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hitherto unrepresented in our faunas, local and otherwise, may be 

 introduced ; and may, if the habitat happens to be favourable, 

 become permanently resident where they were before quite un- 

 known. THOMAS SCOTT, Leith. 



Vertigo pygmsea and other Molluscs in " Perth E." Seeing 

 Vertigo pygnnca is not recorded for the " vice-county " of " Perth E." 

 in Mr. Roebuck's " Census " of Scottish Land and Fresh Water 

 Mollusca, I may mention that in September 1898, while staying at 

 Fenderbridge near the foot of Glen Tilt, I obtained a specimen 

 off grass by the side of Loch Moraig. It has been submitted to 

 Mr. J. W. Taylor, F.L.S., for authentication. The following shells, 

 all of which, except the Pisidium, have, however, already been 

 authenticated from the vice-county, were also collected in the 

 neighbourhood of Fenderbridge, namely: Vitrina pellucida, Hyalina 

 alliaria, If. nitidula, If. radiatnla, ff. piira, If. crystallina, H. fith'a, 

 Helix rotundata, If. pygmcea, H. hortensis, H. arbustorum, H. hispida, 

 Vertigo edentula, Clausilia bidentata, Cochlicopa hibrica, Succiiica 

 .elegans, S. putris, Carychium minimum, Limruzaperegra, L. truncatula, 

 and Pisidiitm pusillum. The small brown slug Agriolimax ticris was 

 frequently seen, as were also A. agrestis, Limax marginatus, Arion 

 afer, A. subfiiscus, A. minimus, A. circumscriptus, and A. hortensis. 

 By mistake, Glen Tilt, as a locality for the last-named slug, is entered 

 in the "Census" under "Perth Mid" instead of "Perth K," or 

 " Perth N." as it is there called. In a paper on the ' Fauna and 

 Flora of Glen Tilt ' contributed a number of years ago to the 

 "Scottish Naturalist" (vol. iv. p. 247), the late Dr. Buchanan 

 White drew attention to the great abundance in which Helix arbus- 

 torum occurs on the hill side opposite Forest Lodge. WILLIAM 

 EVANS, Edinburgh. 



Monomorium pharaonis and Blatta germaniea as pests in an 

 Edinburgh Hotel. About two years ago I was informed that a 

 small insect had appeared in great numbers in a hotel in Edinburgh. 

 A request for specimens resulted in the production of some dozens 

 of the small ant Monomorium pharaonis, a species which Mr. E. 

 Saunders, F.L.S., who has kindly confirmed my identification, tells 

 me is "very common in many of the London eating-houses, etc." 

 It is not indigenous to this country. 



Along with the ants there were also sent a number of specimens 

 of the small cockroach Blatta germaniea, from the same hotel. 

 The occurrence of this insect in a newspaper office in Glasgow in 

 1880 was recorded by Professor Trail in the "Scottish Naturalist " 

 (vol. vi. p. 14). WILLIAM EVANS, Edinburgh. 



