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silvery-yellow, and the basal joint of the front tarsus is broader than 

 it appears in the illustration. 



The localities and dates of the Museum specimens are as follows: — 

 Kinlochewe, Ross-shire, N.B., May 23rd, 1892 (IV. R. Ogilvie Grattt) ; 

 Nairn, N.B., May 20th to June 4th, 1905 {Lieut.-Coloiiel Yerbury); 

 Brodie, Elgin, N.B., May 30th, 1905 {Licut.-Colonel Yerbury^ ; Nethy 

 Bridge and Spey Bridge, Inverness-shire, N.B., June 14th to July 7th, 

 1905 (Lieut. -Colonel Yerbury). According to Colonel Yerbury, 

 6". ycptans " occurs in countless numbers in the Abernethy Forest in 

 June and July, and causes great annoyance. l\ sweep or two with 

 the butterfly net round one's head results in a perfect holocaust of 

 victims." Of S. hirtipcs. Fries, — a dark-legged species, — Colonel 

 Yerbury writes that it is " the earliest of the biting pests in Scotland. 

 It was found in numbers at Dunkeld so early as the 8th May." 



