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common A. nothus. Perineura nassata, Thoms.; P. sordida, Tlioms.; 

 and P. excisa, Thorns., were all more or less common. Of Tenthredo 

 I captured lateralis, aiicuparice, scalaris, pundidata, mesomela, atra, 

 L. (var. disjmr, King), olivacea, Uvida, halteata, and rufiventris, in 

 all the glens ; and T. velooi in Kintail. A variety of T. olivacea 

 occurred, which wanted entirely the black dorsal stripe. Dolerus 

 was represented by nicjer, anficus, eglanterice, gonager, vestigialis, 

 palustris, aeneiis, and gihhosus. On Scuir Ouran, in Kintail, I 

 observed D. gihhosus flying about at an elevation of about 3000 feet. 

 The only Lyda noticed was L. depressa, which was met with at the 

 entrance of Strath Glass. 



Of the Gall-making Cynipidae I noticed that the galls of Spatho- 

 gaster baccarum, Aridricus curvator, A. inflator, and Drijoteras termi- 

 nale, were not uncommon wherever oaks abounded. Andricus 

 amenti 2cn.^ A. ciuadriUneatus, on oak-catkins in Strath Glass; and 

 in the same locality A. ramidi was very common in some quarters. 

 All these are well known as Scotch species ; but I also got at 

 Inver-Moriston, on the banks of Loch Ness, the very peculiar 

 pedunculated galls of Aphilofhrix calUdoma, Htg., which is an 

 interesting addition to the Scotch list. Unfortunately all were 

 too young, so that I could not rear the upheavers. They were 

 got about the middle of June ; on the Continent they are found 

 from July to the end of October. 



I was rather too early in the season for the Figitidas, or para- 

 sitic Cynipidse, and my captures of these were very few. They 

 are : j^gilips, two species apparently undescribed ; but one may 

 be jEgilips armatus, Giraud (Enumeration des Figitides de 

 TAutriche, p. 173) ; Anacharis eucharoides, Dalm. ; and A. typica, 

 Walker ; Melanips ojmciis, Htg. ; and several species of Eucoila, 

 all from the neighbourhood of Beauly. 



The Aculeata were very scarce, probably owing to the stormy 

 east wind which prevailed, keeping them well under shelter. 



The commonest ant was undoubtedly Formica rufa. It was very 

 abundant in Strath Glass and Strath Afl'aric ; was my constant 

 companion through Glen Urquhart, and along the shores of Loch 

 Ness to the end of Glen Moriston, where wood ceasing, the 

 country became unfit for its way of life. It reappeared again in 

 the woods on the banks of Loch Hourn. Formica fusca and 

 Lasius niger were found in Strath Glass and Kintail; Formica flava, 

 seemingly rare in Kintail ; Myrmica ruginodis was common every- 



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