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A. sexpunctatum, Samou. Steph. Car. sexpunctafAis, 
Linn. Marsh. 
This splendid species has been taken several times near 
Edinburgh. It was found by Mr Stewart, and has oc- 
curred more recently on the banks of the Water-of-Leith, 
a little to the west of Edinburgh. 
A. parumpunctatum, Curtis. StepJi. Car. carulescens. 
Marsh. 
Frequent under stones in damp places. Duddingston. 
Salisbury Craigs, &c. Varieties of a blue and violet tint 
of colour, are frequently met with by the sides of small 
streams, and in marshy places^ among the Pentland Hills. 
April — -September. 
A. viduum, De Jean. Steph, 
In marshy places, occasional. Hunter^s Bog. Pent- 
land Hills. 
A. moestum, Sturm. Steph. 
Marshy places, and by the sides of rivulets, among the 
Pentland Plills. 
A. picipes, Samou. Steph. Curtis. Car. picipes, Fab. 
This species has been taken in the neighbourhood of 
Edinburgh by James Wilson, Esq. It is not com^mon. 
Gen. Synuchus. 
S. vivalis, Gyllen. Steph. Car. vivalis, Illig. 
Not common in the Edinburgh district, but frequent a 
little to the south. Near Dalkeith. 
Gen. Calathus. 
C. melanocephalus, Curtis. Steph. Car. melanocephalus, 
Linn. Marsh. Don. 
A very common species, occurring beneath stones, &c., 
almost everywhere. It may often be found hybernating 
