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and was about to leave it as such, but being prompted by curiosity, she gave 

 it a pull, when lo and behold! instead of a sea-weed she grasped a long 

 spindle-like fish; as she said 'Home be my friends/ she sped in all haste, and 

 chancing to be in at the time, I had the prodigy put into ray hands a few 

 minutes after it was exhumed, and with the remark that she had "foun a 

 lang tangle-like fish, but didna ken fat it wis." On examination, however, 

 it proved to be a specimen of that rare Piscis, the Equoreal Needle-fish, 

 (Syngnathiis cequoreus,) and a splendid specimen it is too. It is little, if any, the 

 worse for being buried amongst the sand; in fact, I should say it is better 

 for it. It is finely preserved, and will require very little trouble to make it 

 a cabinet specimen. It is eighteen inches in length, and has the dorsal, the 

 only fin it possesses, in the very best state of preservation. This species may 

 have been procured from the Moray Firth before, but I am not aware of its 

 having been so. 



By what strange cause the specimen alluded to may have been cast on 

 shore, or how long it may have been laying, I will venture no opinion, but will 

 leave it to the readers of ''The Naturalist," and others, to surmise for them- 

 selves. Pleased with the discovery, and proud of being the possessor, I leave 

 all speculations on the subject to others. 



High-Street, Banff, July llth., 1854. 



NOTICE OF SOME INSECTS OCCURRING IN 

 HAINAULT FOREST. 



BY OEORGE STOCKBY, ESQ. 



As a local list I thought the following might prove acceptable for the 

 pages of "The Naturalist." All, with the exception of one species, were 

 collected by i"e, in my rambles during a series of years in this forest; and 

 if anything should be found interesting in their locality or otherwise, my 

 object in forwarding the same will be gained. 



HYMENOPTERA. 



Crabro clypeatus. — Occurs here in August but not common. 



Melinus arvensis. — Found in the early part of the same month; local but 

 not uncommon. 



Nomada rujicornis, — This species is certainly not common here, I have 

 only met with it twice. 



Osmia hirta. — I have taken but two specimens of this species, as near as 

 I can recollect, in the spring of 1847. 



0. caerulescens. — Of this species I have but one, taken, I believe, in the same 

 year as the last. 



Eucera longicornis. — Occurs in May; an abundant but local species. 



Chrysis dimidiata. — Found on gravelly banks exposed to the sun in July. 



