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Hyperaspis. *Philonthus lucens, one specimen on a dusty road, a second under a 
stone by the side of the Cairn. Philonthus fumigatus extremely abundant in the 
salt marshes. *Scopceus Erichsonii 1 : this elegant species I found in company 
with Perileptus, and considered it to be an addition to our British catalogue ; but, 
on sending it to Mr. Crotch, he informed me that my specimens are specifically 
identical with the ScojpfGMs found by Mr. Wollaston in Wales, but not since re-taken, 
and on the authority of which examples S. Icevigatus took its place in our lists. I 
have not since this had an opportunity of examining my species again, but I was 
certainly of opinion that it did not agree with the description of Icevigatus, but 
came at any rate very close to S. Erichsonii. *Bledius tricornis abundant in the 
salt marshes. 
I spent the month of June at the the head of Loch Ken, and in this neigh- 
bourhood I met with Orectochilus villosus in great profusion under stones at the 
edges of the streams ; sometimes twenty or thirty specimens might be seen under 
one stone, but it is very difficult to capture, its agility being something extra- 
ordinary. Hydroporus 9-lineatus in Loch Ken ; Cryptoliypnus maritimus ; this 
rare species almost vies in agility with the preceding ; it is to be found on mild, 
but not very bright, days, sitting on stones, and must be approached with the 
greatest caution, or it will not be secured. It is extremely local, so much so that 
I have only been able to find it here on a very dry and barren island in the Water 
of Ken, and it appears not to occur elsewhere in the neighbourhood. Turning 
the stones, though diligently worked at, quite failed to yield any specimens ; but by 
repeating this stalking process day after day I procured a fine sei'ies : seven males 
occur to every female found. Diacanthus imprcssus, sweeping in a marshy place ; 
Hydrocyphon dejiexicollis abundant on alders by the sides of the burns ; Telephorus 
abdominalis, six specimens with the preceding ; *T. figuratus, two specimens beaten 
from sallows ; *T. unicolor, a pair found by sweeping in the woods at Dairy ; T. 
testaceus sparingly in a marshy place, certainly a distinct species_from the common 
T. limbatus, though very local ; Cceliodes ruber, subrufus, and geranii, the last in 
great profusion in the flowers of Qeranium sylvaticum ; Anthonormis brunneipennis, 
in company with Telephorus testaceus ; its food-plant is, I have little doubt, Comarum 
palustre. Magdalinus carbonarius beaten from hazel : Rhynchites megacephalus, 
about a dozen examples on birch ; a very waiy beetle. Erirhinus majalis, a pair 
beaten from sallows ; *Brachytarsus varius beaten from hazel ; Cryptocephahis 
6-punctatus, a single ? near Dairy ; Chrysomela varians, not uncommon on a small 
species oi Hypericum ; Lina cenea on alders ; Gonioctena pallida beaten from sallows ; 
*Bryaxis Lefebvrii : this species, Mtherto unique as British in Mr. Waterhouse's 
collection, I obtained somewhat commonly on the banks of the Water of Ken, but 
it was apparently confined to a few square yards of ground, and I could find it 
nowhere else. The male is very much rarer than the female, but becomes commoner 
after the species has been out some time. Aleochara ruficornis, a beautiful specimen, 
crawling in the road. Tachinus elongatulus, five specimens crawling in the road, 
all in one week. 
If any of my friends want any of the species I have mentioned above as 
tolerably common, will they kindly write to me for them ? — D. Sharp, Bellevue, 
near Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, Aitgust, 1867. 
