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On stripping the bark from moderately recent stumps, I was much gratified at 
being able to see so easily the relations of Ips, Rhizophagus, and Ejmrwa with 
regard to Hylurgus and Hylastes, as mentioned by M. Ferris in the French Annales. 
The galleries of the latter insects, carried down to the sappy living wood, were 
thronged with species of the three first-mentioned genera, as well as by their 
legitimate tenants ; and I even caught a Rhizophagxos (ferrugineus) with its head 
and thorax sunk into the rear of a sickly Hylurgus piniperda. Bulky specimens of 
Ips, piratically intent, seemed quite blocked up in the narrow channels of Hylastes' 
larvae. 
Generally, sweeping was but of little use. No CeuthorTiynchus save mcfc 
gladdened my eyes ; though at Longniddry, on my way north, I got upwards of 50 
of the rare C. Mrtulus. The Telephori were nothing like so common as before ; — 
T. paludosus, elong(^s, testaceus, and the much vexed 21 sp.* — ?, being the chief 
(and sparse) represmtatives of the genus. One or two species of Malthodes, and 
Scymnus nigrinus, occurred under fir trees ; the curious little Anthonomus mentioned 
in my former notes was still common in marshy places, certainly off dwarf sallow 
only, and never varying ; Saperda scalaris, a gorgeous sight, fell to my net off 
alder bashes on the banks of the rapid burn ; and Cryptocephalus 10-punctatus was 
to be found on dwarf sallow as before; — an additional insight into its habits being 
afforded by my observing that it does not care much for i-ain, as I took several 
specimens (in cop.) during showei-s. In the very hot sunshine this insect absolutely 
flies almost as sharp as a Cicindela when approached. C. lineola could only be 
found by me in its ordinary striped condition, and that but sparingly : and Thyamis 
holsatica, as before, represented the Halticidce. A few Diacanthus impressus, vars. 
of female Campylus, Elater nigrinus, and Sericosomus irunneus were the chief of the 
Elateridoe ; except some females of Corymbites ciipreits, which sex was very rare last 
year, though hundreds of males were to be had. Donacia aquatica, also, was much 
less common than heretofore. 
Agarics on old birches produced Cis hidentatus, nitidus, and lineatocrihratits in 
swarms ; one puffy little white fungus containing four or five Thymalus limhatus. 
Hunting among stones by the burn-side, I found Helophorus arvernicus, Parnus 
awriculatus, Bledius sulterraneus, Hydrcena riparia, and a Homalota, which I hope 
will turn out to be camhrica ; also the pretty Coccinella Z-punctata, running rapidly 
among the Lottos plants, to the red calyx of which it bears a superficial resemblance 
in colour. 
I was much surprised to find no less than eleven specimens of Anisotoma duhia 
(in all its varieties) under a stone on the sandy spit at Dall ; though last year I 
found a single example under similar circumstances. The habits of the members 
of this genus are certainly as erratic (tending to " flaky" captures) as those of 
Tachinus elongatulus, which I found crawling on a wall, and also under a stone on 
the hill side ; one can never be sure of a locality for this species. 
Carahus glabratus, Amara hifrons, SiVpha nigrita, Otiorhynchus mav/rus and 
rugifrons occurred in the paths ; Aleochara hrevipennis, Stenus fuscipes, and Ocalea 
picata in moss ; Ptinus crenatus in numbers in my bedroom woodwork ; Cetonia, 
cenea flying passim; and sheep dung produced myriads of the Aphodiics known to us 
as lapponum, A. putridus, A. depressus, &c., accompanied (on the high ground) 
by Deliphrum tectum, AutaUa puncticollis, Tachdnus proximus, T. palli/pes, T. 
fiawvpes, &c. 
