160 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



*ORDER HEMIPTERA. 

 HETEROPTERA. 



Family SALDID^. 

 SALDA SALTATORIA, L. One specimen, Dunachton. 



*HOMOPTERA. 



Fragments of Homoptera were found in two crops, from 

 Dunachton and Ballindalloch respectively, but they were not 

 determinable. 



Family DELPHACID^. 



LIBURNIA, sp. One specimen, species not determined, Dunachton. 



Family CERCOPID^. 



PHIL^ENUS SPUMARIUS, L. Eight specimens, Burley-in-Wharfedale. 

 This is an abundant insect everywhere, especially in dampish 

 places. It is the well-known species known as the "Cuckoo- 

 Spit." 



PHIL^NUS LINEATUS, L. Two, Burley-in-Wharfedale. 



*ORDER HYMENOPTERA. 

 --Family TENTHREDINID^ (Saw-Flies). 



*DINEURA, sp. One specimen, undetermined, Dunachton. An 

 example, probably of the same species, was found in a crop 

 from the same moor. 



PCECILOSOMA SUBMUTICUM, Thorns, One, Dunachton. 

 DOLERUS PALUSTRIS, Klug. One, Dunachton. 

 DOLERUS FISSUS, Htg. One, Dunachton ; one, Ballindalloch. 

 TENTHREDO OLIVACEA, King. One, Dunachton. 



-Family CYNIPID^. 



A small hymenopterous insect, apparently a Cynipid, was 

 found in a crop from Ballindalloch the occurrence was, perhaps, 

 a casual one. 



^Family CHALCIDID^E. 



Undetermined specimens belonging to this large, interesting, 

 but difficult group of insects, were found in two crops from 

 Dunachton and one from Tulchan. A Chalcid was also captured 

 in the net at Dunachton. 



