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78. Nedyus erysimi. Fairneyside sea-banks. 



79. Ceutorhynchus sulcicollis. On mustard, Dunse. 



80. Nedyus (species non determinata). Coast near Cock- 



burnspath. 



81. Ceutorhynchus guttula. Scaithmuir Toll 



82. Nedyus (species non determinata). Milne Graden. 



83. Phytobius myriophylli. On Lemna minor, near Swinton- 



hill 



84. Anoplus plantaris. Penmanshiel Wood. It attacks the 



young buds of the birch, which wither in consequence. 



85. Orchestes bifasciatus. Sallows, Penmanshiel Wood. 



86. Hydronomus alismatis. On Alisma plantago, in pools 



near Swinton and Simprim. 



87. Otiorhynchus monticola. On Traprain Law, East Lothian, 



at the base as well as the summit. 



88. TrachyphloBus tessellatus. Coast near Cockburnspath. 



89. scaber. Do. 



90. Sitona humeralia Milne Graden Woods. 



91. Polydrusus micans, Linn. Penmanshiel Wood. 



This species deposits its eggs on the leaves of the hazel, 

 the lobes of which near the apex it twists round, and glues 

 down in the form of a pouch, which is open at both ends. 

 These it perhaps closes on finishing laying. The eggs are 

 small, oval, white, semi-translucent. I counted 31 in the 

 nest of a female 1 surprised in the act of oviposition. 



92. Otiorhynchus rugifrons. Coast near Cockburnspath. 



93. Apion vorax. Milne Graden Woods. 



94. Rhynchites megacephalus. Birch, Kitchencleugh. 



95. nanus. Birch and sallow, Penmanshiel 



Wood. 



96. aeneovirens. Hazel, do. 



97. Attelabus curculionoides. Oak, do. 



It folds up the leaf of the oak in the shape of a soldier's 

 knapsack. It begins near the base of the leaf, and cuts ob- 

 liquely inwards from the outer edge on either side to the 

 mid-rib, leaving a portion of the leaf growing. It then ap- 

 pears to bite the part of the leaf it is going to use, all along 

 the mid-rib, both below and above, to render it pliant. It 

 next cuts off the mid-rib, till it bends with the weight of the 

 apical portion of the leaf, in a line with the two oblique in- 

 cisures it has already made from the sides. This prevents 

 the sap from entering that portion it intends to use as a pro- 

 tection for its eggs. I have not noticed its operations any 

 further; but, by examining the leaves operated upon, it appears 

 to bring the two edges of the leaf together ; and, after tne egg 

 is placed at the apical end, this double portion is folded up, 

 and the ends pushed in. The mid-rib is placed uppermost. 



