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List of a few captures of Coleoptera in East Lothian. By 

 Aechibald Buchan-Hepburn, Esq. 



Metablettts foveola, Gyll. Dunbar links, not uncommon. 



Pogontts chalceus Marsh. Common at mouth of Tyne. 



Pristonycus Terricola, Hbst. Occasional on sea snore. 



Anchomenus Junceus, Scop. Occasional on banks of Tyne. 



Dichirotrichus pubescens, Payh. Common in company with 

 Pogonus chalceus at mouth, of Tyne. 



Cillenum laterale, Sam. Occasional at mouth of Tyne. 



Bembidium rufescens, Bej. Eare in dead wood near Hailes 

 Castle. 



Myrmedonia canaliculata, Fab. Occasional in ants' nests. 



Lamprinus saginatus, Grav. April, one specimen under stone 

 on Dunbar links. This insect has only occurred on one or two 

 occasions in Scotland, having been taken by Dr Sharp on the 

 Nith. It is also rarely found in England. 



Bolitobius analis, Payh. Dunbar. Not uncommon. 



Mycetoportjs nanus. Salt marsh, mouth of Tyne. 



Philonthus fuevipes, Fab. One specimen, banks of Tyne. 



Baptolinus alternans, Grav. Curious variety, uniform pale 

 yellow, showing no traces of the dark bands on the abdomen, 

 the head alone being slightly darker. 



Dianous ccerelescens, Gyll. Abundant at Presmennan lake. 



Stentjs bimacuxatus, Gyll. Occasional on banks of Tyne. 



Stentjs cinerascens, Frich. New to Scotland ; one specimen 

 banks of Tyne. 



Stentjs impressus, Germ. One specimen in garden refuse. 



Bledixts spectabilis, Kr. A few specimens in salt marsh at 

 mouth of Tyne. . 



^Egialia Sabuleti, Payh. "Very local, but abundant ; banks of 

 Tyne. 



Melanotus eulvipes, Herbst. I took one perfect insect, and 

 four or five larvae, all of the latter coming to maturity. When 

 found they were feeding on rotten birch wood. 



Campyltjs linearis, Fab. Occasional in dead willow. 



Corynetes reeicollis. Occasional in carrion. 



Tetratoma Fttngorum, Fab. Eare in fungi. 



Ehinosimus rtjeicollis and Ehinosimus planirostris, by 

 sweeping under oaks. 



