5M COLEOPTEROUS INSECTS FOUND IN 
the winter, securing itself under the bark of trees. It is 
a more formidable enemy to the aphides than any of the 
others. 
C. impustulata, Linn. Steph. 
On plants by the side of the Esk near Dalkeith. May. 
C. undecimpunctata. Linn. Marsh. Don. 
Not very scarce. 
C. octodecimguttata, Linn. Marsh. 
Craiglockhart. Collinton. Rosslyn, &c. 
C. tredecim punctata, Linii. Marsh. Don. 
In woods and fields. 
C. novemdecimpunctata, Linn. Marsh. 
Near Coates, not frequent. 
Gen. Rhyzobius. 
R. Litura, Steph. Dev. coadunatns^ Marsh. Der. hypo- 
melajius, Der, pallidus, Der. - Absinthii, Marsh, are 
varieties. 
Not unfrequent among moss, at the roots of grass, under 
stones, &c. Figget Whins, and other places along the 
coast. Salisbury Craigs, April — August. 
Gen. Cacicula. 
C. pectoralis, Steph. Chry. pectoralis, Fab. Silpha rosea, 
Marsh. 
At the roots of the sea-reed on sand banks near the sea. 
Figget Whins. Duddingston Loch. It is occasionally 
found in the water. 
