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race dorsatus.^ N. rihesii, the gooseberry pest, was noticed near 

 Beauly ; N. papillosus, common ; N. croceus, rare in Kintail ; 

 N. miliaris, abundant everywhere ; N. iMllescens, Htg., several 

 specimens found near the end of Glen Moriston. The latter 

 species might pass for a small immaculate specimen of N. croceus, 

 but it is undoubtedly distinct from it.+ N. cinerece, Retz. (includ- 

 ing several varieties, one or two of which may rank as species); 

 N. vaUisnieri, and N. (Cryj^tocamjms) saliceti, Fall., were all common 

 on willows in Glen Moriston and Kintail. 



Foecilosoma imlveratum, on alder; P. excisum, Thoms., and P. 

 suhmuticum, Thoms., were common throughout. The species of 

 Blennocampa met with were : nana, luteiventris, cinereijjes, hetuleti, 

 albipes, aethiojjs, Kl., and pusilla; of Eriocampa: ovaia, in Strath 

 Glass ; annulixjes, in Kintail ; and a new species, E. testaceipes, 

 Cameron (Ent. Mo. Mag., xi., 128), near Beauly. Athalia rosce 

 was very common everywhere. Fenusa pumila was captured in 

 Kintail. The only species of Emphytus met with were ductus and 

 tener. Fall. Taxonus equiseti was found in Kintail — not the typical 

 form, but the variety which I described in the Ent. Mo. Mag. for 

 Nov., 1874, xi., p. 129. Selandria morio, S. stramineipes, and 

 S. serva, were common everywhere ; *S^. grandis, Zaddach, rare in 

 Kintail. Strongylogaster cingulatus, S. mixtus, and S. delicatulatus, 

 among ferns, in Kintail. Pachyprotasis rapc& -and simulans, com- 

 mon throughout ; and a single example of P. variegata was found 

 in Glen Urquhart and Kintail. The only Allantus noticed was the 



* Having reared this insect since the above was written, I have been able 

 to prove that it is a distinct species = N. dorsatus, mihi. This shows very 

 clearly how necessary it is, for the proper understanding of species, that we 

 should know them in their early life — not merely contenting ourselves with an 

 examination of the natural form. 



t As the larva of Nematus pallescens has not been described, I give here a 

 description of it. 



Head roundish, of a translucent whitish grey colour, and covered ^vith 

 longish white hair ; the eyes black, mouth brown, tips of the mandibles black. 

 Feet white, with the claws faintly brownish ; claspers white ; a line of black 

 dots over the feet and claspers. UpiJer part of the body whitish, ^assuming a 

 greenish tinge when the food canal is filled ; the lower half of the body is 

 whiter than the upper : and the skin is covered with tubercles, each ending in 

 a hair. The body is rather flat. The larva feeds on Salix cincrea, and in con- 

 finement pupates between the leaves. 



N. pallescens is probably identical with N. tcstaceus, Dbm., and perhaps also 

 with y. tcstaccus, ISte., and N. Jlavcsccns, Ste. 



