ZOOLOGICAL NOTES 125 



Sepiola rondeleti (Leach] in the Firth of Forth. Professor 

 Duns, New College, Edinburgh, permits me to record a specimen of 

 the above Cuttlefish in his museum. He himself captured the 

 animal in a rock-pool at North Berwick a few years ago. ROBERT 

 GODFREY, Edinburgh. 



Limnsea stag-nails in West Lothian. This conspicuous fresh- 

 water shell occurs somewhat abundantly in an artificial pond or tank 

 near Bo'ness, where I first found it last autumn. I have shown 

 specimens from the pond to Mr. William Evans. ROBERT GODFREY, 

 Edinburgh. 



Carabus monilis, F., in Scotland. With reference to my note 

 in the January "Annals" (p. 53) on the occurrence of this species 

 in " Clyde," I find that it is included in a list of Coleoptera collected 

 on the island of Arran in 1892 by Mr. A. B. Watson, published by 

 Mr. T. R. Billups in the "Entomologist" (vol. xxvi., 1893, p. 54). 

 To complete the Scottish record of the species, I add another which 

 escaped my notice at the time of writing the first note, viz. " occa- 

 sionally near Edinburgh," Stephen's "Manual" (1839). ANDERSON 

 FERGUSSON, Glasgow. 



Death's-head Moth at Inverbroom, West Ross-shire. On 15111 



June 1899, a specimen of Acherontia atropos was sent to me in 

 London, and it looked as if it was fresh out of the chrysalis. During 

 my twenty years' residence at Loch Broom I have never before seen 

 a specimen of this moth, though I have always been on the look-out 

 for it, having been very familiar with its appearance in England in 

 my youth. ALICE FOWLER, Inverbroom. 



Agrion puella (Z.) in Scotland. In his recently published book 

 on the British Dragon-flies, Mr. W. J. Lucas writes as follows re- 

 garding the distribution of this form : " Undoubtedly A. puella is 

 a very common species in most parts of England, but apparently it 

 does not occur in Scotland, and perhaps not in the extreme north 

 of England." I am able, however, to state that it does occur in 

 Scotland, for I have an example taken by myself on 22nd June 

 1896 at a small pond near Rosslyn in the county of Edinburgh. 

 There were several flying about at the time. Mr. K. J. Morton has 

 kindly examined the specimen, and confirms my identification. In 

 Dr. Hagen's 'Synopsis of the British Dragon-flies' ("Entomologist's 

 Annual" for 1857), the distribution of A. puella is set down as 

 " England, Scotland, Ireland." The name Libellula pnella appears 

 in Stewart's "List of Edinburgh Insects" (1809), and also in Don's 

 Forfarshire list (1813); but these early records are practically of 

 no value, as several forms among them our common Agrion 

 (Enallagma) cyathigerum would at that time be covered by this 

 name. WILLIAM EVANS, Edinburgh. 



