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the lantern ; and the same remark applies to examples ( ? ) of 

 V. vulgaris and V. germanica received from Fidra Lighthouse in 



1913- 



Boinbus tei'restris, L., race incoj-iini, Sm. 



Bell Rock : a " worker " (?) of this common Humble-bee 

 was caught on the lighthouse at 11 a.m., on loth August 1913; 

 wind N.N.E., light breeze. Though not a night occurrence, this 

 record is interesting on account of the distance (11 or 12 miles) 

 of the lighthouse from the nearest land. 



Ophion biteus, L. 



Isle of May: two (c? ?), beginning of September 191 2; 

 one ( ? ) taken at lantern on night of 26th September, and one on 

 night of 3rd October 19 13. 



Barnsness: one (c^) in early morning of nth April 1913. 



Fidra: one in summer of 1910; one (?) in autumn of 1912 ; 

 one in September 1913. 



Inchkeith : one in autumn of 1912. 



Among Ichneumon-flies this is, in my experience, the most 

 given to nocturnal flight. 



Bassus {Homocidtcs), 2 spp. 

 Isle of May: two ( ? ), night of 17th August 191 1. 



COLEOPTERA (Beetles). 

 Necrophorus humator, Fab. 



Isle of May : one ( (^ ) at lantern on loth May, and one (?) on 

 23rd September 1912 ; two {$ ? ) in October 1913. 



Necrophorus rtispator, Er. (Burying-beetle). 



Isle of May: one {$) about 2 a.m. on 13th September 1910; 

 one (?) on night of 20th July, and one on 6th August rgii ; one 

 ((J), 9th September 191 2 ; in 1913 the occurrences were — one ( ? ) 

 on 26th July, one {S) beginning of August, one on night of 

 13th and two on that of 27th August, one on night of 3rd and 

 three on that of 7th September. 



Bass Rock : one in autumn of 1908. 



Coccinella lO-punctata, L. 



Isle of May : many on parapet of balcony outside the lantern, 

 between 9 and 11 p.m. on 17th August 191 1. 



