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beautiful insect, and may generally be described as an albino of the 

 type, pure white taking the place of the red in that insect. Plusia 

 bractea has not, I believe, turned up in this country for some years, 

 though it occurs occasionally in Ireland. A. BUCHAN HEPBURN, 

 Smeaton-Hepburn. 



Humming-bird Hawk-moth (Macroglossa stellatarum) in Moray. 

 I have just had a specimen of this moth brought to me, which 

 was found dead under the eaves of an outhouse, in a garden in 

 Elgin. When relaxed, I find that the wings are in good preservation, 

 and it has probably been dead about two months. The species is 

 rare here, occurring by single specimens. HENRY H. BROWN, Elgin. 



Scottish Diptera Wanted. I am at present engaged in working 

 out the distribution of Flies in Scotland, with a view to publication, 

 and should be grateful for specimens of any species, however 

 common, from any part of the country. All assistance in this way 

 will be duly acknowledged. PERCY H. GRIMSHAW, Museum of 

 Science and Art, Edinburgh. 



Scottish Arachnids Correction and Additions. In the 



"Annals" for 1893, p. 224, I recorded a species of Phalangid from 

 Morven as Oligolophus palpinalis^ Herbst. Comparison of the 

 specimens with undoubted Continental examples of that species has 

 convinced me that my determination was erroneous, and that the 

 Morven Phalangids are really young examples of O. tridens, C. L. 

 Koch : a species hitherto recorded from Dorset, the Cheviots, and 

 Ireland in the British Isles. I have now received an undoubted 

 specimen of O. palpinalis from Mr. W. Evans, who captured it at 

 the Bridge of Allan in December last. G. H. CARPENTER, Dublin. 



On the occurrence of Cytheropteron humile (Brady and 

 Norman} in the Firth of Forth. A few specimens of this rare 

 Ostracod have recently been obtained in the Firth of Forth. Two 

 specimens were taken in the vicinity of Largo Bay in the valve of a 

 dead Cyprina islandica, and another was obtained among hardened 

 mud a few miles west of Queensferry. Cytheropteron humile was 

 first observed in the Clyde near Fort Matilda, Greenock, and was 

 afterwards obtained by the Marquis de Folin off Vigo ; these being 

 the only records of the occurrence of this little species. It is easily 

 overlooked from its small size, and this may account for its apparent 

 rarity. It forms an interesting addition to the invertebrate fauna 

 of the Forth. Those interested in the species will find it well and 

 fully described and figured in the " Monograph of the Marine and 

 Freshwater Ostracoda of the North Atlantic and North-Western 

 Europe," by Drs. Brady and Norman. THOMAS SCOTT, Leith. 



On the occurrence of Cerebratulus angulatus (O. F. Miiller) 

 in the Firth of Forth. On the 1 6th of February last, a fairly good 



