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I note below a few of the more interesting species tliat fell to raj lot, avoiding, 

 as much as possible, those previously recorded by me from this locality : — Harpalus 

 4i-punctatus, Dej., sparingly under stones on the summit of a mountain, in company 

 with 3Iiscodera, Tarus vaporariorum, and other mountain species, and such com- 

 moners as Harpalus latus, Calathiis cisteloides, Olisthopus, &c. ; Amara alpina, one 

 9 example of the reddish variety occurred in moss, and within a few yards of the 

 spot where I captured it in 1874 ; Staphylinus fulvipes, one example under bark ; 

 Tachinus elongatiis, a single specimen in the road ; Homalimn brevicorne and pineti, 

 rarely, under fir bark ; Epuvfea veglecta, one example beaten from dead fir tops ; 

 Omosila depressa, not uncommon about the desiccated carcase of a sheep ; Dendro- 

 phagus erenatus, rarely, under the bark of the Scotch fir, the head quarters of this 

 species seemed to be in the glens, where large numbers of young firs are blown down 

 and killed yearly by the wind ; Cryptophagus parallehix, Bris., commonly, in com- 

 pany with Tomicus bidens, acuminatus, &c., by beating the dead fir tops left by the 

 woodmen ; Atomaria badia, one example crawling on a freshly cut log at the sawpit ; 

 Corticaria xerratn, rarely, by beating dead fir tops ; Trichius fasciatus, rarely, on 

 Orchis fiowers in the afternoon ; Melanotiis casfanipes, sparingly, under fir bark and 

 on the wing ; Salpingus ater, rarely, in the dead fir tops ; Abdera triguttata and 

 Zilora ferruginea, both these species were very rare this year, though common 

 enough in 1874 ; Oiiorhynchus mauriis, occasionally in abundance crawling on the 

 roads ; Magdalinus dupUcatus, one example beaten from the Seolch fir, in company 

 ■with Brachonyx indigena, which latter was very rare this time ; Astinomus cedilis, 

 common in the larva and pupa state under fir bark, though only two images occurred. 

 Leptura sanguinoleuta : I captured a ? example of this rare species running on a fir 

 log, one of many barked by me ; I am not aware of this species having been captured 

 for many years in this country. There can, I think, bo no doubt regarding the origin 

 of this example, as it occurred in one of the wildest localities I ever visited. — G. C. 

 Champion, 274, Walworth Road, London, S.E. : Sept. 1st, 1876. 



Hemiptera at Aviemore. — Lygus rugicollis, common on Myrica gale ; Plesiodema 

 pinetellum, Zett., two examples beaten from the Scotch fir (this species is recorded as 

 Bi'itish by Dr. O. M. Reuter, in the September No. of this Magazine); Salda morio 

 and conspicua, Doug. & Scott, one example of each on the banks of a mountain loch ; 

 Ilydrometra Cos/<y, not uncommon in the mountain lochs; Corixa Wollastoni, in 

 similar localities to the preceding. — Id. 



Mecent captures of Hemiptera : — 



Pliytocoris pini, Kirschb. Common on Scotch fir-trees near Perth and Dunkeld 

 in August. 



I'inicephalus obsoletus, D. and S. Common on furze about Edinburgh, in 

 August, but only females, the males having become defunct by lapse of time. 



Acompocoris alpinus, Reut. ? On Scotch fir-trees at Dunkeld, August 26th {vide 

 E. M. M., xii, 249). 



Liburnia Douglasi, Scott. I took two examples of this rarity among the roots 

 of rushes at Folkestone Warren, on the 5th inst. 



Tettigometra impressopunctata, Duf. A single example out of a tuft of Teucrium 

 scorodonia at Folkestone Warren, Aug. 29th, but, although I sought assiduously, I 



