NOTES 259 



[G. mutator, Marsh. Solway, Dumfries, Durisdeer, Lennon (6) ; 

 Clyde, Clyde Islands, south end of Arran, Billups.] 



Hoplia philanthus, Fuss. Sutherland ?, Sutherlandshire, June 

 1905, Cruttwell (1); Solway, Dumfries, one by sweeping near 

 Dumfries, Lennon and Douglas; Clyde, Clyde Islands, three 

 at Catacol, Arran, July 1855, Fergusson (7). 



ELATERID^. 



Cryptohypnus dermestoides, Hbst., var. 4-guttatus, Lap. TWEED, 

 Peebles, near Peebles, Black (2) ; Tay, Mid Perth, Rannoch, 

 Champion (6), Beare (4) ; Moray, Easterness, banks of Spey, 

 Bevins, Newtonmore, Donisthorpe (3) ; Nethy Bridge, Donis- 

 thorpe (9) ; Dee, South Aberdeen, Braemar, Champion (6) ; 

 Solway, Ayr, Barr, Fergusson (7). 



Plater elongatulus, F. Solway, Dumfries, one off birch, Dalskairth 

 Wood, Dumfries, Lennon and Douglas. 



Melanotus castanipes, Pk. Tay, Mid Perth, Rannoch, Beare (18), 

 Donisthorpe (9), Fowler (6), Wood (2) ; Moray, Easterness, 

 Aviemore, Champion (4), Fowler (6) ; but Newbery (P.M.M., 

 xliii., p. 123, and xlv., p. 32) is of opinion that castanipes, 

 Pk., recorded from Scotland is rufipes, Hbst. On this point, 

 see also Beare (Put. Pec, xxii., 5). 



Corymbites cupre?is, F., var. ceruginosus, F. Tweed, Peebles, near 

 Peebles, Black (1) ; Forth, not uncommon, Forth District, 

 Jolly (2) ; Tay, Mid Perth, Rannoch, Beare (4), Donisthorpe 

 (9) ; Moray, Easterness, Kingussie, Bevins ; Inverness-shire, 

 Dunachton, Grimshaw (2) ; Sutherland, Caithness, Thurso, 

 Thornley (2) ; Solway, Dumfries, Moffat, Thornley (2) ; 

 Roxburgh, Newcastleton, Barton ; Clyde, Renfrew, Paisley, 

 Kilbarchan ; Dumbarton, Luss ; Clyde Islands, Arran, 

 Fergusson (7); Argyle, Westemess, Ben Nevis, Thornley (1). 



(To be continued.) 



NOTES. 



Quail in Forfarshire. On 19th September, when shooting 

 on Wedderburn, Forfarshire, I shot a male Quail. I sent the bird 

 to W. E. Frost, Esq., Ardereck, Crieff, in whose collection it 

 now is. 



I may add that the taxidermist who is setting up the Quail 

 described it to me as an "immature male." The bird seemed 



