NOTES, CAPTURES, ETC. 95 



Silpha opaca, undei* carrion, abundant. S. ?tigrita, under 

 carrion, abundant. S. airata, under carrion, abundant. 

 Hisier neglectus, sweeping, abundant. H. cadaverinus, 

 sweeping, abundant. Aphodiiis fossor, common, river bank. 

 Apion (issimile, common. CJirysomela didymata, common. 

 Te/ep/wrus discoidens, foliage, common. T. Jinvilnhris, 

 foliage, common. T. teslaceu.s, foliage, common. T. bicolo)\ 

 foliage, common. T. nigricans, foliage, common. Elater 

 cinnabarinua, under stone, scarce. Phyllobius oblongus, 

 common. P. uniformis, common. Necrobia riifipes, common. 

 Catops iristis, common. — Thomas Brunton; Glenarm Castle, 

 Larne, North of Ireland, January, 18, 1878. 



Aromia moschata — I have just noticed the capture of 

 Aromia moschata, in Dumfriesshire, mentioned in the 

 December 'Entomologist' (Entom. x. 304). Although this is 

 the first instance I have heard of the perfect insect in Scot- 

 land, 1 may mention that, in the July number of the ' Scottish 

 Naturalist' for 1875, I notified the capture, in Haddington- 

 shire, of the larvae of the above-mentioned insect. — A. BuCHAN- 

 Hepburn; Junior Carlton Club, February 1, 1878. 



Ranatra LINEARIS ATTACKING Carp Eggs. — In the last 

 session of the Naturforschende Gesellschaft of Gorlitz, the 

 President, Dr. Peck, made an interesting communication on a 

 newly-discovered enemy of the carp. It appears that large 

 numbers of the spawn of this fish are attacked by the water-bug 

 {Ranatra linearis), which fastens itself firmly on the back of 

 its prey with its fore feet, and by means of its sharply-pointed 

 trunk sucks out the small amount of blood in the young 

 organism. A series of experiments, conducted in some large 

 establishments for fish culture, show that the only method of 

 fighting this new foe is to drain the ponds dry and re-stock 

 them with fish. — ' Nature.' 



Failure of Trifolium incarnatum. — It is well known 

 that Tri/olii/m incarnatum. soon after its appearance above 

 ground suddenly disappears, in common with many others 

 I have been at a loss to account for this. It was explained 

 by a friend of mine drawing my attention to a small brown 

 insect, something like a beetle, about a quarter of an inch 

 loug, which found a refuge iu the top joint of the stubble, 

 on which the seed is usually drilled without being moveil by 

 the plough. 1 sent some specimens to JNlr. Murray, who 

 for some years has devoted his attention to destructive 

 insects, and whose death I was sorry to see recorded. 

 Mr. Murray pronounced the insect to be of a destructive 



