26o ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL IIISTORV 



CURRENT LITERATURE. 



The Titles and Purport of Papers and Notes relating to Scottish Natural 

 History which have appeared during the Quarter — July- September 1908. 



[The Editors desire assistance to enable them to make tliis vSection as complete as 

 possible. Contributions on the lines intlicated will be most acceptable, and 

 will bear the initials of the Contriljutor. The Editors will have access to the 

 sources of information undermentioned.] 



ZOOLOGY. 



Rose-coloured Pastor in Caithness. A. Hughes-Onslow, 

 The Fields July ii, 1908, p. 91. — Specimen seen on 2nd July, 

 about half-a-mile east of Reay. 



Shells at High Altitudes in Scotland. Frank F. Laidlaw, 

 Joiirji. of Cofichology\ July 1908, p. 192. Notes on three species 

 found on Ben Lawers at 3000 and 3800 feet. 



Some further Records of Collembola and Thysanura 

 FROM THE Forth Area. William Evans, Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc, 

 Edin.^ vol. xvii,, No. 5 (August 1908), pp. 195-200. — Refers to 

 twenty-five species, several being additions to the British list. 



Butterflies and Neuroptera in Perthshire. By Kenneth 

 J. Morton, F.E.S., ^;//. Mo. Jifag., July 1908, pp. 149-15 1. — Notes 

 on species taken in July 1907, in the vicinity of Blair Athole, 

 Rannoch, and Glen Garry. 



Help- Notes towards the Determination of British 

 Tenthredinid^e, etc. (22). Selandriades (continued), Selan- 

 dria to Stromboceros. By the Rev. F. D. Morice, M.A., 

 F.E.S., P/if. Mo. Mag., August and September 1908, pp. 189-194. 

 — The following Scottish records are given : Selandria wustnei, 

 Ben Nevis ; S. furstenbergensis, Arrochar ; and Thrinax mixta, 

 Edinburgh (?). 



Notes on the British Dragonflies of the " Dale " 

 Collection. By W. J. Lucas, B.A., F.E.S., ^;//. Mo. Mag., 

 September 1908, pp. 198-203. — Several Scottish specimens are 

 referred to. 



Notes on certain Mycetophilid^, including several 

 Species new to the British List icontmued). By F. Jenkinson, 

 IM.A., Ent. Mo. Mag., July 1908, pp. 1 51-154. — The following 

 Scottish records are included : Phthinia sp., near Dunphail ; 

 Gnoriste bilineata, Ztt., Nethy Bridge ; Polylepta undulata, Winn., 

 Logie ; Hertwigia marginata, Dziedz., Logie and near Dinnet ; 

 Empheria pictipennis, Hal., Logie; and Diadocidia valida, Mik., 

 Logie. 



