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ter. Owing to the fact that tlie five specimens collec- 

 ted all are quite similar and that no otherwise coloured 

 specimens, as far as I am aware, are found on the Shet- 

 land — Islands, seems it fnlly right to consider the form 

 described above as a peciiliar local variety. — Shet- 

 land: Lerwick, 6. VII. four specimens; Tingwall, 7. VII;- 

 one specimen. 



118. Ph. marginatus Stroem. Shetland: Tingvall, 7. VII, two- 

 specimens. Orkney: Kirkwall, 15 — 17. VII, two spe- 

 cimens. 



119. Ph. fimetarius Grav. Shetland: Lerwick, Tingwall, fonr 

 specimens. Orkney : Kirkwall, in abundance. 



120. Ph. umbratilis Grav. Shetland: Tingwall, Trebisterness^ 

 six specimens. Orkney: Stennis, 21. VII, one specimen.. 



121. Ph. varians Payk. Orkney: Kirkwall, in abundance. 



122. Cafius xantholoma Grav. Orkney: Kirkvall, in abundance. 



123. Othius melanocephalus Grav. Shetland: Bressay, three- 

 specimens ; Tingwall, three specimens ; Lerwick, twa 

 specimens. Orkney: Kirkwall, one specimen. 



124. O. punctulalus Goeze. Shetland: Lerwick, 6. VII, one 

 specimen. 



125. Xantholinus (Gyrohypnus) punctulatus Payk. Shetland:. 

 Tingwall, 9. VII, one specimen. Orkney: Stennis, 2L 

 VII, two specimens. 



126. X. glabratus Grav. Orkney: Kirkwall, 14—19. VII, four 

 specimens; Stromness, 20. VII, one specimen; Stennis,. 

 21. VII, one specimen. 



127. X. linearis Oliv. Shetland: Bressay, 10. VIII, one spe- 

 cimen. 



128. Lathrobium fulvipenne Grav. Shetland: Tingwall, 7. VII, 

 two specimens. Orkney: Kirkwall, 15. VII, two spe- 

 cimens. 



129. L. brunnipes Pabr. Shetland: Tingwall, 7. VII, one 

 specimen. 



130. Stenus (Nestus) nanus Steph. Orkney: Kirkwall, four 

 specimens. 



131. St. (Hypostenus) latifrons Er. Shetland: Tingwall, 7. VII,- 

 three specimens; Lerwick, 8. VII, one specimen. Ork- 



