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



Cassida obsoleta. Occasional, hedge-sides ; Girrick. 



Coccinella ocellata. On briar ; Girrick braes. One. 

 ,, obliteeata. On oaks, firs, &c. ; do. 



,, J8-guttata. Scotch firs, frequent ; do. 



,, oblongoguttata. Do., occasional ; do. 



Tetratoma fungortjm. A large number were found in Polyporus 

 squamosus, on a decaying tree near Humebyres, in August, 

 1866. Does not seem to have occurred in Scotland during the 

 previous thirty-two years, when it was recorded in " Entomol- 

 ogia Edinensis." 



,, Ancora. Two or three specimens in fungus under 



bark of Scotch fir gate-post ; Girrick, about 1850. 



Orchesia micans. Larva abundant in corky Polyporus on decay- 

 ing ash, within the area of Roxburgh Castle ; May, 1866. 

 Imago appeared in June. New to Scotch list. 



Salpingtjs ^ratus. By sweeping ; near Girrick. One specimen. 

 Then new to British list. 

 The following species have been observed within a few 



miles of Dunse : — 



Leistus montantjs. Three examples of this rare and lovely 

 species have been captured in different years on Dirrington 

 Law. The first was secured by my nephew, Mr Alex. Wilson, 

 when collecting with me in August, 1862 ; the others by 

 myself. On several occasions I have failed in securing addi- 

 tional specimens. On the last, L. rufescens offered itself 

 instead. 



Tartjs basalis, Miscodera arctica, Bradycelltjs cognatus, 

 similis, and collaris, are also to be met with in the same 

 locality. 



Sphodrtts lettcophthalmtjs. Male and female found in a bake- 

 house in the town, about 1840. The late Pr Johnston shewed 

 me a specimen about that time, which he had taken in his own 

 house at Berwick. These are the only examples from the 

 Borders that I have seen. 



Trechus longicornis. One. Among shingle, banks of White- 

 adder at Ordweel. New to Scotch list, and very rare through- 

 out Britain*. 



Bolitochara ltjcida. Under bark of Scotch fir, with fungus. 



Ocalea picata. Under fallen trees ; Langton wood. 



Leptusa fumida and ruficollis. Under bark ; Langton wood. 



Acidota crenata. Plantation ; Hardens Hill. 



Homalota currax and Cambrica=;VELox. Whiteadder and 

 Jjangton burn. 



,, eremita. Dirrington Law. 



„ longicornis. Near Dunse. 



* Mistakingly recorded in " Scottish Naturalist," from near Kelso, 



