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F., on dead bird ; Silpha riuini^a, L., dead bird ; .S'. atrata, L., in 

 decayed wood ; PaniKs prolifrHcnrnix, F., and P. aiiriciilafiis, Pz., 

 under stones, banks of river Spey ; Aef/ialia mbnleti, Pk., and Srrira 

 hnoDwa, L., sandy bank near moor, about 900ft. ; Kniohin^ mollis. L., 

 on doorstep of cottage ; (HiorJu/iichns blaiulKs, (iyll., under stones, but 

 not frequent ; Strnp/itifioiniiit lateralis, Pk., under stones on moor, and 

 also two species of Haltica, one a black form, swept from heatber. Tbe 

 rarer and more difficult insects to determine have been kindly verified 

 by Professor Hudson Beare. — James E. P>lack, Nethercroft, Peebles, 



CoLEOPTERA IN ScoTLAND. — After the end of June, except during 

 my holidays in Aug:ust, pressure of work prevented me from giving 

 much attention to collecting, but the following stray notes may be of 

 interest. On July 3rd I swept up, just before dusk, on a damp cold 

 evening, in a copse on the eastern slope of Arthur's Seat, F>alaniitiis 

 bra.^sicai>, Fab., KrirJiinns acrihilnx, L., Lidsnnnts (jcatidtis, Clair, and 

 Apion iiuniile, Germ., and on July 17th I found under stones, near the 

 summit of the hill, ('orijwbites aeueKs, L., OUorlnjnchun iiniscornin, 

 Bris, and Qtietliiix bnops, Gr, On the afternoon of August 5th I paid 

 a visit to Loch Leven, and thoroughly explored the southern sliores 

 for some mile or two ; I was much disappointed at the results, for I 

 had formed expectations of taking several good insects which seem to 

 have been found here fairly commonly years ago; sweeping the herbage 

 and flowers at the edges of the neighbourmg fields produced nothing, 

 so I spent my time turning over and shaking the heaps of dead water 

 weeds thrown up on the beach, and in this way obtained Blrtln'sa 

 multi punctata, L., fairly commonly, Klaphrim niprcnx, T)uft., Ijcnibiiliinu 

 (Ion's, Pz., and I'hilontlins <iiiis(ji(ilian'iis, GylL, which was very abun- 

 dant; this insect, therefore, which Canon Fowler stated did not appear 

 to occur even in the Midlands (though it is abundant in Leicestershire), 

 appears to extend very far north, I do not know Avhether this is itsfir.st 

 record from Scotland. On August 7th, Maltlwdes iiian/inatus, Lat., and 

 ^[. saiiiiitinoli'iitus, Fall., were abundant on bracken in Dalmeny, and, 

 all through tbe month, Xiptits holole.ncns, Fald, kept turning up in my 

 house; during the winter I found the other species, crenatits, F., in my 

 house at Heriot Row. In the summer I searched many of the roads 

 and waste places round Edinbui-gh to find plants of Sisi/iubriinn affici- 

 nale, mindful of an interesting note of the late Mr. Bye, but never 

 found it ; in September, however, I came across two patches of the 

 plant, one near Musselburgh, and the other on Calton Hill, off these 

 patches I swept the following insects : — Psylliodes ciipruiiitcns, Forst, 

 CeutltorlnjncliHs sidcirolh's, GylL, C. assiwilis, Pk., «.'. enjsiini, F., C 

 contractus, Marsh, C. (juadridens, Pz., Ceutlioylnjnchidius jloralis, Pk. so I 

 am hoping next year, by working the plants in June, to turn up the two 

 rarer insects, ('. picitarsis, GylL, and ('. rapae, GylL When I worked 

 them the plants looked like bundles of dusty twigs, and yet insects 

 were quite abundant on them ; off mallows, close to them, came Apion 

 aeneuin, F., and A. radioUis, Kirb., in the utmost profusion. — T. Hidso.n 

 Beare, F.E.S., 10, Regent Terrace, Edinburgh. 



QuEDius cRiiKNTUs VAR. viRENs, RoTTBcj. — In Johnson and Halbert's 

 /./,s/ of the lieetles of Ireland, p. 644, Quedius rruentus, OL, is recorded 

 from Antrim and Armagh, and it is further stated that ''the specimens 

 from both these localities are referable to the variety virens. Rottbg." 

 Mr. Halbert having kindly sent a specimen for me to see, I find it to be 



