190 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



The Gadwall in Scotland. H. A. Macpherson. Zoologist 

 (3), vol. xvii. p. 153 (April 1893). — Bird shot in December 1892, in 

 the neighbourhood of the Moray Firth. 



On some new Reptiles from the Elgin Sandstone. By 

 E. T. Newton, F.G.S. (From Proc. Roy. Soc, vol. 52). — Notice 

 given in Geo/. Mag. N. S., Dec. III., vol. x. p. 173 (April 1893). 



Capture of Large Cod. G. M. The Field, 1st April 1893, 

 p. 470. — Cod landed at Hopeman, in the Moray Firth, measuring 

 4 ft. 4 in., and weighing 72 lbs. ; and two others landed at Aberdeen, 

 weighing 52 lbs. and 58 lbs. respectively. 



A Large Halibut. J. S. M. The Field, 15th April 1893, 

 p. 572. — Specimen landed on the 6th April at Stromness, Orkney, 

 measuring 6 ft. 10 ins. in length, and weighing 245 lbs. 



Eigg Shells : Additional notes on the Land and Fresh- 

 water Mollusca of the Island of Eigg. By the Rev. John 

 M'Murtrie, D.D. Journ. of Conchologv, vol. vii. pp. 1 89-1 91 (April 

 1893). — Ten species and two or three varieties added to the record 

 for the island. 



Coleoptera at Thurso, i 892. Alfred Thornley. Ent. Mo. 

 Mag. (1), vol. iv. p. 142 (June 1893). — Numerous records given for 

 the shore between Thurso and Scrabster, tarns on Holborn Head 

 and Dunnet Head, and the sandhills at Castletown. 



Wasps and Wasp-nest Beetles in Scotland. A. J. Chitty. 

 Ent. Mo. Mag. (2), vol. iv. p. 91 (April 1893). — Notes made last 

 autumn on the nests of Vespa norvegica (britannica), silvestris, and 

 rufa. Quedius puncticollis, Cryptophagus pubescens, Megacronus 

 analis, and Lathridius minutus taken in or near the nest of Vespa 

 vulgaris. 



A new variety of Telephorus figuratus. A. J. Chitty. 

 Ent. Mo. Mag. (2), vol. iv. p. 143 (June 1893). — Description given 

 of specimens from Ben Cruachan, previously recorded as T. elong- 

 atus, but now named var. cruachanus. 



Early Swarming of Bees. B. B. Bantock. The Field, 1st 

 April 1893, p. 470. — A hive of bees threw off a swarm on 25th 

 March at New Galloway. 



Lepidoptepa of the Shetland Islands. By Richard South. 

 Entomologist, vol. xxvi. pp. 98-102 (April 1893). — Upwards of sixty 

 species are recorded. 



List of Lepidoptera of Aberdeenshire and Kincardine- 

 shire. William Reid. British Naturalist, partxxv. (January 1893), 

 pp. 8-10. — Tortrices. 



Notes on Collecting, etc — Aberdeen. A. Home. Ent. 

 Record, vol. iv. p. 154 (May 1893). — Cidaria suffumata, var. piceata, 



