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Duo spccimina, alteram ad Muchalls prope Aberdeen d. 3 julii, alterum 

 ad Dava in Morayshire d, 2 augusli 1876 inveni. 



Species colore antennarum et pedum a reliquis mox distincta. Caput 

 latitudine circiter dimidio longius, planiusculum, lateribus parallelis, muticis, 

 disco transversim subtilissime aciculato, utrinque paullo pone oculum seta 

 nigra antrorsum vergente instructo. Oculi superne visi ovati, capitis fere 

 niagis quam tertiam anticam occupantes. Antennte basin alarum anticarum 

 subattingentes, latere, articulis apice albido-pilosis, articulo prinio oculi 

 diametro transverso duplo fere breviore, nigro, secundo primo longiore, 

 basi nigro-fusco, apice testaceo, reliquis luteis, tertio secundo duplo longiore, 

 elongate, a basi gracili apicem versus sensim levius incrassato, capitis lati- 

 tudine interoculari longiore, quarto-sexto apicem versus crassioribus, quarto 

 tertio paullulum breviore, reliquis versus apicem antennae sensim brevioribus, 

 quinto duobus ultimis conjunctis vix bre\'iore, octavo gracillimo septimo sal- 

 tern Y^ breviore, fusco. Pronotum capite circiter ^ brevius, trapeziforme, 

 basi quam apice duplo latius, setis tribus lateralibus, quarum seta intermedia 

 setaque anguli postici longissimis, setis duabus brevioribus marginis antici 

 duabusque mox ante marginem posticum longissimis apice convergentibus, 

 nigris. Pterygothorax protliorace latior et fere |^ longior, mesonoto pronoto 

 fere duplo breviore, setis duabus. Alae complete basin tubi apicalis attingentes, 

 longe nigro-ciliatee, alas superiores basi costa brevi setas tres nigras longas 

 erectas emittente instructae. Abdomen ovatum, segmentis longitudine sub- 

 aequalibus, limbo utrinque biseriatim longe nigro- vel fusco -setoso, tubo 

 apicali segmentis tribus prrecedentibus conjunctis breviore. Pedes nigri, 

 femoribus anticis modice incrassatis et posticis tantum paullo crassioribus, 

 muticis, tibiis anticis totis et posterioribus apice luteis, tarsis luteis, posteri- 

 oribus apice fuscescentibus, anticis muticis. 



Helsingfors, Finland, May 7, 1S80, 



Water - Spider [Argvroneta aqtiaticd) in Scotland, — In a note on the 

 above in the xVpril part of the ' Scottish Naturalist,' Dr Trail mentions 

 having found this species in a marsh on Scotston Moor ; and he remarks 

 that "this seems to be the first notice of the occurrence of this species in 

 Scotland, as it is not noticed in Mr Cambridge's list of Scottish Spiders, 

 published in the 'Zoologist ' in 1877." In his paper on the Scottish Spiders, 

 Mr Cambridge overlooked the fact that it is far from uncommon in the Possil 

 Marsh, near Glasgow, where it has been a familiar object to me as far back 

 as 1868-69. At that time I also obtained many specimens from an old pond 

 or quarry-hole near Partick, but which is now filled up. It was only a short 

 time since, on seeing some Scottish specimens of this species in the collection 

 of Mr Henry C. Young of this city, that I learned it was not generally known 

 as a native of Scotland. — J. M. Campbell, Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow, 

 "jth April 1880. 



Coleoptera of Scotland — Correction. — I see in the last number of the 

 ' vScottish Naturalist ' an error of Murray's copied into .Dr Sharp's list of 

 Scottish Coleoptera. I never found Magdalinus atramentariits at " Dollar," 

 or anywhere else in Scotland. I fancy the mistake arose from Mr Murray 

 mistaking " Dover" for "Dollar," as I have specimens in my cabinet from 

 the former place ; and if he asked me where I got them, he may have mis- 

 taken my answer. — John T. Boswell, Balmuto, Kirkcaldy, Aprils. 1880. 



