H2 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



Paludestrina jeukinsi in Scotland. Will readers let me 

 have the opportunity of seeing examples of this interesting species 

 from Scottish localities ? So far the only ones we have been able 

 to authenticate are from vice-county 88, Perthshire Mid. In the 

 Perth Museum are ' a number which were submitted to us in 

 December 1909. These were collected in August 1906 by Mr 

 William Barclay, on stones in the River Tay near Elcho. 

 The species is of interest from its rapid spread during recent years 

 in various counties of England and Wales since it first made its 

 appearance in the British list. Hence the ascertaining of its 

 Scottish range is a matter of peculiar interest, in order to be 

 able ultimately to trace the gradual extension of distribution. 

 W. Denison Roebuck, 259 Hyde Park Road, Leeds. 



Elater tristis, L., at Rannoch. The only recorded station 

 in the British Isles for this species appears to be Rannoch, where 

 Fowler {Cokoptera of the British Islands, iv., 92) states that it 

 occurs very rarely under bark of spruce-fir. I know of no recent 

 record of its occurrence in the original locality or elsewhere. In 

 fact since it was first discovered by Mr Weaver in the Black Wood 

 of Rannoch about the year 1853 {Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond., 2nd May 

 1853; Zoologist, 1853, p. 3921), there does not seem to be any 

 reference to the insect in the literature relating to British Cole- 

 optera except repetitions of the original record. As indicating that 

 the beetle is still to be found in its old locality, I may mention 

 that I took a single specimen resting upon a log of Scots fir 

 in the sawpit at Dall during July 1914. It is possible, of course, 

 that other coleopterists visiting Rannoch may have found it there 

 without publishing any note of their capture. According to the 

 last European catalogue (1906), E. tristis occurs in mountainous 

 districts, and has a range in such localities extending over the 

 whole Continent ; but there also it appears to be a rare insect. 

 There is no apparent reason why it should not be found in other 

 wooded localities in the highlands of Scotland. A. Fergusson, 

 Glasgow. 



Hibernation of the Camberwell Beauty (Vanessa 

 antiopa) in Scotland. -During the past few weeks several records 

 have been received of the appearance of the Camberwell Beauty in 

 various parts of northern Scotland. Thus Mr A. Macdonald writes, 

 on 3rd May, from Durris in the Dee Valley: "This spring several 

 specimens of the Camberwell Beauty ( V. antiopa) have already 

 been reported from this quarter. At Tough and Pitfoddels in the 

 Dee Valley specimens were seen or captured ; and though I have 



