486 COLEOPTEROUS INSECTS FOUND IN 
seasons, appears in great numbers on Fisherrow and Mus- 
selburgh Links, in the months of March and April. 
B. dorsalis, Fah. Steph. Cis. dormlis, Marsh. 
Not so common as either of the preceding species, but 
occurring at times in sandy places during the spring months. 
Salisbury Craigs. 
B. sericeus, Steph. Byrrhus varius^ Fab. Cis. sericea, 
Marsh. 
On walls and pathways under trees, not very frequent. 
Near Collinton. Bosslyn. May. 
Var /3 of Steph. Illus. is occasionally met with. 
B. seneus, Fab. 
Oblongo-ovatus, supra ceneus., griseo puhescens, scutello 
albido, elytris vage punctatis. 
Oblong-ovate, shining grassy green above, with a cinere- 
ous pubescence ; forehead convex, punctured ; thorax short, 
very convex, punctulated ; scutellum whitish ; elytra very 
convex, irregularly punctate, but not striated ; body clothed 
beneath with a dense ashy pile ; antennas pitchy-black. 
This well-marked species, which I have now the pleasure 
of adding to the British Fauna, was taken last June in an 
open part of a wood near Newbattle House, and it has oc- 
curred since under stones on Musselburgh Links. It is 
likewise found in Dumfries-shire. 
Gen. SiMPLOCARiA. 
S. semistriata. Steph. Cis. picipes, Marsh. Curtis, vol. 
vii. pi. 335. 
Under stones in sandy places. Salisbury Craigs, Au- 
gust. Banks of the Water-of-Leith, near BelFs Mills, 
March. 
