454 COLEOPTEROUS INSECTS FOUND IN 
Pentland Hills. Portobello. Salisbury Craigs. Banks of 
the Water-of-Leith, above Coltbridge. 
C. hortensis. Fab. Marsh, Car. nemoralis, Illig. Stew. 
Samou. Car. gemmatus, Don. 
Nearly as common as C. catemdatus, occurring in gar- 
dens, pathways, &c., in the spring and summer. Salisbury 
Craigs. Duddingston. Corstorphine Hill, &c. &c. 
C. nitens, LhifL Do7i. Marsh. 
This beautiful species was not many years ago accounted 
rare, but it has of late been met with in tolerable abun- 
dance on heaths in the north of England, and south of 
Scotland. It likewise occurs near Dunkeld. The Pent- 
land Hills are its nearest Edinburgh locality. James 
Wilson, Esq. 
Carahus glahratus, which is not a very rare insect in the 
mountainous districts of Scotland, has been taken on the 
Pentland range, but at too great a distance to admit of its 
insertion as an inhabitant of the Edinburgh district. 
Gen. Helobia. 
H. brevicollis, Curtis. Steph. Car. rugimarginatus^ 
Marsh. 
Common almost everywhere beneath stones, and may be 
found throughout the greater part of the year. 
H. Gyllenhalii, Curtis, iii. pi. 103. Car. Gyllenlialii^ 
Schon. 
First ascertained to be a native of Scotland by the late 
R. Rawlins, Esq., who met with it near Edinburgh. It 
occurs, in considerable abundance, by the side of the Esk 
at the new bridge in the line of the Railway ; and more 
sparingly on the banks of the Water-of-Leith. March—- 
June. 
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