480 COLEOPTEROUS INSECTS FOUND IN 
N. Vespillo, Fah. Silpha Vespilh, Linn. Marsh. 
Under dead animals, not very frequent. Rosslyn. Dal- 
keith, &c. 
Gen. Necrodes. 
N. littoralis, Leach. Silph. litioralis, Linn. Marsh. 
Occurs occasionally on the shores of the Firth of Forth 
in carrion, and under sea-weed. 
Gen. OiCEOPTOMA. 
O. thoracica, Leach, Silph. thoracica, Linn. Marsh. 
On carcasses ; but it is by no means common, 
O. rugosa. Leach. Silph. rugosa, Linn. Marsh. 
The most plentiful of the Silphidse, abounding wherever 
there is decaying animal matter. 
Gen. Silpha. 
S. quadripunctata. Linn, Don. Marsh. Silph. 4i-macu- 
lata, Samou. pi. 2. f. 7. 
This finely marked species has been captured a little to 
the south of Edinburgh, by James Wilson, Esq. It is 
not of unfrequent occurrence in some districts of England, 
where it frequents the oak for the purpose of feeding on 
the larvae of the Lepidoptera. It is undoubtedly very rare 
in Scotland. 
S. obscura, Linn. Don. Marsh. 
Rather scarce, but found occasionally in fields and woods. 
A variety with ferruginous elytra has occurred near Ross- 
lyn. 
S. tristis, Illig. Steph. Silpha recta, Marsh. 
S. nigrita, Creutz. Steph. 
Neither of the two preceding species appear to be com- 
mon near Edinburgh, but both of them have been taken 
