176 THE entomologist's record. 



Genus I: Tridactylus, Latr. { = Xya, lUiger). 

 1. Tridactylus variegatus, Latr. 



Minute; elytra shining, wings caudate; shining bronze with 

 whitish markings. Length of body, 6mm. g and J ; of ovipositor ; 

 ofpronotum l-8min. ^ and $ ; of elytra, 2mni. ^ and 2 . 



The arrangement of the whitish markings varies considerably but 

 the white border of the pronotum is constant. Common and widely 

 distributed ; occurs on fine sand by the shores of rivers and lakes, where 

 it digs galleries ; it is adult in July and August throughout Southern 

 Europe. In France on the banks of the Rhone as far north as Lyons ; 

 the banks of the Adour, Vias, Cannes, Antibes, Nice, Digne, Saint- 

 Sever, Juan-les-Pins. In Switzerland at the junction of the Rhone 

 and the Arve ; in Italy at Spezzia and Benvenuto in the south ; 

 Tirol and Bozen and centre and south of Spain and Portugal ; 

 eastwards it extends far into Asia. 



List of Lepidoptera captured recently in Rossshire. 



By DOROTHY J. JACKSON. 

 (Continued from p. 117). 



NocTuiDES. — Tn'acna psi, Swordale, larva beaten from lime, Sep- 

 tember 10th, 1906. Pliaretra riiiiiicis, Swordale, common, larva, July 

 4t,h, 1908. /'. iiienijanthidis, Swordale, common, larva, August 26th, 

 1906. AntoiinjH-is iinjricae, Swordale, larva, August 16th, 1906, Lnteania 

 /?7A(7)7/vr/rt, Swordale, August 7th, 1908. L. pallen^, Swordale, larva swept 

 from long grass, June 17th, 1908, imago emerged, July 31st, 1908. 

 Tajiinostola ftilra, Swordale, imago flying by day, September 19th, 

 1908 ; Fortrose taken at sugar, September 26tb, 1908 ; imago beaten 

 from sea-campion on sea cliff, Wallago near Wick, September 12th, 

 1908. Hi/ilyaecia nictitans, Swordale, common, imago resting on 

 thistle-head, August 30th, 1908 ; Nigg, taken on ragwort, September 

 17th, 1908 ; Fortrose, September 24th, 1908. Hydroccia wicacea, 

 common near the sea ; Nigg, imago feasting on ragwort, September 

 17th, 1908; Fortrose, imago flying by day, September 25th, 1908. 

 Xj/hiphasia riirea, Swordale, common, imago beaten from a cbestnut- 

 tree, June 27th, 1908, flying at dusk, July 3rd, 1908. Xi/lophasia 

 inoiini/h/pJia, Swordale, common, imago, July 19th, 1908 ; Nigg, taken 

 at sugar, September 17th, 1908. Charaeaa (iraininiti, Swordale, common, 

 larva (fullfed), June 17th, 1908, imago, August 20th, 1908. Luperina 

 testacea, Swordale, pupa found under a stone close to the sea, August 

 28th, 1908, imago emerged, September 13th, 1908. Maiiiefitra brassicae, 

 Swordale, common, larva, September 15th, 1906. Apamea hasilinea, 

 Swordale, imago, July 2nd, 1908. A. (jciiuna, Swordale, common, 

 imago, June 25th, 1908 ; Stirkoke, Wick, imago beginning of July, 

 1908. A. (Udipua, Swordale, common, imago, August 15th, 1906, 

 August 6th, 1907. Miana fascinncida, Swordale, imago resting on 

 head of an Umbellifer, July 20th, 1908. M. literosa, Swordale, imago 

 beaten from bush near the sea, August 27th, 1907. Celaena liaunrthii, 

 Swordale, common, imago feeding on ragwort, September 20th, 1908 ; 

 a rather large brightly-coloured specimen swept up from herbage in a 

 bog at Kincraig, Invergordon, August 18th, 1908. Stilbia iDtnmala, 

 Swordale, taken at light, August, 1907. Caradrina quadri punctata, 



