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PHYTOPHAGA. 



GASTROIDEA POLYGONI, L. Six examples. 



RHYNCHOPHORA. 



ORCHESTES FAGI, L. One example. 



SCOLYTID^E. 



MYELOPHILUS PINIPERDA, L. Two examples. 

 HYLASTES ATER, Payk. Two examples. 



There were again several specimens of Acidota crenata and 

 Tachinus elongatus ; and also many examples of Coccinella 

 hieroglyphica, which ran into curious varieties. Corymbites 

 cuprens and LocJwicea suturalis occurred in some abundance. 

 The Byrrhidas were well represented by B. fasciattts, B. 

 pilula, B. dorsalis, and Cytilus. Both Donacia discolor and 

 SilpJia opaca occurred again. 



[CORRECTION. --In the first list of Coleoptera from this 

 locality given in the January I 896 number of this magazine, 

 on page 36, No. 42 the six examples of a small form of 

 Telephones lituratus must be referred to the much rarer 

 Tclcphorus figuratus, Fall. The impressed lines on the 

 antennae in the male are not always a very obvious feature.] 



ON THE FLORA OF TIREE. 

 By SYMERS M. MACVICAR. 



THE island of Tiree is the most westerly of the Inner 

 Hebrides, and forms with Coll, Mull, and its adjacent islands, 

 the " Mid Ebudes " of Watson. It is remarkable for its flat- 

 ness and small elevation above sea level. According to the 

 Old Statistical Account of 1794, its ancient name, translated 

 into English, was, " The kingdom whose summits are lower 

 than the waves." The same authority also mentions that 

 the waves are often seen from the one shore rising several 

 feet above the level of the other. Nearly the whole of the 



