SS6 Mr Hislop on the Coleoptera of the west of Berwickshire. 



the rich old pastures of Nen thorn, in some parts adorned 

 with respectable if not venerable oaks. These, with the 

 alternate haughs and braes of the Eden, which is more wind- 

 ing here than in any other part of its course, afford a rich 

 variety of habitat and pabulum for the insect tribes. 



Pterostichus minor. Not uncommon in Lurgie Loch, among 



moss. New to Scotch list. 

 Bradycelltjs placidtts. Found along with the above, and omitted 



by an oversight from Mr Murray's " Catalogue." 

 Bembidium Schttppelii. Banks of the Eden near Girrick. 



,, prasinttm. Banks of Leader near Earlston. 



Hydroporus 5-lineattts, xanthopus, lineatus. One specimen 



of each. Girrick pond. 



,, lepidtts. Ditches near Girrick pond. 



Orectocheilus villosus. Nestling beside stones partly in the 



water ; banks of Eden. When alarmed, it makes for a stream, 



where its movements on the ruffled surface of the water can 



with difficulty be followed. 

 Helophortts arvernictjs. Banks of Eden. 

 Hydrochus brevis. Three specimens found in Lurgie Loch 



when nearly dried up in 1868. 

 Hydr^ena angttstata. Under stones in Eden, with the com- 

 moner riparia, gracilis, and nigrita. 

 ,, atricapilla. With the last-named. Not common. 

 Limnebius nittdtts. One ; Lurgie or Girrick pond. 

 Cyclonotum orbiculare. Not uncommon in Lurgie Loch. 

 Boletochara LTTNULATA. In fungus near Greenlaw, and at 



Girrick. 

 Leptttsa ftjmida. Not uncommon under bark ; Girrick, &c. 

 Aleochara rttpicornis. By sweeping damp woodsides ; Girrick. 

 Microglossa nidicola. Under flood rejectamenta, banks of 



Eden ; probably brought from sandy banks where martins 



build their nests. 

 Homalota cuRRAx. Banks of Eden, under stones by the water's 



edge. 



,, cambrica. Same locality. 



,, NITIDTJLA, GRAMINICOLA, PICIPES, STTB^ENEA, CTTRTIPENNIS, 



atramentaria, pygm^ea, and macrocera. Girrick. 

 ,, debilis. Lurgie. 

 ,, ^eneicollis. Greenlaw. 

 ,, stjccicola. Girrick and Langton. 

 ,, boletobia. One in fungus. Girrick. 

 Hygronoma dimidiata. In half-dried places in Lurgie Loch. 

 Encephaltjs complicans. Occasionally obtained by sweeping 



grass. 

 Myrmedonia collaris. By sweeping grass in Lurgie Loch in 



