92 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



locality in the old Entomological Club collection, a 6 recorded 

 from Rannoch in 1898, and the 3 S 6 mentioned here. "At 

 rest on Bracken " (C.). 



O. TRILINEATA, F. $ and two 9 9-, Aberlady, East Lothian, 

 29, vi. '05. 



NEMOTELUS ULIGINOSUS, L. \ All three from Aberlady. Uliginosus 



,, NOTATUS, Ztt. \ and notatus are common and occur 



,, NIGRINUS, Fin.} together. We have continuous 



records from 1902-1905 inclusive, the dates ranging from June 



to August. Nigrinus is distinctly scarcer than its congeners, 



and has been taken by us only in June. " On flowers of 



Ranunculus " (W.). 



SARGUS FLAVIPES, Mg. ? , Musselburgh, Midlothian, 29, viii. '01. 

 Both sexes, Aberfoyle, 25-29, viii. '06. ?, Aberlady, 6, viii. 

 '04. The last is a small example barely 7.5 mm. in length. 



S. CUPRARIUS, L. Musselburgh, " fairly common in July and 

 August" (C.). ? , Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, 18, vii. '04. 



S. IRIDATUS, Scop. 2 $ cT, Aberfoyle, 30, vi. '04 ; $ , ibid. 8, vii. 

 '03. $, Musselburgh, 18, viii. '04. $ , Colinton, Midlothian, 

 12, ix. '05; $ , Comrie, Perthshire, u, vii. '07. 



CHLOROMYIA FORMOSA, Scop. c, Comrie, 27, vi. 1900; $ , St. 

 Boswells, Roxburghshire, 7, vii. '02; c? , Blackford Hill, 

 1 8, vii. '04. 



MICROCHRYSA POLiTA, L. - - Musselburgh ; Comrie ; and Blair- 

 gowrie, Perthshire. "Common" (C.). Two $ $, Bavelaw 

 Burn, Midlothian, i, vii. '04; o% Dunvegan, and also at Uig, 

 Island of Skye, June 1905-1906 respectively. 



M. FLAVICORNIS, Mg. $ , Loch Tay, Perthshire, 2, vii. '04; o% 

 Blackford Hill, 18, vii. '04; 9 , Arniston, Midlothian, 17, vii. 

 '06; o%Aberdour, Fifeshire, 7, vi. '04. 



M. CYANEIVENTRIS, Ztt. Occurs sometimes in large numbers. 

 Taken in June and July, 1902-1908, Taynuilt (Argyllshire), 

 Comrie, Blairgowrie, Bavelaw Burn, Aberdour, St. Boswells. 



BERIS VALLATA, Forst. In June and July from Bavelaw Burn, 

 lona, Blackford Hill, Musselburgh, and Comrie (1902-1907); 

 never more than one or two examples. But the species was 

 common at Aberlady, 7, viii. '05, where it occurred on 

 nettles in company with a species of sawfly, coloured almost 

 exactly like itself (C.). 9, Small Isles, Jura, first week of 

 Sept., 1907. 



B. GENICULATA, Curt. Not a common species in Britain, but the 

 " Forth " area appears to be one of its strongholds. In view of 

 the interest attaching to it we give our records in full, n, vii. 



