422 Mr J. Hardy on Insects of the East of Berwickshire. 



Homalota qraminicola. In decayed hay, and edge of pond. 

 ,, Alg^g, JJar^,=PUNCTicEPs, Thomson. Under sea- weed. 



,, occulta.^fungivora. Numerous in agarics at Pease 



Bridge. 



,, picipes. In agarics at Pease Bridge ; and rubbish, 



Oldcambus. 



„ fallaciosa. One, pond rubbish ; Oldcambus. 



,, circellaris. Among moss, Pease Bridge, &c. 



,, eremita, Bye. Formerly at Penmanshiel; border of 

 a peaty pond, Oldcambus. 



„ exilis, Er. Wet moss in winter, in Langstruther 

 bog, near Penmanshiel ; one. 

 „ analis. In grass. 



,, aquatica, 27i0ms0w,=strBJENEA, Sharp. In agarics at 

 Pease Bridge. 



„ xanthoptera. In decayed hay, &c, Oldcambus. 



,, incognita, Sharp. In agarics, Pease Bridge; one. 

 „ valid a. In agarics, Pease Bridge ; one. 

 „ trinotata. In swarms in decayed hay, and old stack 

 bottoms. 



„ fttngicola. In agarics, Pease Bridge. 

 ,, ignobilis. Ditto. 



,, sodalis, Er. Rather abundant in agarics' at Pease 

 Bridge ; also in stack bottoms and decayed hay. 

 „ nigra. Decayed hay, Oldcambus. 

 „ ATRAMENTARiA. Dead hedgehog, and decayed hay. 

 „ melanaria. Decayed hay, Oldcambus. 

 „ muscortjm. Ditto. One. 



„ fungi. Ditto. Common. 



Tachinus subterraneus and laticollis. In agarics, decayed 



hay, &c. 

 Quedius quadriptjnctatus. Stack rubbish, Penmanshiel ; one. 

 ,, temporalis. Ditto. One. 



„ suturalis. Decayed hay, Oldcambus ; two in different 

 years. 

 „ semiobscttrtts, Er. Decayed hay ; one. 

 Philonthus albipes. Stack bottoms. 

 Leptacinus linearis. Decayed hay. 

 Stilicus rtjfipes, affinis, and orbiculatus. Decayed hay. 

 Sunius angttstatus. In decayed hay ; also at the roots of grass 



on the sandy sea-coast at Greenhaugh and Ewelairs. 

 Stenus nigritulus. At the side of a dried up pond, November, 

 1871. One. 



„ impresses. In agarics and decayed hay. 

 „ subjeneus, Er. In decayed hay ; Penmanshiel and Old- 

 cambus. 

 Obs. Besides these there were S. similis, unicolor, and bupthalmus. 



