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comparison at the time I saw the Little Gulls. Mr. Begg tells me 

 that this is the fourth occasion on which he has seen the Little 

 Gull at Stromness. He saw one in November last, but the other 

 occasions are far back, and he does not keep notes. JAMES 

 TOMISON, Sule Skerry. 



Clausilia laminata (Mont.}, and Helix virgata, Da C., in the 

 Forth area. On 24th April last I was delighted to find Clausilia 

 laminata fairly common in a ravine near Oakley, Fife. The only 

 Scottish locality given for the species in Roebuck's " Census " is, 

 near Perth. On 2yth April I visited an old ballast heap near 

 Kincardine-on-Forth, and found on the side of it facing the south, 

 plenty of dead shells of Helix virgata. A few that had been carried 

 some distance by the tide were also picked up. No doubt the 

 " station " for the species mentioned by Buchanan-White in the 

 "Scottish Naturalist" for July 1891, was either this very ballast 

 heap or had a close connection with it. - - WILLIAM EVANS, 

 Edinburgh. 



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Additions to the list of Scottish Coleoptera. Since the publica- 

 tion of my paper on Scottish Coleoptera in this Magazine a little 

 more than a year ago, the following further additions to the Scottish 

 list have been recognised among my specimens, namely : 



Tachyporus formosus, Matth. One, Lag, Arran, April 1895. 



Pseudopsis sulcata, Newm. One in haystack refuse, Torduff, 

 Colinton, March 1900. 



Bryaxis helferi, Schm. Kincardine-on-Forth, April 1901, a 

 dozen under pieces of wood lying on the side of a muddy ditch : 

 verified by Mr. G. C. Champion. 



Histcr merdarius, Hoff. One, Merchiston, Edinburgh, June 

 1894, verified by Dr. Sharp. 



Cis fuscatus, Mell. One, Brodick, April 1895, verified by Mr. 

 Champion. 



A number of other good species have also been met with re- 

 cently, but as they are already on the Scottish list, I need not 

 mention them at present. I am greatly indebted to Mr. Thornley 

 for continuing to help me with the identifications. - - WILLIAM 

 EVANS, Edinburgh. 



Agriotypus armatus, Curtis, in Midlothian. With reference to 

 Mr. Morton's note in the "Annals" for 'April (ante, p. 120), I am 

 glad to be able to record the capture of this interesting insect in 

 this county on the 3rd of May last. On that day I found a good 

 many flying in the sunshine over the surface of a small stream at 

 the foot of the Pentland Hills, near Kirknewton. They frequently 

 alighted on the dry parts of stones in the stream, but I saw none 

 make any attempt to enter the water. Males were much more 



