NOTES OX THE TIPULID^E OF THE GLASGOW DISTRICT. 191 



first specimen of Pachyrrhina maculosa which I came across 

 puzzled me for a long time because it had an open discal cell, and 

 the only example of Ephelia miliaria that I ever captured had 

 the characteristic cross-vein in the second basal cell only in one of 

 its wings ; in the other wing there was no trace of it. 



The total number of species of Tipulidse recorded for this 

 countrv so far is about 160, and of these we have in one season 

 found and identified 49 in the West of Scotland, principally in 

 the neighbourhood of Glasgow. In addition to these we have 

 observed, at; any rate, another species of Winter Gnat (Trichocera), 

 and species of Dixa, Empeda, Amalopis, and Peronecera. The 

 Tipulidse seem to display the same peculiarities of distribution as 

 other families of insects, some being found everywhere, others 

 having a very limited radius indeed. Tipula lutescens, for 

 instance, although very abundant on the right bank of the 

 Allander, at Clober, was not to be found on the left bank at all, 

 albeit, for a Tipula, it is very swift of flight. The Milngavie 

 district and the islands of Loch Lomond have supplied us with 

 most of the rarer and striking species, and it is probable that 

 there are as many species of Tipulidsa to be found on the islands 

 of Inchmoan and Inchmurrin as in the whole district. The 

 common name for the Tipulidae is " Daddy Longlegs ; " several of 

 the larger species are known in England as " Crane-flies," and in 

 the North of Scotland as "Spinners," from the peculiar noise they 

 make when risinsr from amonsr the grass. The Lanarkshire name 

 is, I believe, " Jenny Meggies." The terms "common, abundant, 

 ike," used in the list, refer only, of course, to the present year. 



Ptycho2)tera contaminata. Linn. — One example of this species was 

 taken at Mollinburn on the 30th Mav, and a second on 

 the banks of the canal, at Possil Marsh, on the 25th June. 

 These were all that were obtained during the season. Both 

 were males, and were got by sweeping. 



Limnohia nuheculosa, Mg. — Appears to be fairly abundant and 

 well distributed, and also to be found throughout the season, 

 from May to September. First taken at Steps Moss on the 

 evening of 7th June by sweeping, and three evenings later 

 at Gadder Wilderness. Found very abundantly on Inch- 

 murrin, Loch Lomond, on the 19th of the same month, 

 under the eaves of a sheep-house. Swept at the Linn of 



