460 COLEOPTEROUS INSECTS FOUND IN 
Plentiful under stones, and marine rejectamenta, on the 
shore between Portobello and Musselburgh ; also between 
Newhaven and Cramond. The attitude this insect as- 
sumes when touched is peculiar. The anterior legs are 
brought close together, and extended downward, at right 
angles with the under surface of the body. The hind legs 
are bent upwards, and project in a similar way from the 
opposite surface. The antennae are drawn close to the sides 
of the thorax, and the mandibles extended to their utmost 
stretch, while a considerable degree of rigidity is imparted 
to the whole. It takes this posture most readily in cold 
weather ; at other times, when more active, it prefers seek- 
ing safety by flight, or by burrowing in the sand. A some- 
what similar appearance has been observed in Clivina 
Fossor, to which the present insect is much more closely 
related, than to the species with which it is usually associa- 
ted in systematic arrangements. 
Gen. S TOM IS. 
S. pumicatus, Clairv. StepJi. Car. tenuis^ Marsh. 
Not frequent. Banks of the Water-of-Leith, and else- 
where. April — June. 
Gen. Patrobus. 
P. rufipes, De Jean. Steph. Car. riifipes, Fab. 
Apparently a littoral insect. Near Edinburgh. Steph. 
lUus. vol. i. Banks of the Esk, near Dalkeith. It is a 
common insect in some parts of Roxburghshire. June- 
August. 
Gen. Abax. 
A. striola, Steph. Car. striola, Fab. Car. depressus^ 
Marsh. 
This insect has been taken occasionally in this neigh- 
bourhood, but it is rather scarce. 
