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Messrs. Anderson, fishmongers, Castle St., Edinburgh, and was in- 

 formed they were from Linlithgow Loch, where the species had been 

 introduced and w r as now abundant. Considering it desirable that 

 the facts connected with the introduction should be ascertained and 

 placed on record, I called on Mr. A. G. Anderson in April last and 

 learned from him that the introduction took place in 1883, the fish 

 having been obtained by him from England for the purpose. 



Mr. Anderson at same time informed me that about fifteen years 

 ago he introduced Grayling (Thymallus vulgaris) into Cobbinshaw 

 Loch in the extreme west of Midlothian. — William Evans, Edin- 

 burgh. 



Supposed Cannibalism in the Slow- worm (Anguis fragilis,'L.) — 



Two years ago a fine specimen of the slow -worm, mangled and 

 partially eaten, was found on Ailsa Craig — where the species is 

 abundant — and beside it a similar-sized individual, which seemed to 

 be devouring the remains. Thinking this a curious trait in the 

 species, Mr. Dawson, the Assistant Lighthouse Keeper, sent it on 

 to me with an explanatory note of the circumstances under w r hich 

 the specimens were found. On opening the box I found the living 

 specimen had a firm grip on its dead comrade to which it held with 

 much tenacity, and which it relaxed with considerable reluctance. The 

 mangled state of the dead specimen evidently was .due to its having 

 been eaten by some creature, but that its companion was the culprit 

 I am not inclined to believe. Having kept slow-worms for years 

 and bred them in confinement, I have never found these gentle 

 and inoffensive reptiles exhibit any cannibalistic tendency, nor do I 

 remember any author charging them with .such a character, nor 

 would their weak jaws and teeth be sufficiently powerful, in my 

 opinion, to tear such a comparatively tough body as one of their own 

 species. Perhaps the individual in question had developed a new 

 taste. At any rate, I should be glad to hear of any similar case 

 which may have come under the notice of any one. I have since 

 that time experimented with the specimen above mentioned (which 

 I still have alive), and others, and have not noted any recurrence of 

 the act. — J. MacNaught Campbell, Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow. 



Strangalia armata (Herbst) in Kirkcudbrightshire. — Towards 

 theend of July I took onespecimen( $ ) of Strangalia armata near here. 

 I believe this longicorn beetle has only once or twice been recorded 

 in Scotland. I also found here a single specimen of Syncalypta 

 which seems to be the true sctigera, 111., and which therefore 

 slightly extends its limited range. — W. 1 ). R. DOUGLAS, Orchardton, 

 Castle- 1 louglas. 



Larentia flavieinetata (lib.) as a Garden Insect. — This pretty 

 grey and yellow moth is so essentially (with us) a Highland species 

 that I could scarcely believe my eyes when first one and then 



