3o8 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



1915; Cullalo and Blairadam ; Clackmannan Forest, April 

 1897; Aberfoyle, May 1897 ; summit of Ben Ledi, 8th July 

 1902. The last is an interesting record as showing the 

 insect's powers of flight and capacity for extension of range. 

 A number of years ago I found several in a dead beech by 

 the roadside west of Dal m ahoy Hills. R. viordax, De G. 

 {inquisitor^ Brit. Catalogues, nee L.), which affects birch, etc., 

 is very scarce in this district ; indeed, the only local specimen 

 I have seen is one taken by Mr J. W. Bowhill at Press- 

 mennan. East Lothian, on 4th July 1909. Hardy's record 

 from Pease Bridge, Berwickshire, which Sharp assigned to 

 " Tweed," really belongs to " Forth " as now defined Pachyta 

 ceranibyciforuiis, Schr., is another rarity which Dr Hardy 

 took at Peasedean many years ago. On nth July 1904 I 

 captured my single specimen on the south side of Saltoun 

 Wood, East Lothian. Another was seen, but took wing 

 before I could catch it. I know of no other Scottish records. 

 Of Strangalia qnadrifaseiata, L., a striking black and yellow 

 species, I have a male captured at Saltoun Wood on 9th 

 August 1902, as recorded in A)in. Seot. Nat. Hist, for 1903, 

 p. 96 ; and three (two males and a female) caught in the 

 same locality on nth July 1904. Five altogether were seen 

 on the latter occasion, but two of them, by timely flight, 

 managed to evade my net. Mr A. E. J. Carter has shown 

 me a specimen he took at Aberfoyle in July 1901. In 1903 

 {loc. eit.) I recorded Grnninwptera rnficornis, F. (a single 

 specimen), from the north bank of the Esk, near Polton, 

 Midlothian, i8th June 1901. Now I am able to record 

 G. tabaeicoior, De G. {Jce-vis, F.), having taken two (male and 

 female) on flowers of earth-nut, in Castle Campbell Glen, 

 Dollar, 24th June 1905, and a third at Pressmennan, on 

 valerian, in June 191 1. It has also been taken in the latter 

 locality by Mr Bowhill. 



A few other longicorns have occurred as importations in 

 timber. I have Acanthocinus cedilis, from Bo'ness, August 

 1 90 1, and Granton, i6th x^ugust 191 6; Pogonoehcsnis fcrseicn- 

 latus, from Bo'ness Docks, September 1901 ; and Monocham- 

 niiis sutor, from Colinton Dell, near Edinburgh, September 

 1878 (see records in my 1900 and 1903 papers). 



{To be coNfi/ii/ed.) 



