ZOOLOGICAL NOTES 121 



Tmeticus montigena (L. K.). On the 25th of September 1902 I 

 met with several ad. <$ s and ^ s of this mountain species under 

 stones at an elevation of 3500 ft. on Am Binnein, well on the 

 "Forth" side of the watershed. A $ was also found on i3th 

 September on the summit of Ben Voirlich in the " Tay " area. 



Erigone promiscua (Cb.). Callander, April 1900, <$ . 



Walckendera nudipalpis (Westr.). Callander, April 1900, . 



Tetragnatha solandrii, Scop. One on a gate about two miles 

 east of Callander, April 1900. 



Xysticus erraticits (Bl.). Balquhidder, August 1902, <$ . 



Trochosa tinerea (F.). In August 1902 this, the largest of our 

 "Wolf" spiders, was common on shingle at the head of Loch 

 Doine, Balquhidder. 



Epiblemum cingulatum (Panz.). Near Callander, April 1900, & , 



The specimen recorded in the above-mentioned lists as 

 Diplocephaliis (Plasiocrcerus) alpinus (Cb.) is, it now appears, not 

 that form, but D. latifrons (Cb.). WILLIAM EVANS, Edinburgh. 



Japanese Lareh v. Hares and Rabbits. The culture of the 

 Japanese Larch ( Larix leptokpis) has now become sufficiently advanced 

 to show beyond doubt that it is twice, or thrice, quicker in growth 

 than the European variety, or rather " true native," as nurserymen 

 and foresters are so particularly fond of terming the home produce. 

 Whether the matured timber will not be correspondingly softer 

 remains to be seen, and whether the far-eastern tree will emerge 

 successfully from a life encounter with the vagaries and vicissitudes 

 of our variable climate the future will show. That it is not to be 

 exempt from the tortures of the Larch disease, as was fondly hoped, 

 has been proven by Dr. A. Henry of Kew, who has detected this 

 attack in both Perthshire and Dumfriesshire. I have also seen the 

 disease from the latter county, but I have a strong belief that the 

 disease attack on the Japanese trees will never be so virulent as it 

 has been on the natives. My present purpose, however, is to point 

 out a remarkable preference shown by hares and rabbits for the 

 Japanese Larch, both in nurseries and in the plantations. We are 

 all wofully familiar with the ravages of that "unholy beast," the 

 rabbit, when he manages to get admission, either by the carelessness 

 of those in charge of the woods, or the confiding indifference of the 

 game interests, to the enclosures where young trees have been 

 recently planted. Hares also do much damage, but their nibbling 

 is usually of a discriminating kind, taking a top here and there 

 when they find a shoot that suits their taste. But if they get 

 admittance to newly-planted Japanese Larch they go for all and 

 sundry, eagerly taking every plant and eating it down to the ground. 

 Lately I have seen plantations where the hares had picked out 

 every Jap. and left the native severely alone. Rabbits show the 

 same preference, but not in so marked a degree. To our own 



