446 COLEOPTEROUS INSECTS FOUND IN 
northern portion of England, may be expected to furnish 
us with most of the insects that occur in that quarter. The 
alpine lands of the north will present a characteristic race 
of their own ; for the differences in the known productions 
of these regions from those of other parts of the country, 
warrant us to expect a corresponding peculiarity in their 
entomology. It is probable that they will produce a con- 
siderable number of the kinds that occur in the same lati- 
tudes on the adjacent continent, particularly in Norway 
and Sweden. The indigenous insects of these countries 
are well known to us, by the elaborate works of Paykull, 
Gyllenhal, and Schonherr ; and it would be interesting to 
ascertain how far they are identical with the productions 
of our own island, and what effects their insular location 
has had on the latter. A careful examination of Scot- 
land, therefore, is likely to afford some important accessions 
to our native Zoology ; and it would, at all events, supply 
materials to illustrate the imperfectly known, but highly 
interesting subject, of the distribution of animal life over 
the earth's surface. 
We cannot acquiesce in the opinion of Mr Stewart, that 
the neighbourhood of Edinburgh may be regarded as un- 
productive in this tribe of animals. On the contrary, it is 
as well adapted, by local circumstances, to the purposes of 
the entomologist, as most other portions of the country. 
Its varied scenery, which renders it so rich in vegetable 
productions, is equally instrumental in giving variety to its 
insects. The shores of the Firth of Forth supply a num- 
ber of maritime species, peculiar to such situations. The 
Pentland Hills, attaining even in their nearer range to an 
elevation of 1616 feet, produce the kinds which frequent 
moorland and elevated heaths ; while there is a sufficient 
frequency of lochs and other collections of water over the 
face of the country, for such as are aquatic. Perhaps the most 
