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Duddingston Wood, very plentiful. May. Woods at Cra- 
mond, Dalkeith, and Rosslyn. 
C. nitidus, Gyllen. Anob. nitidum. Fab. 
On the old roots and stumps of trees, usually under the 
moss, feeding on minute Fungi. Duddingston Wood, with 
the last, in considerable numbers. May. 
Fam. BOSTRICID^. 
Gen. BosTRiCHus. 
B. domesticus, Gyllen. Der. domesticus, Linn. 
Stewart's List. Wern. Mem. vol. i. 
Gen. Hylesinus. 
H. crenatusj Fab. Ips sidcaius, Marsh. 
Beneath the bark of trees, and ia rotten timber, not very 
common. 
H. Fraxini, Fab. Ips variuSy Marsh. 
Inhabits the bark of trees, particularly the ash, and is 
pretty frequent on the wing in warm weather, in the vi- 
cinity of woods. Craiglockhart. 
Gen. Hylurgus. 
H. piniperda, Latr. Der. pini/perda, Linn, fys piniperda. 
Marsh. 
Inhabits the Scotch Fir, perforating the wood and bark. 
The pale ferruginous variety, mentioned by Paykull, 
has been taken in this neighbourhood, and another with 
the elytra of a deep chesnut colour. Craiglockhart. Ju- 
niper Green. 
H. ater, Samoii. Ips Bolet/i., Marsh. Var. /3 ; Ips niger^ 
Marsh. 
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