THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF EDINBURGH. 491 
Seems to be pretty generally distributed throughout the 
southern counties of Scotland, frequenting the wooded 
banks of rivers and grassy places. Banks of the Water of 
Leith below Slateford. Figget Whins. June — August. 
Gen. Melolontha. 
M. vulgaris, Fab. Steph. Scar. Melolontha, Linn. Don. 
Marsh. 
Occurs in single specimens near Dalkeith. It has also 
been found at Lanark, and more abundantly in some parts 
of Dumfries-shire. It is, however, sparingly distributed 
through Scotland, although but too plentiful in many of 
the English counties. 
Gen. Phyllopertha. 
P. Horticola, Stepli. Anomala Horticola^ Steph. Catal. 
I Scar, Horticola, Linn. Marsh. 
This insect, which is common in England, where it is 
known by the names of Fern ChaiFer and Bracken Clock, 
is not unfrequent in some parts of the south of Scotland, 
i , although it appears to be very rare in the Edinburgh dis- 
trict. It occurred to Mr Stewart, and has been taken 
once or twice since. 
SUBSECTIO V. 
Fam. ELATERID^. 
Gen. Cataphagus. 
C. limbatus, Stepli. Hemir. limbatus, Steph. Catal. El. 
limbatus. Fab. El. nitidulus, Marsh. 
In woods, not unfrequent. Braid wood. Rosslyn, very 
abundant on the Galium cruciatum, Crosswort. May — 
J une. 
