138 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



Since the earlier portion of my paper appeared, I have 

 been favoured with a large number of specimens and records 

 from Lewis, through the kindness of Mr C. G. Lamb, of 

 Cambridge, and also with a number collected by Mr W. 

 Eagle Clarke at the Butt of Lewis. To both these gentle- 

 men I here express my sincere thanks. 



It is necessary to expunge the remarks I made in the 

 last paragraph of the introduction regarding Meigen's 1900 

 paper, as I have entirely (and I hope finally) changed my 

 views as to the validity of the generic names contained 

 therein. On consulting an actual copy of this rare pamphlet 

 in the library of the British Museum, I found that, although 

 it was certainly published and the genera briefly described, 

 yet no species are actually referred by name to these 

 genera, and that therefore, on this ground alone, we are 

 justified in consigning them to oblivion. 



Miscodera arctica in Forth area. — With reference to the 

 record of this beetle from Ben Ledi by Mr William Evans in the 

 March number of the Scottish JVaturalist, I would like to mention 

 that I got a specimen on the hills at Strathyre. It was found under 

 a stone on 3rd January 1912. I showed this beetle to Mr Evans, 

 and he kindly identified it for me. — D. Hamilton, Edinburgh. 



Quedionuchus Isevigatus, Gyll., in Forth. — From under- 

 neath the bark of a decayed oak in Castle Campbell Glen, Dollar, 

 I was fortunate enough to secure, on ist May (1916), a specimen 

 (male) of this Staphylinid. It would appear to be an addition to 

 the list of Forth beetles. In Fowler's Britis/i Coieoptera, Vol. II., 

 p. 246, its distribution is given as Tay, Argyle, Dee, and Moray, 

 where it occurs " under bark of decaying Scotch fir." In Durham, 

 Mr Bagnall has taken it under the bark of a beech. — William 

 Evans, Edinburgh. 



