c8 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



Balaninus villosus, P., in Stirlingshire. One specimen 

 of this weevil was swept on the banks of Loch Lomond near 

 Rowardennan during June 19 19. It is apparently a rare insect in 

 Scotland, as the only other record I am aware of is from Main Argyll, 

 where the Rev. J. E, Somerville captured a single example on the 

 north side of the Holy Loch in i860. A. Fergusson, Glasgow. 



Antherophagus pallens, 01., and A. nigricornis, P., in 

 the Clyde Area. During September 1909 a specimen of 

 Antherophagus palleus was obtained by sweeping the herbage of a 

 railway bank at Knoweside in Ayrshire. In the embankment there 

 were many nests of Bomhi with which the insect seems to be 

 associated. The only other vice-county in Clyde from ^\\\z\i pallens 

 has been recorded is Cantyre, where Commander Walker found one 

 by sweeping at Campbeltown {E^it. Mo. Mag., xxxii., iii). 

 A single specimen of A. nigricornis was found resting upon a flower 

 of Knapweed, near Lanark, in August last. This species had 

 previously been recorded for the Clyde area, but without specific 

 locality, by Dr Sharp in his list of Scottish Coleoptera {^Scot. Nat., 

 iv., 36) where he states that both it and pallens are rare in Scot- 

 land. A. Fergusson, Glasgow. 



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Zicrona ccerulea, L., in Arran. There are records of the 

 occurrence of this beautiful hemipteron from Perthshire and Stirling- 

 shire {A.S.N.H., 1893, p. 2 14 ; and 1900, p. 101), but I am not aware 

 of its having been found in any of the Western Counties. It may 

 therefore be of interest, as adding to the information regarding its 

 distribution in Scotland, to note that I swept one specimen near 

 Machrie Bay in Arran during September 191 2. A. Fergusson, 

 Glasgow. 



Spilogaster uliginosa, Pin., in Porfarshire. This pretty 

 anthomyid fly appears to be rare. I have recorded it from 

 Musselburgh and Blairgowrie a single $ in each case and 

 these, I believe, are the only Scottish records. I can now record 

 another $, taken 19th August 191 7, on the window of an out- 

 house in my garden here. This species is recorded by Schiner, 

 Meade and others, as occurring on windows, and I have found it 

 nowhere else. A. E. J. Carter, Monifieth. 



