This comprehensive catalogue contains detailed information on the rich diversity of beetles found in Scotland. With detailed descriptions and illustrations, this guide is an essential reference for any entomologist or nature enthusiast interested in the fascinating world of coleoptera. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from Catalogue of the Coleoptera of Scotland The following Catalogue has been undertaken, not solely with the view of recording some additions to the Insect Fauna of Scotland, but also with the intention of correcting the synonymy of some of the species which have been established on the authority of our great British Entomological authors, where subsequent investigations have shown that species have been improperly multiplied, or new names given to species already described. I have also wished to do something towards making our British Entomologists more familiar than they are with the names generally in use on the Continent. For these reasons I have made the following list a Synonymic Catalogue. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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