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The Scottish Naturalist 



No. 25.] 1914 [January 



EDITORIAL. 



Under the above heading it is proposed to place before our 

 readers each month a brief summary of the more important 

 zoological papers, observations, and records which appear from 

 time to time in our leading scientific journals. Preference 

 will be given to matter which deals with the fauna of 

 Scotland, but articles and records of outstanding interest 

 concerning other parts of the British Islands, and others of 

 a general nature, dealing with life-histories, habits, and 

 topics likely to interest our subscribers will also be referred to. 

 One of the most interesting additions to the list of 

 British insects that has been made of late years, is the 

 discovery by Mr Horace Donisthorpe of the remarkable 

 Fly known as sEnigmatias blattoides. From a short 

 article in the November number of the Entomologist's Record 

 (pp. 277-278) we learn that the author found a specimen at 

 Nethy Bridge on 21st July, in a nest of the Ant Formica 

 fnsca. This curious insect is wingless, and somewhat 

 resembles a tiny cockroach in general appearance. It was 

 first discovered in Denmark, and described by Meinert under 

 its present name in 1890. Its systematic position is still 

 a matter of doubt, but some authorities think it is the 

 female of an insect found under similar conditions and 

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