194 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



P. goniocephalus, Taschb. ( = P. ciiniculi, Dale). From Rabbit (Lepus 

 cnniculus), near Edinburgh, March 1903 ; also many from inner 

 surface of ears of Rabbit, Torduff, Pentlands, February 1904. 



Ceratophyllus ( = Trichopsylla) sciurorum, Bouche. From Squirrel 

 (Sciurus vulgnris), Clubby Dean, Pentlands, March 1896 ; 

 Gosford, East Lothian, and Brankston Grange, near Dunferm- 

 line, March 1904. 



C. fasciatus, Bosc. From Ferret, Dreghorn, June 1904. 



C, gallince, Schrk. From nest of domestic fowl, Hunter's Tryst, 



near Edinburgh, December 1903. 

 C. garei, Rothsch. From nest of Pintail Duck (Dafila acuta), Loch 



Leven, June 1898; also from nest of Song-thrush (Turdus 



musicus\ Braid Hills, May 1898. 

 C. hirundiniS) Curt. From nest of House Martin (Chelidon urbica\ 



Liberton, August 1899. 



C. styx, Rothsch. From nest of Sand Martin (Cotile riparia\ Largo 

 Links, June 1897. Curtis named the flea of the Sand Martin 

 P. bifasciatus, but this, being a nomen nudum, is rejected by 

 Mr. Rothschild. 



Typhlopsylla gracilis, Taschb. ( = T. sorecis, Dale). From Moles 

 (Talpa europcea), Crosswood, Pentlands, January 1889; and 

 Torduff, March 1904. 



Hystrichopsylla talpcz, Curt. From Moles' nests, head of Logan 

 Burn, and Clubby Dean, Pentlands, March 1904. 



The Hon. N. C. Rothschild has taken Typhlopsylla agyrtes, 

 Heller, from the Bank Vole (Hypudceus glareolus) at North Berwick 

 (" Novitates Zoologies," v. (1898), p. 539). 



I hope to secure a few more Pulicida in the course of this year. 

 WILLIAM EVANS, Edinburgh. 



Myopa testacea, Z., in "Forth." As the only record cited for 

 this fly in Mr. Grimshaw's list of Diptera of the Forth district 

 ("Annals," 1903, p. 218) is an old one, I write to say that on 24th 

 May this year I took a specimen off a dandelion flower near 

 Gifford, East Lothian. WILLIAM EVANS, Edinburgh. 



Triehoptera and Neuroptera from Arran. Mr. Kenneth J. 

 Morton, F.E.S., has kindly furnished the following list of some insects 

 of the above orders, taken at Whiting Bay during the third week of 

 September 1903: TRICHOPTERA. Asynarchus ccenosus, Curt.; 

 Halesns radiatus, Curt. ; If. digitatus, Schrk. ; Plectrocnema conspersa, 

 Curt.; Rhyacophila dor sails, Curt. NEUROPTERA. Hemerobius 

 Orotypus, Wall. PERLID^:. Nemo-urn inconspicua, Pict. ; Leuctra 

 Klapaleki, Kempny. PSOCID^E. Elipsocus Westwoodii> M'L. ; E. 

 Abietis, K. JAMES WATERSTON, Edinburgh. 



