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into a small bay about a mile north of Eyemouth, and settle among 

 the seaweed-covered rocks. Mr. Muirhead in his recently published 

 " Birds of Berwickshire " does not mention the Sandwich Tern, and 

 mentions only one instance of the occurrence of the Whimbrel within 

 the county boundaries. WILLIAM EVANS, Edinburgh. 



Tyehus niger and Cryptoeephalus morsel in Ayrshire. On 



the 1 2th April 1895 I took two males of Tyehus niger, Payk., on 

 Carrick Hill, near Ayr. Mr. Morris Young has also secured four 

 specimens in the Paisley district, which are now in his collection in 

 the Paisley Museum. This species, although included in Murray's 

 "Catalogue of the Coleoptera of Scotland " on the authority of the 

 Rev. W. Little, does not appear in Dr. Sharp's list in the " Scottish 

 Naturalist " ; and Canon Fowler in his " Coleoptera of the British 

 Islands " says regarding it : "I cannot find any record further north 

 than Manchester, and it does not appear to occur in Scotland." 

 Its occurrence at Paisley and Ayr in the " Clyde " area may have 

 some interest as bearing upon the above. 



While sweeping at Shewalton Moss, near Barassie, on the 2yth 

 July 1895, I obtained two specimens of Cryptoeephalus morcci, L., 

 both females. This beetle does not appear to have been recorded 

 for " Clyde" before. ANDERSON FERGUSSON, Ayr. 



The Death's-head Hawkmoth (Acherontia atropos, Linn.) in 

 Scotland. In view of the numerous records of the occurrence of 

 this moth in England during the last few months, it may be inter- 

 esting to note the following captures in Scotland as having come 

 under my personal notice : On the iSth September a specimen was 

 taken by Mr. W. Burn at an electric lamp in Princes Street, Edin- 

 burgh ; in the same month one was captured in Mr. A. Burn 

 Murdoch's house at Ardnamurchan ; in October a specimen was 

 taken at Upper Kidston, Peeblesshire, by Mr. David Graham, and 

 another at Newport, Fife, by Mr. Wm. Berry. Lastly, Mr. Morris 

 Young reports the capture of a fine specimen at Bishopton, near 

 Paisley, on the loth September, by Mr. Robert Angus. PERCY H. 

 GRIMSHAW, Museum of Science and Art, Edinburgh. 



Oeeurrenee of Cephenomyia ruflbarbis, Meigen, in the Cairn- 

 gorms. This Bot-fly, which was only recorded as British for the 

 first time in July last ("Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist.," 1895, P- X 55)> nas 

 during the past summer been found quite on the other side of Scotland. 

 My friend Mr. L. W. Hinxman, the discoverer of the Ross-shire speci- 

 mens, was so fortunate as to capture three specimens, two males and 

 one female, on the slopes of Cairngorm, Glenmore Forest, in June 

 last, at a height of between 2500 and 3200 feet above sea-level. 

 The male specimen shows a remarkable deviation from the typical 

 coloration of the species, and should more specimens be captured 

 similarly marked, it would seem to prove that there is in this district a 



