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on the roads in tlie sunshine. On a sandy beach of Loch Grartcn Bledius suhter- 

 raneus, Er., was common. 



In fungoid growtli on stumps, Liodes castatiea, Herbst, humeralis, Kug., and 

 glabra, Kug., occurred in company, and Agatlddium atrum, Payk., was taken in a 

 similar habitat. Under chips and sappy refuse around a pine stump one Sphmrites 

 glabratus, F., was obtained; diligent search in similar spots failed to bring others 

 to light. Under dry bark several specimens of Thymalus limbatu.i, F., were found. 

 Canon Fowler does not record this from Scotland, so perhaps this is a new Scotch 

 record.* 



In one part of the wood Dendrophagus crenatus, Payk., was fairly numerous in 

 all three stages, larva, pupa, and imago. I bred specimens, and could have taken a 

 large number had I wished for more. This insect has a cui'ious habit of running 

 backwards, which it does with most surprising rapidity ; the larva (of which there 

 is a mounted specimen at the Natural History Museum) is also very quick in its 

 movements. 



Of Aphodius, depressus, ls.ug.,J'(£tidu.s', F., rufescens, F., and lapponum, Gyll., 

 were found, but as a rule only larvae were to be seen on working for this genus and 

 its allies. Thanasimuaformicarius, L., occurred in the pine forests, but very sparingly. 

 I woi'ked all dead fallen timber and stumps for Longicorns, but with poor success. 

 Rhagium bifasciatum,Y.,via.a exceedingly common in its larval and pupal forms, and 

 I bred some. R. indagator,GyU.,I found also in its jiupal state, each pupa lying on 

 the surface of the hard wood in the centre of a neatly made nest or circular ring 

 immediately under the bark. I bred two specimens, and brought a considerable 

 number south with me in hopes of securing a large scries ; unfortunately, the day 

 we travelled was one of the hottest of this exceptional summer, 90° F. in the shade, 

 and the intolerable licat and dust of the railway carriage killed them all, in spite of 

 much trouble to keep them moist and cool. No other Longicorns were seen, I was 

 evidently too late for them. 



Adimonia tanacetl, L., and Serica brunnea, L., wore obtained at times, walking 

 along the dusty hot roads. 



Of the Rhynchophora not many were seen : Otiorrhynchus blandux, Gyll., 

 muscorum, Bris., and maurus, G-yll., the last fairly common, Hypera punctata, F., 

 and Hylobius ahietis, L., all came out of dry moss shaken on paper. 



Stripping the bark from some pine logs standing vertically round an unfellcd 

 tree disclosed a great number of neatly drilled holes in the solid wood ; almost 

 directly the bark was removed the long snout of a weevil appeared at the mouth of 

 each burrow, gently drawing them out, their identity was disclosed, they were 

 Rissodes pini, L., and must have occurred in hundreds in these logs ; P. notattis, F., 

 did not put in an appearance. 



A few dead remains of Pytho depressus, L., and Xylita IcBvigata, Hel., were 

 all the Heteromera that rewai'ded my persistent search ; probably had I been 

 there a month earlier my take would have been much heavier. 



King's Road, Richmond, 



Surrey : September, 1899. 



* T. limbatus has been recorded from Rannoch by the late E. C. Bye (Ent. Mo. Mag., iii, p. 65^, 

 and from the T;iy and Dee districts by Dr. Sharp (Scott. Nat., iii, p. 376;. — G. C. C. 



