204 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



Allotria cursor, H. Possil ; Clober; Baldernock, 

 Pezophyda hrachijiotera, H. Dairy. 



Microstilha heterogena, Gir. One specimen at Milngavie on 7th 

 August. 



Various Notes. 



In the " Fauna and Flora " I have indicated an " Eiicoela 

 aljnna," this being a totally black species, which I got on the top 

 of " Gyrvel," Eannoch, under a stone, near some Tipula larvae. 

 It belongs to Giraud's 3d Horde, having the 4th joint of the 

 antennae longer or thicker than the following ; or, as the species 

 are now restricted by Foerster, to that author's genus Rhoptromeris, 

 which is thus defined : — Malar furrow slight, facial grooves broad 

 but not deep; antennae — male 15-jointed, the 2d joint of funiculus 

 more or less (sometimes strongly) thickened and elongate, always 

 longer than 1st; female 13-jointed, with distinct 7-jointed club, 

 scutellar cup small ; 2d abdominal segment crowned with hairs 

 at base ; wings hairy, rounded at apex, and hair fringed ; radial 

 cell closed at fore margin, narrow, the 1st and 2d sections of the 

 radius almost equal in length, the inner angle with a straight or 

 oblique continuation. 



When I first examined the above specimen, I could not identify 

 it with any of the described species ; but since then I have taken 

 further specimens of Bhoptromeris, and more especially a male or 

 two from the hills above Dairy, an examination of which has 

 convinced me that the Eannoch insect was only a melanic variety 

 of the male of Eucoela parvula, Thoms., and that E. biscarims and 

 nodosa, Gir., and E. eucera, H., are also synonyms : the last name 

 should be adopted. 



Trichiosoma lucorurri; L. In all the manuals this species is 

 described as having the abdomen quite black, while vitellinae is 

 stated to have the same part, either at the sides or on the ventral 

 surface, or both combined, testaceous. But when I commenced 

 to draw up the descriptions of these insects for my monograph for 

 the Ray Society, I soon found that the coloration of the abdomen 

 could not be depended upon as a mark of specific distinction 

 between T. lucorum and vitellinae, since in the former the abdomen 

 has the sides, and occasionally the belly, testaceous. In the 

 excellent monograph of Brischke and Zaddach, lucorum is stated 

 to feed on birch ; the larva is both figured and described, and 



