9 6 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



CURRENT LITERATURE. 



Foraminifera of Scottish Seas. An important and finely 

 illustrated paper continues E. Heron - Allen and A. Earland's 

 researches on Scottish Foraminifera. The present contribution 

 is " On Thurammina papillata a Study in Variation." This species 

 occurs in the deeper parts of the North Sea and Western Ocean, 

 and presents extraordinary variety of shape as well as of detail 

 of sculpture {Jour. Roy. Microsc. Soc. 191 7, p. 530). 



Collecting in the Highlands. F. G. Whittle, The Ento- 

 mologist, March 191S, pp. 63-66. This note consists of an abstract 

 from the author's diary, containing numerous records of Lepidoptera 

 obtained during the months of May to September 191 7, in the 

 neighbourhood of Kinloch Rannoch. Interesting information is 

 given regarding the altitudes at which certain of the specimens 

 were captured. 



Bark Weevil (Myelophilus minor) and Destruction of Scots 

 Pine. Walter Ritchie suggests the possibility of a wide distribution 

 of this little known species in Scotland, where he has found it 

 common in the Aboyne district of Aberdeenshire. There its 

 destructive work is of serious consequence to the forester, for 

 branches of Scots Pine are killed, and the trees themselves are 

 misshapen and occasionally destroyed. The author gives a good 

 account of the structure and habits of the beetle, and suggests its 

 control by the artificial preparation of unhealthy trap-trees which, 

 with their load of bark-beetles, may be subsequently destroyed 

 {Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh, vol. 52, 191 7, p. 213). 



The British Red Apions. D. Sharp, Ent. Mo. Mag., 

 January 1918, pp. 1-7. Gives Scottish localities for two species, 

 Erythrapion desideratum, sp.n., and E. frumentarium, Payk. 



Choleva angustata, F., and its Allies. H. Britten, Ent. 

 Mo. Mag., February 1918, pp. 30-33. Records Choleva intermedia, 

 Kraatz, from Campbelltown. 



Re-occurrence of Anchomenus (Agonum) sahlbergi, Chaud., 

 in Scotland. J. E. Murphy, Ent. Mo. Mag., February 191 8, 

 PP- 33"34- Three one in May 1909 and two in 19 14 found in 

 Renfrewshire. 



