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there now. I must have seen from three to four dozen shells, most 

 of them having a living mollusc within. Some were clinging to the 

 stems of plants, while others were half concealed about the roots. 

 WILLIAM EVANS, Edinburgh. 



Land-Shells from Tiree, Inner Hebrides. In April 1899, my 

 friend Mr. James Baxter brought me a box of shells from the island 

 of Tiree, containing the following ten species, all of which, with the 

 exception of Helix pulchella, have been submitted to Mr. Taylor, 

 Leeds. Helix itala, abundant ; H. acnta, common ; H. pulchclla, 

 one ; Hyalinia eel/aria, several ; Cochlieopa lubrica, Succinea elegans, 

 LimncEa peregra, Valvata piscinalis, abundant ; Spharium corneum, 

 Pisidium fontinale. ROBERT GODFREY. 



Insects from the Neighbourhood of Aberdeen. The Rev. E. 



N. Bloomfield of Guestling has sent us the following supplementary 

 list of insects he has received from Mr. J. Mearns from the neigh- 

 bourhood of Aberdeen. Mr. Mearns's list was published in the 1901 

 volume of this magazine : 



DIPTERA. Beris Valletta, Forst. ; Dioctria reinhardi, W. ; Mel- 

 anostoma scalare, F. ; Platychirus angiistatus, Ztt. ; Syrphus 

 annulatus, Ztt. ; Gonia ornata, Mg. ; Anthracomyia nana, Mg. ; 

 Hyetodesia lucorum, Fin. ; Hydrotcea dentipes, F. ; Coniosternum 

 obscunim, Fin. ; Cxlopa pilipes, Hal. Bay of Nigg ; Fucomyia 

 parvnla, Hal. Bay of Nigg; Center myopinus, Lw. ; Borborns 

 equinits, Fin. White Stripes, near Aberdeen. 



TENTHREDINID^. Tenthredopsis tiUcc, Pz. ; Dolerus niger, L. ; 

 Dolerus ceneus, Htg. ; Blennocampa subcana, Zadd. ; Athalia 

 spinarum, F. ; Nematus ribesii, Scop. 



Polietes hirtierura, Mde., in the Forth District. On June 2nd, 

 I took a $, of this very distinct species at Balerno, in company with 

 P. albolineata, Fin., which occurred commonly. Since Meade made 

 his description from a Yorkshire specimen [" Ent. Mo. Mag. Jan." 

 1887, p. 179), the only additional captures seem to be one by Mr. 

 Verrall from Kilmarnock, ("Entomologist," 1890, p. 152), confirming 

 the species and a second $ in the Edinburgh Museum, taken by 

 Col. Yerbury at the Mound, Sutherlandshire, in August 1900. 

 JAMES WATERSTON, Edinburgh. 



Some Pulicidse (Fleas) from the Edinburgh District. Since 

 sending to the "Annals" the above (pp. 128-9) records of Diptera 

 taken by me in this district, I have looked out some Piilicidce in my 

 collection and submitted them to the Hon. N. C. Rothschild, who 

 has most kindly examined them for me, verifying and correcting the 

 names I had attached to them. They are as follows : 



Pulex irritans, L. In house, Edinburgh, September 1903. 

 P. erinacei, Bouche. From Hedgehog (Erinaceus europizus}, Morton- 

 hall Woods, near Edinburgh, April 1898 ; Dreghorn, May 1904. 

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