46 COLEOPTERA. 



rugipennis, Xantliolinus lentusj Epurcea silacea, Deiidro- 

 2jhagiis C7^enatus (many specimens; also larvae, from which 

 the perfect insects were reared), Salpingus ater, Pyrochroa 

 pecti?iico7mis, Anohium nigrinunij Zeugophora Turneri, 

 Brachonyx indigenaf Cis ptmctulatiis, and other fine things, 

 at Braemar, by Drs. Buchanan White and Sharp, and 

 Mr. Hislop (besides many novelties to this country, both 

 genera and species, and some new to science ; showing how 

 rich a country Scotland is). It may be noted, also, that a 

 second specimen of Baridius scolopaceus (Frontisp., fig. 8) 

 has been taken in its original British locality, the island of 

 Sheppey; this w^as sent to Mr. Champion, and liberally pre- 

 sented by him to me. The species has of late years been 

 taken in profusion by Dr. Grenier on the south coast of 

 France, on Chenopodium maritimum, and another plant, an 

 introduced exotic. 



Having been taken during the past summer by Dr. 

 Power to Esher, I was fortunate enough to take Triartliron 

 Mdrhelii (subsequently again taken by Dr. Power), at this, 

 its original locality. As forewarned by my introducer, I 

 found this curious insect i-cadily distinguishable by its ex- 

 cessive sluggishness in the net. Remembering old Liodes 

 experiences at Rannoch, I carefully examined the black 

 powdery fungus on fir stumps, and was rev\^arded by finding 

 some half-dozen of the very rare Sphindus dubius, and 

 many Aspidophorus orhiculatiiSj which was to be found in 

 almost every batch of the fungus (these two species were 

 afterwards also found, and, of course, in some numbers, by 

 Dr. Power). 



Anisotoma ohesa, $ and ? ,a row of JL. nigrita (whereof 

 Dr. Power in expeditions both before and after ray visit has 

 secured a fine series from the same place), Lathridius testa- 

 ceus (subsequently found also by Dr. Power), Cryptophagus 

 populi (for which the precise spot was shown me by Dr. 



