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



Delipheum tectum. In horse-dung, in spring. Near Nenthorn. 

 Homalium Allardi. Girrick. Not uncommon. 



,, striatum. Sometimes plentiful ; hedge-sides in 



autumn. 

 Proteinus atomarius. Two ; on a dead bird much decayed, in 



fir plantation between Mellerstain and Girrick. 

 EupiiEcrus ambtguus. Moss in Lurgie Loch. New. 

 Pselaphus Dresdefsis. One specimen ; same locality, by shak- 

 ing moss. Eare throughout Britain. Not recorded previously 

 as Scotch. 

 ScYDMiENUs Sparshalli. By sweeping dry hedge bank, Girrick ; 

 probably bred under bark of thorn stumps. I have another 

 specimen taken from under bark, near Polmont. New. 

 Eumicrus tarsatus. In barn refuse. One ; seemingly rare in 



the north. 

 Trichopteex atomaria. Lurgie ; in moss. 

 ,, sericajsts. In refuse, Girrick. 



Ptenidium pusillum. Among vegetable refuse ; frequent. 



,, apicale. Ditto ; rather rare. 



Clambus pubescens. Lurgie ; in moss. Not common. 

 Comazus dubius. By sweeping roadsides, occasional in August. 



In barn refuse, abundant. 

 Agathidium nigeipenne. Under decayed bark of ash. 



,, l^vigatum and convexum. By sweeping herbage 



and shaking moss in woods near Girrick. 



,, vaeians. Under bark of beech, Mellerstain. 



Liodes glabra. One ; near Girrick. Though not uncommon 

 under fir bark in the north, this, and another taken near 

 Polmont, are the only lowland specimens I have seen. 

 Ctrtusa minuta. One ; near Girrick. Circumstances of capture 



unnoted. 

 Anisotoma oenata. Several in a plantation called "Hundy 

 Mundy," and in other localities. All are of the var. litura. 

 In September. 

 Htdnobius punctattssimus. On a single spot, about a foot 

 square, upon a trap knoll, nearly bare of herbage, north side 

 of Girrick farm, where they must have undergone their final 

 transformation. One obtained on each of two or three successive 

 days, the last being immature. No fungus was observed near, 

 though looked for. 

 Phalacrus substeiatus. Lurgie ; by sweeping Equiseium and 



Carex. 

 Oltbrus jsneus. One ; by sweeping ; Blinkbonny farm. 

 Ceecus pediculaeius. One specimen ; Girrick. 

 Epue.zea melina. Not common seemingly ; but apt to be 

 confounded with cestiva. Both occurring in flowers ; Girrick. 

 „ melanocephala. Occasional. In flowers; Girrick. 



