52 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



The Lennon Collection of British Coleoptera. The Edinburgh 

 Museum of Science and Art has just acquired the extensive 

 collection of British Coleoptera made by the late Mr. William 

 Lennon of Dumfries. This collection contains 23,280 specimens 

 representing 2500 species, or about five-sixths of the entire British 

 list. Of the species, 1500, or more than one-half, were collected 

 by Mr. Lennon from the Solway district ; the rest, from various parts 

 of Britain, north and south, having been obtained by exchange. 

 R. H. TRAQUAIR, Keeper of the Natural History Collections. 



Chseroeampa nerii, Z., near Barrhead. Mr. Thomas Grant 

 of Glasgow brought for my inspection a specimen of this very rare 

 Hawk-moth, and has kindly given me permission to record it. The 

 specimen, if entire, would measure about 110 mm. It has unfor- 

 tunately lost a small portion of the left anterior wing, otherwise it is 

 in fairly good condition. It was captured by a farm-servant, who 

 saw it alight on a sheaf of corn in a field near Barrhead about the 

 end of September, and might have been in better condition had it 

 not been kept for several days alive under a tumbler. It also has 

 the appearance of being far-travelled, as the beautiful green colour 

 of the species has almost entirely disappeared. 



This makes the second record for this rare insect in the 

 Clydesdale district. The last specimen was taken in a house in 

 Paisley Road, Glasgow, on the roth September 1886, and was 

 recorded in the Young Naturalist, vol. vii. pp. 212 and 230. It 

 was also exhibited at the Clydesdale Naturalists' Society by Mr. J. 

 E. Wilson, into whose possession it fell, and, if I remember 

 correctly, was slightly larger than the present specimen. AND. 

 ADIE DALGLISH, Pollockshields. 



Diptera in the Edinburgh District. Referring to my note in 

 the last number of this magazine (1900, p. 251), the following 

 additional flies taken by me in this district may be worth recording. 

 I have again to thank Mr. Grimshaw for kindly helping me with the 

 identifications. 



Stratiomys potamida, Mg. On i5th July 1898 I obtained a 

 pair of this fine fly at the marsh on Luffness Links : several others 

 were seen. This and the closely allied S. chamcehon, L., are both 

 fully described by J. Duncan in the " Magazine of Zoology and 

 Botany" (vol. i. pp. 148-150), but only the latter is stated to 

 have occurred in Scotland (Duddingston Loch, Braid Marshes, 

 etc.). 



Oxycera trilineata. Fab. I took a female of this pretty species 

 at Luffness Marsh on i4th July 1898. In Stewart's list of Edin- 

 burgh Insects (1809) the name Musca trilineata occurs. 



Oxycera pygmcea, Fin. Two taken same place and date as the 

 last named. 



