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their usual numbers, the drakes cooing and displaying in all the 

 bravery of their nuptial attire. We cannot assign any reason for 

 this unusual behaviour : it would not seem possible that it is in any 

 way connected with the war, nor has the weather been abnormal. 

 It would be interesting to hear if other watchers along the coast 

 have observed the same dearth of what is, generally, one of our 

 commonest wintering duck. — Evelyn V. Baxter and Leonora 

 Jeffrey Rintoul, Largo. 



A new Scottish Caddis-fly. — In the Entomologists' Montlily 

 Magazine for April 1915 (pp. 146-147) Geo. T. Porritt records the 

 occurrence oi Stenophylax alpestris, Kol., at Nethy Bridge in 191 3. 

 All the hitherto known British localities for this species are in the 

 north of England, so that, as the author remarks, there was every 

 reason to expect its occurrence in Scotland. 



Ccenosia longicauda^ Zett., in Scotland. — Mr J. E. Collin 

 has recently identilied for me a fine male of this Anthomyid fly taken 

 at Blairgowrie on 25th June 19 12, I have also in my collection 

 another male, taken at Lochgelly on 29th August 1904 by Rev. 

 James Waterston. This apparently rare species was added to the 

 British List by Yerrall in 191 2 (cf. Ent. Mo. Mag., August 19 12, 

 p. 197). He took two males and one female in the English Lake 

 District in July 1876, and, so far as I know, the species has not 

 been recorded in Britain since. — A. E. J. Carter, Monifieth. 



Some Invertebrates from a Fife Coal-pit. — In last year's 

 volume of this magazine there is an interesting paper by Dr James 

 Ritchie on the fauna of a coal-pit in Midlothian. As a further 

 contribution to the subject I am induced to give a list of inverte- 

 brata I obtained in July 19 14 from the Rosie coal-pit, Wemyss, Fife. 

 They were collected for me by one of the employees, James Picken, 

 who was then in charge of pit -ponies, and is now serving with 

 the Black Watch in Flanders. According to the statement made to 

 me, the specimens were all taken at a depth of about 360 fathoms 

 (2160 feet) between the 17th and 19th of July. The list is as 

 follows : — 



Insecta : Tineola biseliie//a, Hml., one example of what appears 

 to be this small Tineid moth, but it is not in good condition. 

 Sciara, sp. incert., one specimen of a small fungus-midge belonging 

 to this genus, but species not yet determined. 



Arachnida : Leptyphantes zimmermanni, Bertk. (J>/ackwallii, 

 Kulcz.), one ad. $ ; L. niinufits, Bl., one $ — it is immature, but 

 the Rev. O. P. Cambridge thinks it may safely be referred to this 

 species. Another much larger spider was seen, but made its escape. 



