THE FAUNA OF SCOTLAND, 



WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO CLYDESDALE AND 

 THE WESTERN DISTRICT. 



HYMENOPTERA.— Pakt L 



In the preparation of the present Catalogue, I have had to rely- 

 mostly on my own exertions for the material, as the family of 

 which it treats is one which has not as yet become a favourite 

 with the now numerous band of insect collectors. Of previous 

 local lists there are none, beyond some papers published by 

 myself,* and some notes by Mr James Hardy, in the Berwickshire 

 Club Proceedings. The references to Scotch species by Stephens 

 in the seventh volume of his Illustrations of British Entomology, 

 are scarcely to be relied on, and in most cases I have ignored them 

 entirely. The sources of information being thus limited, my 

 indebtedness is the greater to those who have assisted me with 

 specimens, and in this respect my thanks are especially due to 

 Dr Sharp of Thornhill, Dr Buchanan White, and Prof. J. W. H. 

 Trail, for the loan of collections made by them in districts which 

 I had not an opportunity of investigating personally, t 



The nomenclature adopted is that which properly belongs to 

 each species, that is to say, the oldest name which can be fixed 

 with certainty. This is, however, a matter which can scarcely 

 be settled to every one's satisfaction for some time yet, 

 especially with some of the intricate and variable groups like the 

 Nematides. 



In the synonymy I have only given references to the names in 



* On Tenthredinidae in the Glenelg Valley, Inverness-shire (Scot. Nat. 

 ii., 61-62); Tenthredinidae ia Eannoch {I.e. 358-359); Notes on Hymenoptera 

 observed in Inverness-shire (Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. of Glasgow ii., 290-294); On 

 the Hymenoptera of Kingussie {I.e. iii., p. 86-90); A contribution to the 

 Hymenoptera of Siitherlandshire {I.e. iii., p. 248) ; Tenthredinidae in Braemar 

 (Scot. Nat. iv., 10-11), and the lists in the "Faima and Flora of the West 

 of Scotland," Glasgow, 1876. 



t I have included the whole of Scotland, and for the sake of comparison, 

 have placed the westerly and easterly localities in separate lines. 



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Fauna of Scot.— Hymen. 1. 



