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C. ruber, Steph. Cur. ruher^ Marsh. Don. 
Seemingly a very scarce species. Craiglockhart. May. 
C sulcicollis, Steph, Cur. pleurostigma^ Marsh. 
Not very common. In hedges and on wall-tops, occa- 
sional. 
Gen. Nedyus. 
N. assimilis, Steph. Cur. assimilis, Marsh. 
Rather common ; occurring on plants, wall-tops, trunks 
of trees, &c., in the summer months. Craiglockhart. 
Cramond. 
N. Erysimi, Steph. Cur. Erijsimi^ Marsh. 
Not rare ; on wall-tops in the neighbourhood of woods, 
and on various plants. 
N. contractus. Steph. Cur. contractus, Marsh. 
Not unfrequent, and often found with the preceding. 
King's Park. Libberton, &c. 
N. constrictus, Steph. Cur. constrictus, Marsh. 
On the Horse-radish, and other cruciferae, frequent. 
Fields about Edinburgh. 
N. poUinarius, Steph. Cur. dentatus, Marsh. 
Plentiful on the Nettle, Urtica dioica, and other plants. 
Salisbury Craigs, abundant. Duddingston. Road sides 
round Edinburgh. April — July. 
N. pallidactylus, Steph. Cur. pallidactylus. Marsh. 
Not so common as the last, but frequently met with on 
plants. Restalrig. King's Park, &c. 
N. Echii, Steph. Cur. Echii, Marsh. 
This species, one of the largest of the genus, occurs 
among the debris of Salisbury Craigs, where the Echium 
