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ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES. 



Tachinus marginellus 

 rufipes 



Creophilus maxillosus 



Staphyiinus murinus 



castanopterus 



stercorarius 



seneocephalus 



Georius olens 



Ocypus similis 



Quedius tristis 



picipennis 

 Philonthus politus 



splendens 

 varians 

 Othius fulgidus 

 Gyrohypnus longiceps 



linearis 

 Lathrobium lineare 



Carahus Jiortensis was rave ; C. (]lahratns and clathratus 

 were frequent, and C. catenulatus extremely abundant. 



Trichius fasciatus. — Of this insect a single specimen only 

 was taken. 



Otiorynchus Icsvigatus was taken on Ben-na-mac-dhui, at 

 an elevation of 4300 feet. 



Corcinella 30-punctata. — Three specimens of this insect 

 were taken in Cromarty, between Invergorden and Tain: it is 

 remarkable tliat not one other species of the genus was seen 

 in Sutherland. 



Art. VII. — Entomological Notes. By W. E. Shuckard. 



TO THE EDITOR OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL MAGAZINE. 



Dear Sir, — It may be interesting to your readers to know 

 the locahties of one or two good insects, which have been 

 captured this year by friends of mine ; but I must note as one 

 of the greatest rarities a remarkable case of hermaphroditism 

 in the apidae, in an Anthophora retusa, (Lin.,) the description 

 of which is as follows. 



Right half of the head and of the thorax, female ; antennae 

 and legs on the right side, female ; abdomen entirely female ; 

 but the whole of the thorax above is female ; what is not 

 described as female is of the other sex. 



This insect presents a very remarkable appearance ; its face 

 being half coloured with white and black, and the difference 

 of its legs and antennae being so marked ; but it is needless to 

 point out that such is the case, as it will necessarily suggest 



