I'r.iMiA (IF DiiMKrviKssiTini:. 1:17 



mould ; usually in sua, sometimes shaded ; often i|uite nuslieltcrtMl 

 l)y otlier plants, and rarely in long grass. Appears April o to 

 May 15,/. 7'/. 



Visitors. — Empis pennata, Siphona cristata, Platychirius nianicatus. 

 and 2 or 3 other flies. Melig'ethes oeneus, Telephorus hicolor. 



Spergularia rubra Pers. (Sandspuney). 

 24K. Rubrum. Records. Dfs. — Dr Grierson, 1882; A'(v/. — P. 



Gray, 1844; /f/^/.--Arnott, 1848. 

 240. Salinuni «•. genuiuum. Dfs. — (t .F. Scott-Elliot, 1892. Kcd. — 

 Rev. J. Eraser. 18G6. Wgt. — G. C. Druce or F.R. Coles, 1883. 

 c. neglectum. Wgt. — G. Horn, 1873. 

 2.")0. Marginatum. Dfs.—ii. F. Scott-Elliot, 1892. AV^/.— Rev. 



J. Eraser, 1866. ir^'/.— Miss Hannay, 1892. 

 251. Rupestre. A?^.— Craig Christie, 1868. TFV/.—G. Horn, 1873. 

 Localities. — Seacoast pretty common ; 249 a. from Annan shore, 

 Rerrick, Orchardton and Port Mary ; 249 c. from Port Logan, G. 

 Horn andy. iWAndre7v; 250 from Kirtle, S.E.; Rerrick, y. /t-. ; 

 Port- William and Glasserton, Hn. ; 251 from Port Logan, y. M^A.\ 

 l^ortpatrick, R.R. ; Mull of Galloway, G. Ho. ; Kirkandrevv, C.C.; 

 Inland, less common, 248 road from Brow to Stank, Eankhead, 

 S.E. ; Glencaple, Hn. ; Bruce's Castle, Lochmaben, F.M. W. ; 

 Junction Selkirk and Craig'beck Road, Broomhill, New Edinboi'o' 

 Road,/. 2'./. ; Beattock, S.E. 



Wet places, rarely fairly dry stones ; bare estuarine mud 

 of seashore with Armeria. stony shingles of seashore, sandy places 

 or rock crevices (251). hard roadsides (248). Appeal's end of 

 June. 



Visitors. — Apis very ab., Nemotelus notatris, Lucilia C«sar, 

 Scatophaga litorea, stercoraria, Xemopoda stercoraria, Chlorops, 

 and 3 other kinds of flies. 



Spergula arvensis L. (Corn Spuny). 

 Jiecords. Dfs. and A«Z.— P. Gray, 1850 ; Wgt.—F. R Coles. 1872 



(both varieties a sativa and b vulgaris). 

 Localities. Common in arable land in all valleys to Moniaive 

 {J.Cr.), and Sanquhar (Z>z'.), at least 700 feet Moffat (.S".A'.), Castle 

 O'er, Eskdale (/ Wl. and E.BL). 



Fairly dry or moist places ; waste ground in fields, rocks 

 by shore, boulder clay, sandy or even half-peaty soil; almost 



