52S COLEOPTEROUS INSECTS FOUND IN 
A. limbata, Grav. Staph. limbatus, Payk. Marsh. 
Under stones in woods and fields, not scarce in the spring. 
Numerous other minute Aleocharse occur near Edin- 
burgh, but the species have not been determined. 
Gen. Megacronus. 
M. analis, Steph. Staph, analis. Fab. Marsh. 
Beneath stones, not uncommon in some places. Black- 
ford Hill. Woods at Dreghorn, &c. 
Gen. IscHNOsoMA. 
I. punctato-striatus, Steph. 
Under stones, not very common. 
Gen. BoLiTOBius. 
B. lunulatusj Steph. Staph, lunulatus, Linp. Marsh. 
Inhabits decaying Agarici and Boleti in woods, and is 
rather common. Cramond. Woods on the banks of the 
river Almond, &c. June — September. 
Gen. Tachyporus. 
T. chrysomelinus, Grav. Staph, chrysomelinus, Linn. 
Marsh. 
Under stones, among moss, at the roots of grass, and oc- 
casionally on flowers, pretty frequent. King's Park. 
Blackford Hill. Figget Whins, among the matted roots 
of the Sea-reed. March — September. 
T. marginellus, Steph. 
Under stones not unfrequent. 
T. analis, Grav. Oocyporus analis. Fab. Panz. 
Usually found, like the other species, under stones, but 
it is not common. Craiglockhart. Sand banks by the sea 
shore at the roots of the herbage. May— August. 
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