THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF EDINBUEGH. 537 
Gen. Omalium. 
O. florale, Steph. Staph. Jlor alls, Payk. 
Common on wall tops in company with Oxyteli and 
Aleocharse. It may be found in that situation in mild 
weather even in the middle of winter. 
O. rivulare, Grav, Staph, rivulaiis^ Payk. Marsh. 
With the last plentiful. Walls by the side of the Water- 
of-Leith. Sea-shore at Newhaven. March — November. 
Gen. Lesteva. 
L. obscura, Samou. Carahus staphylinoides. Marsh. 
Under stones and weeds in moist places, sometimes even 
under water. Ditch by the road side at the west end of 
Braid Hill, in considerable plenty, last May. 
The handsome and rare species L. Leachii, so admirably 
figured by Mr Curtis, Brit. Ent. pi. SOS, has been taken 
several times at Raehills, Dumfries-shire. 
LIST of WORKS referred to, the Names of whose Authors are given in 
an abbreviated form. 
Clairv. — Entomologie Helvetique, ou Catalogue des Insectes de la Suissse ranges d'apres 
une nouvelle methode (par J. Clairvillb) Zuric. 1798—1806. 2 vols. 8vo. 
Creutz.— C. Crbutzer, Entomologische Versuche. Wien. 1799. 8vo. 
Curtis.— British Entomology ; being illustrations and descriptions of the Genera of Insects 
found in Great Britain and Ireland, &c. By J. Curtis. London 1824. 7 vols. 
8vo. 
De Jean.«-Species G^ndral des Col^opteres de la Collection de M. le Comte Db Jean. 
Paris 1829. 4 torn. 8vo. 
Don.— The Natural History of British Insects, explaining them in the several states ; illus- 
trated with Coloured Figures, &c. By J. E. Donovan. London, 1792—1816. 
16 vols. 8vo. 
Fab.— Joh. Chr. Fabricii Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Hafniffi, 1792 
4 vols. 8vo. 
