1914.] 91 



Cekatophyllus fasciatus, Bosc. 

 9 , Hypudseus glareolus, North Berwick, N. C. R. ll.ix.1898. (Rothsch. 



Coll.). 



9 , Mus sijlvaticus, Cromarty, N. B. W. R. O. Grant- 1899. (Rothsch. 

 Coll.). 



3, 2 9 ?, Balminnoch, Wigtownshire. Harold Schwann. Aug. — Sept., 

 1904. (Rothsch. Coll.). 



£ <J, 9 9 j Mus decumanus, Carie, Rannoch, N. B. F. J. Cox. 15.vii.08. 

 (Rothsch. Coll.). 



4 9 9 > Mus decumanus, Kirkcaldy. W. Mitchell. 8.xi.09. 



In Rothsch. Coll., taken by L. G. Esson (1) in Aberdeenshire, the following: — 



5 (J £ , 15 9 9> Mustela vulgaris, Banks of Don. 4.x. 11. 



28 $ $ , 36 9 ? > Mus decumanus, Aberdeen. Oct. — Dec, 1911. 



(2.) Kincardineshire. 

 $ , 6 9 9 > Arvicola amphibius, Nigg. 27.xi.ll. 



(To be continued). 



Another new Order of Insects. — In the " Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zo- 

 ologia Generate e Agraria della R. Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura in Portici," 

 Vol. VII, pp. 193-209 (1913), Signor F. Silvestri has described a new Order of 

 Insecta, " Zoraptera," to include three minute, apterous, exotic forms. These 

 are all placed under one genus, Zorotypus, and the species are named guineensis, 

 ceylonicus, and javanicus respectively. He states that the systematic position 

 of the Zoraptera is near the Blattidse and Isoptera. The form selected as type, 

 Zorotypus guineensis, is figured, and the structure and anatomy of all three 

 species is illustrated and described. — Eds. 



Scopseus rubidus of British Collections : synonymical note.— This insect, 

 which has hitherto only occurred in Britain at Slapton Ley, Devon, has been 

 referred erroneoxxsly to S. rubidus, Rey. I have been unable to discover the 

 origin of this error. The species stood as S. ryei, Woll., in our Catalogues down 

 to 1883. In 1888, Fowler (Col. Brit., Vol. II, 138) gives the synonymy as :— 

 " S. rubidus (subcylindricus, Scriba ; ryei, Woll.)," presumably having copied the 

 European Catalogue of 1883, which work, strange to say, omits S. minimus, Er., 

 altogether. In the last European Catalogue (1906), 8. ryei is given as a synonym 

 of minutus, Er. As long ago as 1873, Rye (Ent. Mo. Mag., X, 138) states 

 that " S. rubidus, Mids., is at all events quite distinct from S. ryei, Woll." 



With a view to settling the question of the synonymy, I sent examples of 

 the Slapton Ley insect to Capt. Deville, reversing a male so as to show the 

 underside characters. He tells me that after comparing my specimens with a 

 large number of S. minimus, Er., from Central and Southern France, he is of 

 opinion that they are identical. He very kindly sent me a specimen of 



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