182 THE entomologist's record. 



former appear to occur all over this district, but are very rare. On 

 the 7th of April I paid another somewhat harried visit to this reservoir, 

 securing further specimens of most of those taken on the previous 

 visit, and a nice specimen of Aridota cnnntata, Man., and a number of 

 Lathri)hriiiin, which are either punctatKiii of the British Catalogue, 

 or the atripalpe of the British Catalogue. I am not certain at present 

 which, as I have not had a chance of comparing them with 

 authentically-named specimens from other districts. 



On Good Friday, April 10th, I was again out with Mr. Evans. 

 This time we visited Threipmuir reservoir ; here, again, there was much 

 refuse, and a further variety in the insects, the following, amongst 

 others, turning up: Ocalea castanea, Er. ; QnadiuK ninhrinns, Er. ; 

 Q. attcniiatKs, Gyll ; Taclij/itsa otro, Gr. ; Lcsti'vu imisconoii, Duv. ; 

 and the same Latltrohriinn as at Harperrig in great numbers, it was 

 quite the insect of this flood refuse ; and, lastly, a few l^hi/tohitis 

 canalicHlattis, Fiihr. 



The remainder of April I was in the south, and so northern 

 insects had a rest. My first outing in ]\fay Avas to Fauldhouse Moor, 

 on the afternoon of Saturday, May 9th. An hour's work at a pond 

 produced Ai/abitH arrtieiis, Pk. ; A. stiirmii, Schon. ; Jl/iantiifi hisiriatKs, 

 Berg. ; llijbius ftilifiinonus, F. ; < 'oli/nibcf.cs fusen.s, L. ; Acilius .siilcatus 

 var. ficoticNs, Steph. ; Hydrojtonts ('ri/t/iroci'phaliis, L. ; IL /jubaiccns, 

 Gyll. ; and //. palitstris, L. 



On the 19th I had a day with Mr. J. Black on the moss near 

 Gordon, Berwickshire. Here, after much labour, owing to the peat 

 holes having been filled up with branches of firs, I secured a small 

 series of Arilins faaciatitH, De G. In the same pools occurred Afiabns 

 a[finis, Vk. \ A. stun/iii, Schon; JJi/droponis trutis,Vk. ; JI. iniibrdsus, 

 Gyll. ; //. t/ii'iiiiKiniits, Nic. ; I'hilhi/drKs niniicans, Zett. ; and many 

 common water-beetles. It was too early in this backward season to 

 obtain much from beating and sweeping, the best things being 

 ( 'ix'liodes nibicundiis, Pk. ; ' 't'litlior/ii/iic/iiditifi rcrsicolor, ]^)ris. ; 'iiojii- 

 /dtanis iiicniirialix, v.; Mt'cjarOnns dcnticnllifi, Beck.; Aridota ert')iata, 

 F. : ('iipltdn ain'abilia, Thunb. ; and ('. jnuirtipoini.s, Shp. 



On May 21st, under stones on Arthur's Seat, Curt/inbit/'s h<il(»n'fin'iis, 

 F., and lUtrijnotux sr/iiinherri, Zett., we)'e found. 



On the 23rd and 26th of the month 1 paid two hurried visits to 

 Arniston grounds on the South Esk ; here I swept ofl' gorse by the 

 roadside, ' 'rrpidndcra nijipcs, L., in plenty ; out of the branches of a 

 fallen Scotch fir I beat Adalia obliterata, L. ; and one specimen of 

 (Hiorhi/iirJnis sfptciitriiDiis, Hbst. On the banks of the Esk I was at 

 length rewarded for the many times I have swept and searched prim- 

 I'oses by obtaining a nice series of Kuspltalernni jiriiiiulae, Steph. ; they 

 occurred right down at the bottom of the corolla-tube, and would not, 

 I think, have been taken if the flowers had been merely swept, but by 

 picking the flowers and gently splitting the tube, they were found in 

 plenty, busy either sucking the honey from the nectary, or else 

 occupied in the important business of coupling. I have to thank Mr. 

 Evans for this capture, as he gave me the hint where to try for this 

 beetle. The young birch trees, now coming into full leaf, were beaten 

 without much success, the only common beetle being roli/driisiis 

 rrrriniis, L., and I was much struck with the extraordinary resemb- 

 lance in shape and in colour they presented, when lying motionless in 



