The Scottish Naturalist. 203 



trict, an o is placed instead of the name of the district ; but 

 this o is replaced by g in those cases where the existence 

 of the species in a district is highly probable, though not hither- 

 to recorded. 



The districts are of course always given in the same order and 

 are as follows : — East — Tweed, Forth, Tay, Dee, Moray, 

 Sutherland, Orkney, Zetland; West — Sol way, Clyde, Argyle, 

 (including Mull), West-Ross, (including Skye), Hebrides. For 

 further details as to these districts, vide "Scottish Naturalist" 

 vol. I., p. 161. 



An attempt to indicate the general scarcity or abundance of 

 each species is made by adding after the name of each species, 

 such a term as "abundant," " common," "scarce," &c, &c. 



I have also attempted to give some information as to the 

 habitat of each species by means of the words, "maritime," in 

 the case of those frequenting the sea coast ; " riparial," those 

 found on the margins of the rivers ; " lowland," those more 

 peculiar to the low grounds and marshy districts ; " highland," 

 those more generally frequenting the hills and mountains, and 

 11 alpine," those found at a considerable elevation on the 

 higher mountains. 



I shall not attempt to give more information than this, be- 

 cause if I did so I fear I should often lead the student into 

 error. 



A good Catalogue * of Scottish Coleoptera was published in 

 1853, by Mr. Andrew Murray j but in the twenty years that 

 have passed since its publication, a large number of additional 

 species have been detected, and our knowledge of certain 

 families has been very largely increased. This Catalogue has 

 been of very great assistance to me, and it is with great pleasure 

 that I acknowledge my obligations to it. At the time of its 

 publication it was considerably in advance of other entomo- 

 logical works of the period. 



The number of students of Coleoptera in Scotland at present 

 is but small — (may it soon largely increase !) — and therefore the 

 entomologists who have been able to render me assistance are 

 but few ; on this very account however their information has 



Catalogue of th« Coleoptera of Scotland, by Andrew Murray." Black- 

 wood & Sons. 



