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Badister sodalis, Duft. — In Wilson and Duncan's " Entomologia 

 Edinensis" (1834) this species is stated to have been 

 taken by Dr. Leach at Loch Awe. This record is repeated 

 in Murray's " Catalogue of the Coleoptera of Scotland " 

 (1853). Dr. Sharp,' however, in his list placed the 

 species within square brackets, and remarked, " Doubtful 

 as Scottish. ' Loch Awe. Dr. Leach' (Ent. Edin.). I am 

 nearly certain this is an error." A single specimen 

 (which has been shown to the Rev. Mr. Thornley) was 

 taken by Mr. Andrew Adie Dalglish, F.E.S., by shaking 

 moss near Barr, South Ayrshire, in April, 1900. Although 

 Mr. Dalglish and I searched the locality thoroughly we 

 could not find any further specimens. 



Bemhidium affine, Steph. — Although this pretty species was 

 recorded as occurring near Glasgow in 1860, by A. and 

 M. Soloman [Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer, ix., 52), 

 it was not included in Dr. Sharp's list. It had even 

 earlier than this, in 1858 and 1859, been taken in the 

 Glasgow district by the Rev. J. E. Somerville, B.D., 

 F. S.A.Scot. More recently Mr. Dalglish has taken it 

 sparingly at Giffnock and Mr. Dunsmore near Paisley. 



Cercyon depressus, Steph. — A single specimen of this species 

 was taken by Mr. Dalglish under decaying seaweed on the 

 shore at Barassie, in June, 1899. The specimen has been 

 submitted to the Rev. Mr. Thornley and Mr. Champion. 



Gyrophcena jndchella, Heer. — At an excursion of the Society 

 to Drymen, in September, 1900, I took several examples 

 of this rare Gyrophcena in a decaying fungus in the 

 policies of Buchanan Castle. Canon Fowler (" Coleoptera 

 of the British Islands," ii., 155) states that " the species 

 was first introduced as British by Dr. Power, and has only 

 occurred in the London district." The Rev. Mr. Thornley 

 and Mr. Champion have examined specimens. 



Tachyporus formosus, Matth. I found an immature Tachy- 

 porus, which the Rev. H. S. Gorham assigns to this 

 species, in tidal refuse at Ayr in 1894. The records for 

 this species in Fowler (^.c, ii., 195) are confined to the 

 South of England. 



