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be rewarded by making the acquaintance of many of the inter- 

 esting species which I have enumerated. Any information 

 respecting their habits, larvae, or food-plants, will be most ac- 

 ceptable to me. 



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Tenthredinidae in the Glenelg Valley, Inverness-shire.— In June, 

 1872, I spent twelve days # in the little village of Glenelg, which is 

 situated at the mouth of the beautiful valley of that name, and directly 

 opposite the Island of Skye. My principal object was the investigation 

 of its Hymenopterous Fauna, but the extraordinarily wet weather that 

 prevailed during my stay rendered my efforts almost fruitless in this 

 respect. I had only one entire dry day, and on the other days the rain 

 poured down in torrents, making collecting nearly impossible. This will 

 account for the following meagre list of species, most of which were cap- 

 tured by beating the bushes under the rain. The district seems to all 

 appearance to be an excellent one, and well worthy of being visited by an 

 entomologist. The neighbourhood of Loch Hourn would probably be the 

 most productive hunting-ground, as the vegetation is of a more varied 

 nature, besides being much more densely wooded. Unfortunately, w r hen I 

 was there the rain came down with extra violence, and quite prevented me 

 exploring its — at present unknown — Insect Fauna. All the species men- 

 tioned below are commonly distributed, but as nothing has been written 

 upon the Scotch Tejithredinidcc, the list may not be without interest to the 

 few who study that family. 



Trichiosonia lucorum Lin. — A very small variety was caught ovipositing 

 in a sallow bush, on the hills above Loch Duich, at an elevation of 1,100 

 feet. Abia nitens Lin. — Common on sallow bushes. Athalia roscz Lin. — 

 Common on the rose. Blcnnocampa fuscipoinis Fallen.— Common. Selan- 

 dria stamincipes Kl. — Got commonly by sweeping herbage. Poecilosoma 

 impressa Kl. — Not common. Strongylogaster eborinus Kl. — Common on 

 sallow bushes. This species was recorded as "new to Britain" in the last 

 number of the "Scottish Naturalist" which is not correct, as it had been 

 previously reported in the British Museum Catalogue. S. cuigulatus Fab. 

 — Taken not rarely by sweeping ferns ; nq males were seen. Pachy- 

 protasis rapa: Lin. — Abundant everywhere. P. antennata Kl. — Common. 

 P. simntans Kl. — Not so common as the last. P. variegata Kl. — A single 



specimen. Taxonus ? — A small black species, probably .5^. nov.— one 



specimen. Allantus nothns Kl. — Abundant everywhere. Perineitra (Ten- 

 thredo) brevispina Thorns. — Very common and variable. P. (T.) excisa 

 Thorns. — Rare. P. (T.) nassata Lin., Thorns.— Very rare. These three 

 species are included by Klug and Hartig in their T. histabilis which has 

 been separated as above by the learned Swede. Our species require 

 verification. P. (T.J punctulata Kl. — One example. Tenthredo olivacea 

 Kl. — Abundant. T. scalaris Kl. — Very common, and as usual variable. 



