452 COLEOPTEllOUS INSECTS FOUND IN 
side of Braid Burn. Bell's Mills. It is said to frequent 
the broom. April — July. 
Fam. SCARITIDiE. 
Gen, Clivina. 
C. Fossor, Leach. Steph. Car. distans^ Marsh. Cliv. 
arenaria^ Ijatr. 
Under stones in moist sandy places ; plentiful in the 
spring months. Field opposite the Clinkstone quarry in 
Blackford Hill, very abundant at times. King's Park. 
Pentland Hills, &c. It is probable that the other British 
species, C. coUaris, may occur in this neighbourhood, as 
it is occasionally found in the more southern counties of 
Scotland, and seems to be pretty generally, though spa- 
ringly, distributed. 
Gen. Byschirius. 
D. seneus, Steph, CFiv. oe^iea., De Jean. 
Not common. Sandstone quarry on the shore at Joppa. 
July. 
D. gibbus, Steph. Car. remotus, Marsh. 
Not very common. Moist sandy spots among the Pent- 
land Hills. Marshy ground on the west side of Arthur's 
Seat. 
Fam. CARABID^. 
Gen. Cychrus. 
C. rostratus, Fab. Leach. Ten. rostratus^ Linn. Car. 
fostratus^ Marsh. Don. 
This insect, not unfrequent throughout Scotland, occurs 
in considerable abundance in this neighbourhood. When 
taken it often emits a sharp sound, by the friction of the 
