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pterus, Dufts., not common. Anrhomenus piceus, L., rare, one specimen, Murcar, 

 23.7.10; A. gracilis, G-yll., common and general. Bembidium tibiale, Dufts., 

 rare, Dee flood refuse, 2.4.13 ; B. decorum, Panz., rare, Dee flood refuse, 25.11.12 ; 

 B. bruxellense, Wesm., fairly common ; B. bipunctatum, L., rare, Dee flood refuse, 

 25.1.12; B. punctulatum, Drap., rare, Dee flood refuse, 29.1.14; B. prasinum, 

 Dufts., not common in this area. Patrobus excavatus, Payk., fairly commonly 

 at all seasons. Dromius agilis, F., not common; D. quadrimaculatus, L., fairly 

 common, but not abundant ; D. quadrinotatus, Panz., rare ; D. nigriventris, 

 Thorns., fairly common on golf links. 



Ccelambus novemlineatus, Steph., rare, Lairston Loch, 30.3.11. ; C . parallelo- 

 grammus, Ahr. (?), rare, Lairston Loch, 12.3.14. Deronectes duodecim-pustulatus, 

 F., fairly common and general in the Dee. Hydroporus lepidxis, 01., not 

 uncommon and very local, Cultis Quarry ; H. rivalis, Gyll., not common and 

 nowhere abundant, though general ; H. septentrionalis, Gyll., Lairston Loch, 

 12.3.14; H. tristis, Payk., fairly common and general; H. memnonius, Nic, 

 common; H. nigrita, Fab., abundant, and generally distributed. Agabus 

 biguttatus, 01., rare, Walker's Dam, 5.7.13; A. paludosus, F., common and 

 general; A. femoralis, Payk., rare, Lairston Loch, 11.3.14; A. congener, 

 Payk., fairly common; A. nelmlosus, Forst., abundant but local; A. sturmii, 

 Gyll., fairly common and general ; A. arcticus, Payk., not common, Lairston 

 Loch, 12.3.14. Platambus maculatus, L., fairly common and general, darker than 

 as described by Fowler. Ilybius fuliginosus, F., fairly common and general, 

 sometimes very numerous ; Dytiscus marginalis, L., rare and very local, Eubislaw 

 Quarry. Acilius sulcatus, L., local, only found in summer. Hydrobins fuscipes, 

 L., common and general; var. xneus, Sol., very rare, Lairston, 15.2.11. Helo- 

 phorus rugosus, 01., locally common on sea-side links. Hydrsena gracilis, Germ., 

 not common. 



Aleochara mcerens, Gyll., not uncommon ; A. obscurella, Er., rare, Bal- 

 gownie, 23.3.12. Oxypoda spectabilis, Maerk., not uncommon ; 0. lividipennis, 

 Mann., not common ; 0. umbrata, Grav., not common. Ocalea castanea, Er., 

 fairly common. Homalota hygrotopora, Kr., fairly common ; H. graminicola, Grav., 

 common and general ; H. linearis, Grav., very common and general ; H. depressa, 

 Gyll., especially on fungi, but not common ; H. euryptera, Steph., not common. 

 Autalia impressa, 01., common in fungi in late summer. Bolitochara obliqua, 

 Er., rare, Aboyne, 21.9.13 ; B. lucida, Grav., on fungi in autumn ; B. lunulata, 

 Payk., fairly common on fungi. Leptusa analis, Gyll., not common. Tachyporus 

 hypnorum, F., var. meridionalis, Fairm., not common ; T. humerosus, Er., not 

 common ; Tachimis collaris, Grav., fairly common ; T. elongatus, Gyll., very rare, 

 Glen Muick, 19.9.13. Megacronus analis, F., rare, Cultis, 20.7.11. Bolitobius 

 lunulatus, L., rare, Hazelhead, 31.10.13. Mycetoporus clavicomis, Mannh., not 

 common ; M. splendens, Marsh., rare, on a dead cormorant at Balgownie, 11.2.13. 

 Quedius mesomelinus, Marsh., fairly common ; Q. nigriceps, Kr., fairly common 

 and general in district ; Q. fumatus, Steph., fairly common ; Q. umbrinus, Er., 

 common and general ; Q. fulvicollis, Steph., rare ; Lairston, 11.3.4. Leisto- 

 trophus nebulosus, F., in horse-dung, Murcar, 28.6.18 . found also at Spring- 

 hill, 29.3.13. Staphylinus erythropterus, L., rare, in dung, Murcar, 15.7.10. 



