76 Tivnsaciions. 



Delister dichous is very rare, and also found at Kelton. 



Paederus fnclpes is not only very local, but also very 

 rare. When I turned it up first I was agreeably astonished 

 to find that both genus and species were new to Scotland. 

 It is found on the Caerlaverock shore near the Fishers' 

 Thorn. 



Anisotoma cinnamomea is also very rare. My speci- 

 men was found at Kelton in the flood refuse. This was also 

 a new Scotch species, and is even rare in England. 



Omosita depressa was a desideratum in almost every 

 cabinet until I discovered a method of taking it by which I 

 have been enabled to supply nearly all the Beetle hunters of 

 the Kingdom with it. My method is to get a number of 

 bones — those left from the dinner table are the best — jjut 

 them into a.a open wire basket secured from larowling cats 

 and dogs, and Avith a little hay in the bottom. Then on 

 warm summer days when a gentle breeze blows towards the 

 Solway I am certain to have, from four o'clock in the after- 

 noon all through the night, a constant succession of hona-fide 

 travellers all eager to partake of the savoury banquet spi'ead 

 for them. Next morning the revellers are " run in," and 

 none return to carry the news of their untimely end. This 

 is a remarkable instance of the power of smell, or whatever 

 it is, possessed by insects, for this beetle, which is found only 

 on the shore, arrives at the Crichton Institution grounds, a 

 distance of six to eight miles, in a very short time after a 

 westerly breeze begins to blow. 



Heterocerus laevigatus and II. fusculis are both local 

 species, and seldom found outside the wash of the salt water 



Aphodius Zenkeri is very rare ; found in flood refuse at 

 Kelton. I added this species to the Scotch lists. 



Aphodhis tristis is a local Beetle, and is found in the 

 same place as the last. 



Troscus derinestoides is another local species, found in 

 the birch trees at Dalscairth and near Gasstown, 



Trachys troglodytes has an almost romantic history as 

 a British species. Many years ago a member of this Society 



