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for the visits paid by English collectors to Scotland ; and our catalogues and 
collections have been thus considerably increased. These visits, however, have 
always been to the Highlands, and the productions of the south of Scotland are 
still almost unknown to entomologists. The following list, therefore, of the rarer 
species that I have met with in a few days' collecting during the present spring 
and summer may, perhaps, possess some interest. The species marked with an 
asterisk have not, I believe, been previously recorded as natives of Scotland. 
In April and May I resided at Dumfries, and had occasional opportunities of 
collecting in the neighbourhood. Among other things I met with, Dyschirius 
nitidus and *salinus abundant on the banks of the Nith, and with them also, but 
very rarely, *X>. politus, *Dromius melcmocephalus, Lebia chlorocephala, *Anchoinenus 
pusillus, in the salt marshes towards the mouth of the Nith ; *A. micans in 
abundance in a marshy place on the banks of the Cairn Water ; *Bradycellus 
distinctus and *fulvus in moss ; *Perileptus areolatus under small stones on the 
banks of the Cairn Water, in some numbers, but its time of appearance did not 
extend over more than the last fortnight of April and first week of May ; *Bembidium 
stomoides, a single specimen on the banks of the Nith ; Silphoj dispar occurred very 
rarely in carrion in the salt marshes ; Omosita depressa : of this species Mr. W. 
Lemon has obtained a considerable number of specimens by placing some bones as 
a trap. I have myself only found a single specimen with SiVpha dispar. *Rhizo- 
phagus perforatus found in great profusion under a log ; *Syncalypta setigera, about 
a dozen specimens at the roots of rushes at Caerlaverock ; Throscus dermestoides in 
great numbers on nettles under bu'ches ; I obtained some hundreds of specimens 
from a single patch of nettles. *Ceuthorhynchus Dawsoni, a single specimen at 
Caerlaverock ; before only found on the south coast of England ! C. viduatus, two 
or three specimens on a wall ; *C. crux, one specimen on a wall, another in 
company with Ancliomenus micans ; Casliodes suhrufus on oak near New Abbey. 
Cryptorhynclius lapathi : up to the present time the evidence for this species 
being found in Scotland has been insufficient, but I found several specimens 
on sallows close to Dumfries, and Mr. W. Lemon (a most successful collector) 
afteiTvards found some scores of it. Erirhinus aithiops, a single specimen 
among flood refuse ; Dr. McNab and Mr. Lemon have since found over a 
dozen specimens by sweeping in a marsh. Erirhinus bimacidatus in some 
numbers in the salt marshes. Erirhinus salicinus locally abundant on sallows in 
blossom ; *Tanymecus palliatus in two or three places on the banks of the Nith ; 
*Pnlydrusus chrysomela bred from pupae found on the shores of the Nith ; in com- 
pany with this species great numbers of Telephorus Darwinianus in all its stages 
were found, and must be covered with the salt water at high tides. Sitones cam- 
bricus, several sporadic specimens; *Ph(Bdon concinnun: this species, hitherto 
very rare in collections, lives at the roots of plants in the brackish water ; at high 
tides they are floated up into corners and quiet places. I found one spot where 
this species could have been taken out of the salt water with a water-net literally 
in pints. Hyperaspis reppensis, about a dozen specimens in wet moss among 
young Scotch fir ; *Bryaxis hcematica near New Abbey ; Bythinus Curtisii, securiger, 
Burrellii, and puncticollis, in company among rubbish on the banks of the Cairn — 
males of each species occurred ; in the case of Burrellii and securiger the proportion 
was one male to about forty females. Aleochara brevipennis in company with 
