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Asemum striatum, Leptura sanguinolenta, Aca?tthocinus 

 cedilis, Nethy Bridge ; Donacia obscura, Lochinver ; D. sericea, 

 Inchnadamph; D. comari, Inchnadamph and Lochinver; 

 Gonioctena litura, Nethy Bridge ; Gastrophysa raphani and 

 Phyllodecta vittellince, Inchnadamph ; Calvia I ^-guttata and 

 Coccinella 10-punctata, Nethy Bridge. 



In addition to the above, Colonel Yerbury sent from Nethy 

 Bridge a single specimen of a species of Galerucella. This 

 marks a considerable extension to the north of the range of 

 this genus in Scotland. The specimen is so peculiar that I 

 must reserve notice of it till a more favourable opportunity. 



NOTES. 



Otters in Wigtownshire. — On the afternoon of the 26th 

 January last, while watching Wildfowl along the shores of the Castle 

 Loch, lying hid among thick heather, I noticed something diving near 

 the other side. Turning my binoculars in the direction indicated, I 

 saw to my surprise a family party of Otters, seemingly composed of 

 two adults and four half-grown young. They were proceeding down 

 the loch in single file ; first one would come to the surface, then dive, 

 its long tail waving as it went down, and each would go through the 

 same manoeuvre, close on the heels of the one in front, till they 

 looked more like a sea-serpent than anything else. Now and again 

 all would come to the surface together, performing many gambols. 

 Thus they proceeded down the loch, till they were lost to view 

 behind an island. — J. G. Gordon, Corsemalzie. 



Rooks and Lapwings. — During spring and summer cycling 

 trips on Aberdeenshire roads, I have observed that Rooks and 

 Lapwings are seldom to be seen together on the same field. If 

 one sees a field, however large, with Rooks on it, one need not 

 look for Lapwings there. I have also frequently seen a Rook attacked 

 by Lapwings, while flying over the field appropriated by the latter. 

 Until last summer I believed that this antipathy of Lapwings to 

 Rooks had to do with the protection of their eggs and food supply- 

 only ; that it is of a more intense and intimate nature may be 

 inferred from the following incident: — On 1st July 191 1, I was 

 cycling into Aberdeen from Newburgh, and had reached a turn 



