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the neighbourhood of Perth, the two latter being 
exceedingly numerous. 
Z). linearis and melanocefUalus amongst fallen 
twigs and dead leaves on the banks of the Almond. 
Metabletus foveola^ common in garden refuse. 
Clavina fossor and collaris, under stones on the 
banks of the Almond. 
Notiophilus acquaticus and biguttatus in similar 
situations. 
Elaphrus cupreus and riparius. 
Nebria brevicollis common about Craigie. 
Carabus catenulatus, violaceus^ and memoralisj 
under stones on Kinnoull and Moncreiffe Hills. 
These insects are readily distinguished by their 
large size, and feed on earth worms and their weaker 
congeners. 
Cychrus rostratus around Craigie, among dead 
leaves and under stones. Mr Harker mentioned 
having seen this beetle at one sweep of its powerful 
jaws cut into two a large earthworm. 
Loricera pilicornis, common everywhere around 
Perth. 
Pogonus chalceus, on the banks of the Almond. 
Calathus cisleloides, very variable in colour and 
shape, on old walls and under tufts of grass. 
Anchomenus prasinus, at roots of trees, in dead 
stumps, and under refuse generally distributed. 
A. albipes, under tidal debris. 
A. parumpunctatus, and A. scitulus, on banks of 
the Almond. 
Pterostichus cupreus^ niger, striola^ madidus, ni~ 
gritay and diligens, under stones, and bark of decayed 
and fallen trees. 
Amarafulva, and communis^ bright shining insects, 
running on roads in the hot sun, near Dunsinane. 
Harpalus oeneus and rubHpes, under stones and 
tufts of grass. 
Trechus minutus, in moss and garden refuse, very 
abundant. 
Bembidium guttula, in moss, littorale^ femoratum 
and decorum^ under s:ones on the banks of the 
Almond, and lampros^ at roots of trees, and in moss 
on Kinnoull Hill, 
