282 COLEOPTERA OF THE SOLWAY DISTRICT. 



B. littorale, 01. very common and general. D. K. \V. 



B. pallidipeniic, 111. common under decaying seaweed at Souther 

 ness. K. 



B. hipunctatum, L. not common, but found occasionally on 

 banks of rivers, also on coast at Southerness and Orchard- 

 ton. D- K- 



B. pimctulatum, Drap. common on banks of rivers throughout 

 the district. D. K. 



B. prasinum, Duft. local but common on banks of Cairn above 

 Irongray Church, also on banks of Nith near Thornhill. 



D. K. 



B. flammulatum, Clair, recorded by Lennon as rare but occa- 

 sional on muddv banks of Cargen Water, and at Kelton. 



D. K. 



B. var'ium, 01. apparently very rare, three specimens taken by 

 me in cracks of a dried-up pool at Southerness, 3/6/00. K. 



B. paludosum, Panz. recorded by Lennon as very local but not 

 rare at Kelton salt marsh ; but I have some doubt about this 

 record, though there is no reason why the species should not 

 occur in the district. D. 



Tachypus pallipes, Duft. a scarce species, but it is found occa- 

 sionally on sandy banks of ^^. D. 



T . -flavipes, L. common on banks of Nith at Dumfries, also at 

 mouth of Lochar. D. 



Perilepiits areolatus, Cr. very local and scarce, taken by Sharp 

 and Lennon in some numbers under small stones on botn 

 sides of the river on banks of Cairn above Irongray Church. 

 It is still found there but appears to be very rare or difficult 

 to find. D. K. 



Trechus micros, Hbst, scarce, on sandy banks of Nith below King- 

 holm, also found occasionally in flood refuse. D. 



T. longicornis, Stm. recorded by Lennon (and also taken there 

 recently by Professor Hudson Beare) as very rare under 

 stones and shingle banks of Nith near Kelton, also by Sharp 

 on banks of Nith at Thornhill, and by Lennon on banks of 

 Cree at Creetown. D. K. 



