THE AQUATIC COLEOPTERA OF THE SOLWAY DISTRICT 225 



me a copy of that part of Lennon's Register which referred 

 to the Water-beetles. 



I hope that the discovery of the Lusitanian element in 

 the fauna of the Solway district may stimulate other 

 entomologists to explore other districts, and I shall be 

 greatly indebted to any who do if they will send me their 

 lists of species. 



Supplementary Note. 



Since the above paper was written I have made one or 

 two further observations on the local fauna. 



Agabus uliginosus, Z., should be added to the Kirkcudbrightshire 

 list. I have found it in some numbers on the Preston Merse, 

 Southwick, in company with the halophyll species. This 

 definitely confirms the older record of the species for the 

 Solway district. 



Octhebius auriculatus, Rey.^ can also be added to the Kirkcudbright- 

 shire list. I think the species is probably more common than 

 the records indicate, but it is very difficult to find. Both at 

 Kelton and at Southwick I can only take it at the time of the 

 highest spring tides when parts of the merse are flooded. It 

 seems to live in the fine silt amongst the roots of the plants, 

 and is submerged only at the times of the highest spring tides. 

 I am told that in Kent it is found by grubbing at the roots of 

 the sea-lavender {Statice), but I have not yet been able to dis- 

 cover it in such a situation in the Solway district. 



Hydraena atricapilla, Wat, has turned up in Dumfriesshire, but 

 seems to be very rare, although this scarcity may be due to the 

 fact that I have not yet hit upon its proper habitat. 



I have been expecting to find Paracymus 7iigro-(£neus, 

 F., in the Solway district, but have so far failed. The 

 species occurs as far north as Argyll main and Ebudes mid, 

 so it should surely turn up in the more southern counties of 

 Scotland. 



LIST OF PAPERS DEALING WITH THE "SOLWAY" AQUATIC 



COLEOPTERA 



1. 'Localities of Scottish Coleoptera,' Rev, W\ Little, *' Mag. of Zoology and 



Botany," ii. 232-7, 1838. 



2. 'Coleoptera of Scotland,' Andrew Murray, 1853. 



3. ' Occurrence of Agabtis Solieri near Dumfries and Clova,' W. R. M'Nab, 



"EMM.," iv. 283, 1867-68. 



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