256 October, 1914.] 



Or.ypus olens, Mull., rare, a few local examples have been shown me by other 

 collectors ; 0. brunnipes, F., rare, Balgownie, 5.3.13 ; also in a gull shot at Black- 

 burn, 13.3.12 ; 0. morio, Grav., fairly common and general. Philonthus varians, 

 Payk., Murcar, 22.7.10 ; P. puella, Norchn., rare, Durris, 9.7.10. Lathrobium 

 elongatum, L., not very common; L. fulvipenne, Grav., fairly abundant. L. 

 terminatum, Grav., rare, curling pond, Cultis, 15.2.13. Stilicus geniculatus' 

 Er., not common. Stenus canaliculatus, Gyll., not common ; S. bifoveolatus, Gyll., 

 not very common ; S. latifrons, Er., common and general ; S. paganus, Er., 

 fairly common. Bledius arenarius, Payk., rare, Dee flood refuse, 19.1.12. 

 Platystethus arenarius, Fourc, not common. Anthophagus testaceus, Grav., 

 rare, Durris, 9.7.10. Lesteva longelytrata, Goeze, fairly common and general ; 

 L. sicula, Er., not common. Deliphrum tectum, Payk., rare, Balgownie, 13.2.14. 

 Culter, 4.10.13. Philorhinum sordidum, Steph., rare, Auchlunies, 24.3.11; 

 Homalium rugulipenne, Rye, locally abundant on sea-shore links ; H. pusil- 

 lum, Grav., abundant under bark of dead Scots fir ; H. monilicorne, Grav., 

 fairly common under bark ; if. vile, Er., fairly common on broom flowers in 

 summer, and under bark in winter. Anthobium torquatum, Marsh., abundant on 

 broom blossom. Proteinus brachypterus, F., very common and general. Phlce- 

 obium clypeatum, Mull., not common. Megarthrus depressus, Steph., rare, 

 Hazelhead, 17.11.12. 



Agathidium marginatum, Sturm, rare, Dee flood refuse, 27.1.14. Aniso- 

 toma dubia, Kug., rare, Murcar, close to dung, 30.8.11. Necrophorus ruspator, 

 Er., not common. Silpha nigrita, Creutz., said to occur in the district ; S. opaca, 

 L., not common. Choleva angustata, F., fairly common ; C. fusca, Panz., not 

 uncommon; C. tristis, Panz., very common on carcases. Colon b runneum, Latr., 

 not common, under bark and on fungi. Micropeplus staphylinoides, Marsh., 

 rare, Balgownie links, 13.10.11. Epursea sestiva, L. not common. Nitidula bi- 

 pustulata, L., rare and occasional, Murcar, 25.9.14. Soronia grisea, L., rare, in 

 burrow of Cryptorrhynchus in willows at Newton, Dee, 3.3.14. Ips quadripus- 

 tulata, L., fairly common, especially on dead poplars. Rhizophagus depressus, 

 F., common and general on various trees ; B. ferrugineus, Payk., not common, 

 but generally under bark of dead Scots pines. Lathridius lardarius, De G., not 

 common, and never abundant. Corticaria crenulata, Gyll., common and 

 general in haystacks ; C. umbilicata, Beck, not common, Balgownie, 21.2.12, and 

 9.5.12. Cryptophagus saginatus, Sturm, fairly common. Parnus auriculatus, 

 Panz., fairly common. 



Aphodius fossor, L., rare in this district ; in horse-dung, Lairston, 20/6/13 ; 

 A. lapponum, Gyll., fairly common and general ; A. inquinatus, F., not common, 

 but general ; A. contaminatus, Hbst., very common and general, sometimes 

 every patch of horse-dung on a road swarms with them, and they fly up in 

 clouds ; A. depressus, Kug., not very common. Serica brunnea, McLeay, very 

 local, and only found near the sea-shore. Cryptohypnus dermestoides, Hbst., 

 not common, Dee flood refuse, 23.3.12. Dolopius marginatus, L., not common, 

 in a thrush shot at Craibstone, 31.5.13. Corymbites cupreus, F., not very com- 

 mon; var. seruginosus, F., rare, Balgownie, 16.10.11. Telephorus nigricans, F., 

 var. discoideus, Steph., fairly common in summer on broom. T. paludosus, 



