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for the visits paid by English collectors to Scotland ; and our catalogues and 

 collections have been thus considerably increased. These visits, however, have 

 always been to the Highlands, and the productions of the south of Scotland are 

 still almost unknown to entomologists. The following list, therefore, of the rarer 

 species that I have met with in a few days' collecting during the present spring 

 and summer may, perhaps, possess some interest. The species marked with an 

 asterisk have not, I believe, been previously recorded as natives of Scotland. 



In April and May I resided at Dumfries, and had occasional opportunities of 

 collecting in the neighbourhood. Among other things I met with, Dyschirius 

 nitidMS and *saUnus abundant on the banks of the Nith, and with them also, but 

 very rarely, *D. politus, *Drom,ius7nelanocephalus, Lelia chlorocephala, *Anchoinenus 

 pusillus, in the salt marshes towards the mouth of the Nith ; *A. micans in 

 abundance in a marshy place on the banks of the Cairn Water ; *Bradycellus 

 distinctus and *fulvus in moss ; *Perileptus areolatus under small stones on the 

 banks of the Cairn Water, in some numbers, but its time of appearance did not 

 extend over more than the last fortnight of April and first week of May ; *Beinbidium 

 stomoides, a single specimen on the banks of the Nith ; Silphct, dispar occurred very 

 rarely in carrion in the salt marshes ; Omosita depressa : of this species Mr. W. 

 Lemon has obtained a considerable number of specimens by placing some bones as 

 a trap. I have myself only found a single specimen with Silpha dispar. *Rhizo- 

 phagus perforatus found in great profusion under a log ; *Syncahjpta setigera, about 

 a dozen specimens at the roots of rushes at Caerlaverock ; Throscas dermestoides in 

 great numbers on nettles under birches ; I obtained some hundreds of specimens 

 from a single patch of nettles. *Ceuthorliynchus Dawsoni, a single specimen at 

 Caerlaverock ; before only found on the south coast of England ! C. viduatus, two 

 or three specimens on a wall ; *C. crux, one specimen on a wall, another in 

 company with Anchomenus micans ; Cceliodes suhrufus on oak near New Abbey. 

 Cryptorhynchus lapathi : up to the present time the evidence for this species 

 being found in Scotland has been insufficient, but I found several specimens 

 on sallows close to Dumfries, and Mr. W. Lemon (a most successful collector) 

 afterwards found some scores of it. Erirhinus wthiops, a single specimen 

 among flood refuse ; Dr. McNab and Mr. Lemon have since found over a 

 dozen specimens by sweeping in a marsh. Erirhinus iimaculatus in some 

 numbers in the salt marshes. Erirhinus salicinus locally abundant on sallows in 

 blossom ; *Tanymecus palliatus in two or three places on the banks of the Nith ; 

 *Polydrusus chrysomela bred from pupae found on the shores of the Nith ; in com- 

 pany with this species great numbers of Telephorus Darwinianus in all its stages 

 were found, and must be covered with the salt water at high tides. Sitones cam- 

 bricus, several sporadic specimens; *PhcBdon concinnun: this species, hitherto 

 very rare in collections, lives at the roots of plants in the brackish water ; at high 

 tides they are floated up into corners and quiet places. I found one spot where 

 this species could have been taken out of the salt water with a water-net literally 

 in pints. Hyperaspis reppensis, about a dozen specimens in wet moss among 

 young Scotch 6x ; *Bryaxis hwmatica near New Abbey ; Bythinus Curtisii, securiger, 

 BwrrelUi, and puncticollis, in company among rubbish on the banks of the Cairn — 

 males of each species occurred ; in the case of Burrellii and securiger the proportion 

 was one male to about forty females. Aleochara hrevipennis in company with 



