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specimen found in fungus in Bonnytoun Den, Fifeshire, gth July 

 1902. JAMES HAIG JOHNSTON, Edinburgh. 



[Fowler, in his " Coleoptera of the British Islands," says of the 

 first-named species : "Scotland, rare, in Trametes pini, etc., Tay and 

 Dee districts ; " and of Exomias aranciformis : " ceases entirely in the 

 north, and is not recorded from the Northumberland and Durham 

 district, nor has Dr. Sharp ever come across a Scotch example, 

 although it must be admitted that Murray records it as ' occasional 

 in Scotland.' In the Lennon collection in the Royal Scottish 

 Museum there are 19 examples, all from Mid-Solway," and it has 

 been recorded from " Clyde " and " Forth " by Messrs. Fergusson 

 and Evans (see "Annals," 1900, p. 100). The Epuraa was a very 

 interesting example, which completely puzzled me. I sent it to 

 Dr. Sharp, who kindly identified it for us. Instead of the usual 

 yellow spots on the elytra there are two conspicuous yellowish 

 raised " bosses " which give the beetle a very remarkable appear- 

 ance. Mr. Johnston has presented the specimen to the Museum. 

 P. H. G.] 



Grammoptera rufieornis, F., in the Forth District. In June 

 of the present year I was fortunate enough to capture a specimen of 

 this Longicorn Beetle on hawthorn blossom in Colinton Dell. On 

 referring to Fowler's work on the " Coleoptera of the British Islands," 

 vol. iv. p. 243, I found, curiously enough, the following statement : 

 " recorded by Dr. Sharp as very rare in Scotland in the Tweed and 

 Forth districts, ' Colinton near Edinburgh and Peasedean,' Murray's 

 ' Cat.' ' I also saw the original reference, which is given in Murray's 

 "Catalogue of Scottish Coleoptera," p. 85 (1853). It is perhaps 

 worth while to record the fact that the beetle is still to be found in 

 the locality whence it was recorded over fifty years ago. Mr. P. H. 

 Grimshaw, of the Royal Scottish Museum, has seen the specimen 

 and confirmed my identification. ANDREW PATERSON, Edinburgh. 



[Has also been taken at Polton by Mr. W. Evans " Annals," 

 1903, p. 96. EDS.] 



Mierodon latifrons, Lw., and other Diptera at Nethy Bridge. 

 It may interest the few to know that a specimen of Mierodon 

 latifrons, Lw., was taken here on the i6th June. This appears to be 

 the fourth specimen which has occurred within the British Isles ; and 

 as the specimen taken at Nethy Bridge in 1900 was wrongly identi- 

 fied by me as M. devii/s, and placed by Verrall under that species, 

 it appears advisable to draw attention to the fact. Among other 

 noteworthy captures made here the following may be recorded : 

 Hypoderma diana, Brauer (an extension of its beat into the Aber- 

 nethy Forest), Cynorrhina fallax, L. (in numbers), Rhaphium longi- 

 corne, Fin., Antichceta analis, Mg. (Sciomyza vittata of Verrall's List), 

 etc. At Nairn, during the early part of this month, the number of 



