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under stones, Otiorrhynchus maurus was common on the roads, and 

 Malthodes mysticus was swept. Our next stop was Nethy Bridge, 

 where, by beating fir-tops, besides the same species taken before, the 

 best capture was Magdalis duplicata; they are, of course, very distinct 

 from .1/. phlegmatica, which was common. Other species, not taken 

 at Newtonmore on fir-tops, were Atomaria elongatula, Corticaria 

 fenestralis, Pissodes pini, P. notatus, Bolitochara lunulata, Pityo- 

 genes bidentatus, and Pitydpthorus pubescens. Taphria nivale and 

 Silpha nigrita and its larva were found under stones. Carabus 

 glabratus and Tachinus elongatus occurred on paths, and Oaoypoda 

 pallidula, Xantholinus tricolor, Ocalia badia, and Ptinus fur 

 were found in sand-pits. Asemum striatum, Rhagium indigutor, and 

 Clerus formicarius were common on Scotch fir-stumps, and the larvae 

 of Criocephalm rusticus were observed to be common in the bark of 

 stumps and felled trees. Elater nigrinus and Rhagonycha elongata 

 were swept, and the latter was also beaten off young firs and fir-tops. 

 Nudobius lentus and Ips k-pustulatus again put in an appearance under 

 bark of fir. Eeturning south again, Staphylinus stercorarius was found 

 in a nest of Myrmica scabrinodis, at the Forth Bridge. I may mention 

 that large nests of Formica sanguinea were found, both at Aviemore and 

 and Nethy Bridge, and Mr. Saunders tells me this is a new record for 

 Scotland. I only got Othious myrmecophilus in the nests, but at Rannoch 

 I took the small bug, Piezestethus formieetorum, in some numbers, with 

 Formica rufd ; this is a new record for this interesting little species, as 

 it has never been taken since Buchanan-White first took it at Braemar. 



Lepidopterological Notes for June, 1907. 



By J. OVENDEN. 

 First and foremost, the wretched weather for collecting nearly 

 the whole month of June must be noticed. It opened with a heavy 

 thunderstorm on the 1st, and on the 3rd was cold enough for snow, 

 with a biting wind. Larva-collecting was most miserable work, for 

 if one beat the trees one got soaked through with the moisture, and 

 if one searched one had the same moisture running up one's sleeves 

 and soaking through one's boots. The larvae of Edwardsia w-album 

 occurred as usual in Chattenden Woods, but in lessened numbers 

 than usual. However, to compensate for this, I took over a dozen 

 larvae of Petasia cassinea. Larvae of Leucania strammea also occurred 

 fairly commonly among the reeds by the Medway — 30 being taken 

 one night — in company with those of Leucania pollens, L. impura, and 

 L. conigera. Nonagria geminipuncta also occurred in the reed-stems, 

 whilst, on the buckthorn, the larvae of Gonepteryx rhamni and Scotosia 

 dubitata were to be taken rather freely, and those of Luperina cespitis 

 on .lira caespitosa, and Cucullia verbasci, Malacosoma neustria, Porthesia 

 aiirifhia, and Arctia caja were very common on their respective food- 

 plants, either at Cuxton or Strood, Avbile larva? of Lasiocampa quercus, 

 Porthesia chrysorrhoea, Notolophus antiqua, and Amphipyra pyramidea 

 were only represented by single examples. Ova of Euchlo'e cardamines 

 were to be found fairly commonly on the wild mustard by the wood- 

 sides, and those of Hadena suasa on the leafless stems of last year's 

 ( 'henopodivm plants on the marshes. Among the Diurni, imagines of 



