]Sf:o 17] Contributions to tlie knowledge of tlie Sbetlaud- and Orkney-Islands. 3 



It seems wery peculiar tKat so many different kinds liave 

 heen foimd within so short a time, while the same kinds were 

 not found b}'- Blackborn and Eeuter, altbough both these 

 gentlemen spent a much longer time in the Shetland-Islands. 

 These reports seem the more peculiar as some of the kinds 

 oiight to be found in woods, which are not at all to be lonnd 

 in Shetland. 



In Shetland has been found 211 kinds, or if we take 

 the reports of ISTilis in consideration, still with reserve, 238. 



Only foUowing are heretofore known from the Orkney- 

 Islands: Pelophila lorealis, Chrysomela fastuosa & Chr. sangui- 

 nolenta, mentioned by J. Boswell Syme in „The Scott. ISTat." 

 II, p. 204. None of these has been found by Reuter. 181 

 kinds are mentioned in the foUowing list, wherefore the num- 

 ber of known kinds from these Islands amounts to 184. 



I desire to express my thanks to Mr. Bloomfield for his 

 kindness in sending to me extracts from periodicals, to which 

 1 have not had access. 



CaraMdae. O 



1. Carabus catenulatus Scop. Shetland, two specimens. 



2. Leistus rufescens Fabr. Shetland, one specimen. 



3. Nebria brevicollis Fabr. Shetland: Lerwick, 6. VIII; 

 Orkney: several specimens at Kirkness, 14. VII. 



4. N. gyllenhali Schnh. var. balbii Bon. Shetland, several 

 specimens. 



5. Notiophilus aquaticus L. Shetland: one specimen at Ler- 

 wick, 6. VII. 



6. N. palustris Duft. Shetland: Lerwick, one specimen, 

 6. VII. 



7. N. biguttatus Fabr. Shetland : several specimens at Bres- 

 say, 13. VII; Orkney: Kirkwall, 15. VII, three specimens. 



8. Lorocera pilieornis Fabr. Shetland: some specimens at 

 Lerwick, 6. VII. 



9. Clivina fossor L. Shetland: Lerwick, 6. VII; Orkney: 

 Kirkwall, 15. VII., some specimens. 



'■) The niost specimens are long ago determined bj' Prof. J. Salilberg 

 in Helsino:foi"s. 



