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Placusa ptjmilio. Under Scotch fir bark, much decayed ; Dunse 



Castle and Girrick. 

 Gymnusa variegata. Margin of Dunse Castle lake. 

 Lathrobium angusticolle. Shingle, side oi Whiteadder, at 

 Preston haugh and Ordweel, 



„ PUNCTATtTM. Shingle, near Preston bridge. 



Stenus Guynemeri. Several ; side of stream near Oxendean. 

 Geodromictts nigrita. Banks of Whiteadder, Preston. 

 Lesteva pubescens. With S. Guynemeri. 

 Etjsphalerum Primulje. Primrose flowers ; Peely braes. 

 Pteniditjm Kratzii. Under damp shingle, banks of Whiteadder 

 and Langton burn, in May. Instead of manifesting the 

 hilarity of movement so common among Trichopterygians, 

 this species is very deliberate in its attempts to shift its 

 quarters. Mr Matthews named it. He had only seen two 

 previously, both from Scotland. 

 Liodes orbicularis. One ; by sweeping in Langton wood. 

 Hydnobitjs punctatus. One ; by sweeping on top of Dirrington 



Law, 

 Choleva longula, Kelner. Under fallen leaves ; Langton 

 wood ; 1861. New to Scotch list. Taken this year in Fife by 

 Dr Power. 

 Leptintjs testaceus. About two dozen taken among decaying 

 chips in Langton wood, August, 1857. Under the chips were 

 galleries made by mice or moles, from which several were 

 extracted. This singular-looking eyeless beetle was first 

 determined as British by Mr Hardy, from an English speci- 

 men captured by Mr Janson. 

 Eptjr^ea parvula. One ; Langton wood. 

 Soronia punctatissima and grisea. Larva and beetles feeding 



on juice of a bleeding elm ; Langton wood. 

 Atomaria mesomelas. Plentiful ; margin of lake, Dunse Castle. 

 Ancystronycha abdominalis. One, from trees ; Peely braes. 

 Ceuthorhynchus cyanipennts. Banks of Whiteadder. 

 Cetjthorhynchideus versicolor. Oaks ; Dunse Castle. 

 Cceliodes gtjttula. Nettles ; near Dunse. 

 Orchestes Ilicis. Oaks ; Oxendean. 

 Erirhintjs tortrix. Black poplar; Dunse Castle. In the 



Highlands on aspen. 

 Tetratoma Ancora. On decaying Scotch fir ; Oxendean. 



