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female specimens of Lasms flavus, Deg., and an undeter- 

 mined Ichneumonid. 



DiPTERA are represented by two female specimens of 

 Tipiila co7ifusa, Wlp., taken at lantern on 19th and 23rd 

 September respectively, and by the following species captured 

 during the day : Scatophaga stercoraria, Linn. — two, loth 

 September; one, 1 ith September; one, 17th September; 

 one, 2oth September. Eristalis tenax, Linn. — one male and 

 one female, iith September; one male, 19th September; 

 one male and one female, 3rd October. Eristalis arbustorum^ 

 Linn. — one male, i ith September. Syrphus luniger^ Mg. — 

 one female, i i th September ; and three females, 7th October. 

 Syrphus corollce, Fab. — one male, 1 7th September ; Syrphtis 

 ribesii, Linn. — one female, 20th September: Ascia podagrica, 

 Fab. — one female, 3rd October ; Calliphora ejythrocephala, 

 Mg. — six females, 27th September ; Euphoria cornicina, Fab. 

 — one female, 3rd October ; and two males, 7th October. 

 Spilogaster duplicata, Mg. — two females, 27th September ; 

 Homaloniyia canicularis, Linn. — two females, 27th September; 

 and Tipula oleracea, Linn. — one male, 14th September. 



A single male example of the Common Earwig, Forjicula 

 auriailaria, Linn., was picked up on loth September, and a 

 specimen of Machilis uiaritima, Leach, on 3rd October. A 

 specimen oi Hemerobius s^. was obtained on 17th September, 

 a Centipede on the same day, and a Phalangid on the 19th, 

 but I have not been able to identify these specifically. 



The Royal Scottish Museum, 



Edinburgh, 19M December 1907. 



THE FALSE-SCORPIONS OF SCOTLAND. 



By Robert Godfrey, M.A. 



To Mr. H. Wallis Kew I wish to express my deep indebted- 

 ness for the invaluable aid received from him in the prepara- 

 tion of this paper. He has not only examined many of my 

 specimens, but he has also in a voluminous correspondence 

 discussed the subject with me in all its bearings, and has 

 most freely placed at my disposal his unique knowledge of 



