NATURAL HISTORY NOTES 65 



crops in Mid- Argyll, as recorded by Mr. H. L. 

 Macdonald of Dunach.^ 



Analysis of Contents 



Insects — Diptera : Bibio Lepidus, LW. 2286 specimens 



Pollenia Rudis, Fab. 1 specimen 

 Coleoptera : Lochmaeasuturalis, 



Thoms. (Heather-beetle) . 508 specimens 

 Hymenoptera: Myrmica rubra, 



L. (Ant.) . . . 2 „ 

 Orthoptera : Stenobothrus sp. 



(Grasshopper) ... 1 specimen 



MoLLUscA — Planorbis sp. ... 2 specimens 



Total 2800 „ 



Vegetable Remains. Numerous tubers of 

 Lesser Celandine (Ranuncuhis Jicaria), one seed- 

 capsule of Mouse -ear Chickweed (Cerastium), 

 fragments of mosses and grasses, small stem 

 with leaves of Heath Bed-straw {Galium saxatile), 

 tiny shoot of heather {Calluna vulgaris), many 

 fragments of leaves of the Bulbous Crowfoot 

 {Ranunculus hulhosiis\ and a few leaflets of the 

 Cuckoo-flower {Cardamine pratensis). 



The careful teller of this Gargantuan 

 repast of unconsidered trifles took no 

 account of fragments, such as detached 

 wings, legs, and heads, which would 

 probably amount to an appreciable per- 



^ Annals of Scottish Natural History, November 1912. 



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