlady, 



Beare (14). 

 T. figiiratus, Man., var. cruachanus, Chitty. Argyle, Main 



Argyll, near Ben Cruachan, Chitty (2). 

 T. oralis, Germ. Solway, Kirkcudb right, common but very local, 



Orchardton, Lennon and Douglas. 

 [Rhagonycha fuscicornis, 01. Clyde, Clyde Islands, south end 



of Arran, Billups.] 



