THE NATURAL HISTORY OF AILSA CRAIG. j 4 j 



LEPIDOPTERA. 



Pieris brassiere, L. Camptogramma hilineata, L. {fide 

 Vanessa urt.cn,, L. j. Smith> ^ j 



Nemeoph.Ia plantaginis, L. Eupoecilia angustana, Hb 



(fide J Smith, 3rd June, 1893). Several white butterflies seen at a 

 riabro S tolatripartita,Hufn.(^ distance (fide J. Smith, 3rd 



J. Smith, 3rd June, 1S93). J une , l893 ). 



Eupithecia venosata, Fb. 



DIPTERA. 

 Dilophus febrilis, L. Lucilia cornicina, Fab. 



B.b,o laniger, Mg. Calliphora erythrocephala, Me. 



Empeda nubila, Schum. Onesia sepulchralis, M<r 



Rhypholophus nodulosus, Mcq. Pegomyia bicolor, Wied 



Tnchocera hiemalis, Deg. Scatophaga stercoraria, L. 



Emp IS tngramma, Mg. Nemopoda cylindrica, Fab 



Platychirus manicatus, Mg. Psila rosce, Fab. 

 P. albimanus, F. 



COLEOPTERA. 



Pterostichus niger, Schall. Subcoccinella vigintiquatuor- 

 R ni S nta > R punctata, L. 



Calathus melanocephalus, L. Coccinella undecimpunctata, L 



Staphylmus stercorarius. Ol. C. septempunctata, L 



Silpha rugosa, L. Athous hremorrhoidalis, F. 



S. thoracica, L. Do l opius marginatuS] L 



Of S. 24-punctata Mr. Anderson Fergusson says that it "has 

 so far as I know, not hitherto been recorded for 'Clyde'" 

 Mr. Fergusson has recorded from Ailsa the following additional 

 species, Byrrhus pihda, L., Otiorrhynchus blandus, Gyll and O 

 ru,i f ro nsGyXl (B. VIII.) ; and Mr. Scott records * Melan^hthalma 

 fuscala Humm., *Agabus bifiustulatus, L., and *Phtthydrus tnelano- 

 cephalus, Olivi. 



Myri p ODA Millipedes are numerous, but the only species 

 identified was Julus niger, Leach, which Mr. Ross collected, and 

 Mr. R. I. Pocock named for him. 



Arachnida -Of the Araneidea, on our visit on 3rd June, ,893, 

 Mr. Frank L. Grant, M.A., obtained the following three spiders - 

 Textnxlycosina, Bl., T. dentiadata, Oliv., and Xysticus pint, Hahn 

 (A. 111.). The common garden-spider {Epeira diadema, C L K ) 

 grows to a large size, and one of its habitats is the recesses of the 

 Water Cave (B. XV. 62). 



CRUSTACEA.-The rough tidal rocks are coated with "acorn- 

 shells {Balanus balanoides, L.), and the wood-louse or sclater 



