SCOLYTIDS AND OTHER COLEOPTERA 303 



SCOLYTIDS (INCLUDING HYLASTES CUNICU- 

 LARIUS AND FITYOPHTHORUS RAMU- 

 LORUM) AND OTHER COLEOPTERA (IN- 

 CLUDING META BLE TUS TR UNCA TELL US) 

 TAKEN IN THE FORTH AREA. 



By William Evans, F.R.S.E. 



Mr J. VV. MUNRo's helpful papers and notes on bark and 

 wood boring beetles, in the present volume of this magazine 

 and elsewhere, have revived m)' interest in these insects, 

 and induce me to give particulars of my personal records for 

 the Forth area. These, and the records of species belonging 

 to other families included in the present paper, may be 

 regarded as a continuation of my notes on Scottish Cole- 

 optera begun in the Annals of Scottish Natural History for 

 1900. The principal lists are in the volumes for that year 

 and 1903, since which date a number of short notes have 

 from time to time appeared in that and other journals. 



Scolytidie (Bark Beetles). 



Two of my better captures in this family are a specimen 

 of Hylastes amiailariiis, Er., taken in a wood of Scots pine 

 and spruce near Kirknewton, Midlothian, on 23rd May 1895 ; 

 and one of Pityophthorus rainiilonaii, Perr. {pnbesce)is, Marsh), 

 beaten, on 12th March 1904, from a heap of pine branches 

 where a tree had recently been cut down, near Gifford, East 

 Lothian. The Hylastes has been examined by Mr Munro, 

 and compared with authentic specimens of cnniculariiis in 

 his collection, and he concurs in the identification. Owing 

 to its great similarity to //. ater, this species is easily 

 passed over, and therefore may not really be so rare as 

 has been supposed. The Pityophthorus was determined for 

 me by Dr D. Sharp some years ago as a variety (?) of 

 P. ramuloruni. In Newbery and W. E. Sharp's recent list 

 of British Coleoptera we find P. ramuloruin, Perr., given, 

 with puhescens, Marsh, as a synonym. Both of the above 

 beetles are additions to the Forth list. Prof. Hudson Beare 

 has recorded P. pubescens from Rannoch. H. ater, Payk., 

 is common and does not call for a full list of records. 



