202 The Scottish Naturalist. 



alba, a plant which is often not a native of the localities frequented by the var. 

 Laidion. In Scotland I know of but one locality for the var. Philoxenus, viz., 

 Cloak Moss, near Dalbeattie. The Rhynchospora is common on this moss. 

 Philoxenus is probably only found in low-lying localities. 



2. Var. Laidion Bkh. Local. Ericetal. Ascends to about 

 2500 feet. 



Distribution — East, o Forth Tay Dee Moray g 

 Orkney Zetland. 

 West, o Clyde Argyle West-Ross g 

 Lat. 55°20 // -6o°4o". Range in Europe. Scotland and Ire- 

 land. Type. Scottish. Type in Britain. Scottish. 



Time of Appearance— Imago. June, July. Larva — ? Food-plant — ? 

 (? Eriophorum and — ?). This is the var. generally called Typhon by British 

 collectors. It is the Scottish and Irish form, and may be distinguished from 

 the preceding var. by its generally paler colour, smaller and fewer spots, less 

 visible above, and by the usually more distinct pale blotch on the upper surface 

 of the hind-wings. The food-plant of the larvae is unknown. Laidion occurs 

 from near sea-level to about 2500 feet above the sea. It is common in many 

 places in Scotland. 



3. Ab. Isis Thnb. This form, which only occurs as an aberration in Scot- 

 land, is the Lapland race. It is somewhat smaller, and has usually no eyes at 

 all on the wings. It occurs with the var. Laidion, more especially in the north. 



( To be continued. ) 



THE COLEOPTERA OF SCOTLAND. 



Edited by D. SHARP, M.B. 



The following Catalogue of Scottish Coleoptera will be, in its 

 general plan, similar to that list of the Lepidoptera of Scotland, 

 by Dr. Buchanan White, at present in course of publication in 

 the "Scottish Naturalist" The division of the country into 

 thirteen districts therein detailed is adopted, and the ascertained 

 occurrence of each species in each of these districts will be 

 shewn. Unfortunately I can find no information as to the 

 Coleoptera of several of these districts, and the Catalogue (un- 

 less further assistance should be furnished) will be nearly a blank 

 as regards the northern and north-western districts. It will be 

 well to repeat here, that where the name of a district is given 

 this signifies that the species has occurred in that district ; 

 where the species has not (so far as I know) occurred in a dis- 



