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46. GASTROIDEA RAPHANI, Hbst. (VIRIDULA, De G.}. Four examples 



of this common and pretty little species. Locally abundant 

 throughout the kingdom, even as far north as Orkney 

 (Fowler). 



47. LOCHM.EA SUTURALIS, Thorns. Forty-one examples. Apparently 



common in the northern parts of the kingdom, where it 

 seems to replace L. caprece, which is possibly a southern 

 form of the same insect. 



48. HALTICA PUSILLA, Duff. Four examples. This genus is a 



very difficult one, and there seems great confusion about the 

 species, so that this determination must be received with 

 caution. The species is widely distributed throughout the 

 kingdom, but not very common. 



LONGICORNIA. 



49. RHAGIUM INQUISITOR, F. Four examples of this fine insect, 



which is not uncommon throughout the kingdom. It is 

 difficult to account for its presence on the summit, except 

 on the supposition that it has emerged from logs carried to 

 the top. 



RHYNCHOPHORA. 



50. POLYDRUSUS CERVINUS, Z. Four examples of this common 



weevil. 



51. HYPERA POLLUX, F. One example of this local species. The 



only Scotch record I know of is that of Mr. Douglas in the 

 "Annals of Scottish Natural History" for April 1892, where 

 it is recorded from Orchardton, 1888. At the date of 

 publication of Canon Fowler's book it had not yet been 

 recorded from Scotland. 



HETEROMERA. 



52. SALPINGUS /ERATUS, Muls. One example of this local species. 



Canon Fowler remarks that the records of this insect are 

 greatly confused with those for S. ater, Payk., which species 

 many coleopterists regard as a variety of cerah(s. The species 

 in question seems to occur rarely in the Tweed district of 

 Scotland. 



