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the Savoy Alps, and the Dent du Midi, with the valley of the Rhone. 

 Diu-iug a fortnight's stay there, in September, 1902, 1 picked up a few 

 Orthoptera, which are, perhaps, worth noting, although I discovered 

 nothing of very great interest. Chri/sochraon bracliyptcrm, Ocsk., was 

 common enough among the thickets on the footpath from Canx to Les 

 Avants ; when alive, it is of a brilliant golden-green, but fades to a 

 dirty green-brown after death. StenohotJiras linmtH>>, Panz., occurs on 

 the grassy slopes at the back of Caux. Onwcoitus rirululns, L., was 

 common on the grassy places around Caux. Staiimdcms nuirio, Fabr., 

 is found on the mountains round the Dent de Jaman and on the sides 

 of the Rochers de Naye, between 5000ft. to 6000ft. S. apricarius, 

 L., I took sparingly on the sides of the Rochers de Naye. S. bicolor, 

 Charp., was of course common, as also ChortJiijiimx parallduft, Zett. 

 (roiiipJiDceriis sibiriciis, L., was common on the Rochers de Naye, above 

 5000ft. Podisina alpinuw, Koll., occurred on the path to Les Avants 

 from Caux, among the thickets, and P. pedcatrc, L., I took on the 

 Rochers de Naye. Orphania denticanda, Charp., was common in long 

 grass by the sides of paths on the Rochers de Naye ; I never took it 

 lower than the Dent de Jaman. Lonista cantana, Fuessly, made the 

 air shrill with its stridulation in the hotel gardens. Olijnthoscelis 

 cinereiiti, L., occurred in thickets along the path from Caux to Les 

 Avants. I'latijcleis. aiissnreana, Frey, was numerous on the mountains 

 round the Dent de Jaman and on the Rochers de Naye. — Malcolm 

 Burr, F.E.S., 12, Fitzjames Avenue, West Kensington. October 10th, 

 1903. 



OLEOPTERA. 



CoLEOPTERA IN ScoTLAND. — Since August I have only been able to 

 collect at irregular intervals, and the weather has been so persistently 

 wet and stormy that the scanty leisure I have had for field work has 

 been seriously reduced, still I have managed to turn up a few good 

 things, and to add, I believe, some new records for Scotland. In my 

 last notes I omitted to mention the capture, near Longniddry, in 

 numbers, off" Solanuiii dulcamara, of Psi/lliodcti a(finis, Pk. ; Canon 

 Fowler says it had not been taken in Scotland, though Bold records it 

 as common in Northumberland ; the plants were growing right on the 

 shore, and must often have been drenched with sea spray. The first 

 half of September (except for a visit to Southport) was spent at Bridge 

 of Cally, in Perthshire, just at the entrance to Glen Shee, which leads 

 up to the only pass with a carriage road to Braemar from the south. 

 The most interesting captures were single specimens of ApJunliiis 

 noiioralis, Er., A. foetidiis, F., and A. compurcatus, L., all taken flying 

 on the road during the only two fine autumn days we were blessed 

 with. Awara acuminata, Pk., and Pterostichiis versicolor, Sturm., wej'e 

 also secured in the same way, while C'ychraiiius fuiKjicola, Heer, was one 

 of the few insects taken in the sweep-net worth recording. On 

 Saturday, September 26th, another of those rare autumn days, in 

 which mere existence was a pleasure, and the open air was so delight- 

 ful that one sighed for the power to bid Old Time stay his flying 

 feet, we were again at Longniddry ; on this occasion Ceuthurhj/ncJiidiiis 

 versicolor, Bris, previously only taken by odd specimens, was almost 

 common; Atomaria nii/rivciitris, Steph., was swept up, and also one 

 large dark Atomaria, which appears to be tjibbida, Er,, but I have not 



