136 The Scottish Naturalist. 



land, by Robert Service, shows evidence that Ptarmigan were natives oT 

 Dumfries and Kirkcudbrightshires till the end of the first quarter of the nine 

 teenth century. 



ENTOMOLOGISTS' MONTHLY MAGAZINE {ApHl). 

 Anchomenus Sahlbergi Chau, a Beetle new to Europe, by 

 Rev. W, W. Fowler ; identified from a male and two females in Dr. Sharp's 

 collection, taken by Mr. Henderson twenty years ago, on the Clyde below 

 Glasgow; previously known only from Eastern Siberia; described with diag- 

 nosis from closely allied species, [/tine.) Notes on British Tortrices, 

 by Charles G. Barrett, notes that in a series of Sericoris altemana from Scot- 

 land were several, agreeing exactly with types of metallicana Hubn. ; showing 

 that altemana is a variety of metallicana. Heydenia auromaculata in 

 Shetland, a species new to Britain, by C. G. Barrett (distributed as 

 CEcophora flavimaculella, by Mr. M 'Arthur). {July.) Caecilius piceus 

 Kolbe, and C. Burmeisteri Brauer in Scotland, by J. J. King. 

 Scottish Hemiptera, by J. W. Douglas. {October.) List of British 

 Tipulidae, &c, with Notes, by G. H. Verrall, runs on through the num- 

 bers for November and December also. {December.) Notes on some 

 Spring-frequenting Trichoptera, by Kenneth J. Morton. Cafius 

 fucicola in Scotland, by R. F. Logan. Note on Scotch Goleop- 

 tera, by A. Beaumont, enumerates a few species from East of Scotland. 



1887 {January.) Supplement to Annotated List of British An- 

 thomyidae, by R. II. Meadf\ Scottish Goleoptera, by R. F. Logan, 

 corrects erroneous records of Malachins viridu and Aphodius quadrimaculatus r 

 both recorded by Murray as on Mr. Logan's authority. {February.) Hyme- 

 nopterological Notes, by P. Cameron, notes Nematus pallipes Fall, from 

 Aviemore ; List of British Tipulidae, &c, by G. H. Verrall, mentions 

 Orimargi virgo Zett. from Sutherlandshire, Antocha opalizans O. S., abundant 

 in the valley of the Shin, Molophilus appendiculatus, Stse, from Sutherland, 

 M. propinqims Egger, from Loch Maree, RhypJwlophus similis Stseg., near In- 

 verness, Erioblera flavescens L., E. tmiiioiiota Mg., E. fuscipennis Mg., and 

 E. trivialis Mg. , all as far north as Sutherland, and Lipsothrix errans Walk, 

 at Inveran. {March.) Capture of Bradycellus collaris (on the Pent- 

 land Hills, between 700 and 1200 feet above sea-level), by R. F. Logan. 



(April). On the life-history of Depressaria cininonella Z. 

 by W. H. B. Fletcher ; a description of the eggs and larva), and of 

 the habits of the latter, which fed on Birch leaves ; the eggs were sent 

 from Rannoch. Homalota cavifrons Sharp, (near Edinburgh)^ by 

 R. F. Logan. Notes on British Tipulidae, &c. (" Daddy Long- 

 legs"), with notes, by G. H. Verrall, enumerates the following 

 from Scotland : Idiop'era trimaculata at Aberdeen, Ephelia miliaria 

 in Sutherlandshire, E. apicata in Rosshire, E. snbmarmorata sp. n. 

 (described), at Loch Maree. {May). {Notes on British Tipulidce contd.) 

 L. Meigenii Verr, at Inchnadamph and in other localities in North 

 Scotland, L. lineolella sp. n. (described), common. 





