40 i Proceedings of the Boyal Physical Society. 



IV. Recent Additions to the Coleopterous Fauna of Mid Lothian. 

 (Specimens exhibited.) By W. R. M'Nab, Esq. 



Through the kindness of my friend Mr David Sharp, I 

 am enabled this evening to lay before the Society a list of 

 103 species of Coleoptera new to the Edinburgh fauna. 

 They have been mostly taken by Mr Sharp, and the names 

 are on his authority. In some few- instances I have also 

 taken the insect myself, and shall therefore add the locality 

 where I have taken the beetle to those supplied to me by 

 Mr Sharp. 



Mr Murray's Catalogue has been taken as the guide, and 

 the species in this list are either not in Mr Murray's 

 catalogue, or else not mentioned by him as having been 

 taken in the Edinburgh district. 



The majority of Coleoptera included in this list are 

 Brachelytra (65 species), which are proportionately more 

 largely represented in Scotland than any of the other 

 sections. 



1. Notiophilus palustris, Dufis. Braid. D.S 



2. substriatus, Waterh. Stockbridge. D.S. 



3. Patrobus clavipes, Thorns. Pentlands. D.S. 



4. Anchomenus Ericeti, Panz. Polmont. D.S. 



5. Thoreyi, Dej. Duddingston. D.S. 



6. Amara curta, Dej. Corstorphine. D.S. 



7. Trechus obtusus, Er. Common. 



8. Bembidium Mannerheimii, Sahl. Common. 



9. monticulum, Sturm. Banks of Esk. D.S. 



10. Colymbetes bistriatus, Bergst. Aberlady. D.S. 



11. Hydroporus ovatus, Sturm. Banks of Almond, Broxburn. D.S. 



12. ferrugineus, Steph. Water of Leith at Ravelrig. D.S. 



13. Haliplus obliquus, Fab. Aberlady. D.S. ; Burntisland. D.S. 



W.R.M. 



14. Helopborus arvernicus. Muls. Common. 



15. Hydraena gracilis, Mull. Midcalder. D.S. 



16. Cercyon lugubre, Payh. Duddingston. D.S. 



17. Ptenidium punctatum, Gyll. Under sea- weed on shores of Firth 



of Forth. D.S. 



18. Agathidium convexum, Sharp. Corstorphine Hill. D.S. 



19. Meligethes seniculus, Er. On Echiura flowers. North Queens- 



ferry. D.S. 



20. Cryptophagus umbratus, Er. Braid. D.S. 



