88 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



" Monograph of the Coccidae." Newstead also records Orthezia 

 (Newsteadid) floccosa, De G., from the island. 



SlPHONAPTERA. 



Pulex irritans, L. One example. 



HYMENOPTERA. 



Myrmica rubra (L.) There are a number of specimens, all 

 referable to the race ruginodis, Nyl., of this abundant and generally 

 distributed Ant. 



Pezomachus, Sp. A single specimen of a very small apterous 

 Ichneumonid belongs to this genus. 



Note. Since this paper left my hands I have submitted the 

 Pezomachus to Mr. Claude Morley, and he tells me it is P.festinans, 

 Grav., var. posthumus, Forst. I also hear that in "Journ. Agric. 

 Science " for March, Mr. E. G. Wheler records Ceratixodes put-its 

 (Cambr.) from the Fame Islands. 



SOME ROTIFERA OF THE FORTH AREA, WITH 

 DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES. 



By JAMES MURRAY. 



WHILE compiling a list of Bdelloid Rotifera which recently 

 appeared (" Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc. Edin.," xvi. 215), quan- 

 tities of moss from all kinds of situations were continually 

 sent to me by Mr. Wm. Evans. An occasional sample of 

 pond material was also sent. This " moss " was examined 

 primarily for Bdelloids and Water-bears, but incidentally 

 I noted any other microscopic animals which I recognised. 

 This short list of non-bdelloid Rotifers thus observed, only 

 some thirty-four in all, would hardly have called for publica- 

 tion, and might have waited till a more extensive list could 

 be prepared, but a few very rare (or reputedly rare) and 

 interesting species were among those found, and a hitherto 

 undescribed Stephanops, and on account of these the list is 

 now published. 



Of the thirty -four species here recorded fifteen are 

 included in Scott and Lindsay's list of Rotifera from the 

 Upper Elf Loch (7). For these we give additional localities. 



