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these are completed they will be duly recorded in the Transac- 

 tions. 



Bhagium hifasciatum has reached me from several sources, both 

 in the adult and the larval stages. Bhagimu is one of the long- 

 horned beetles, whose elongated flattish grubs are found infesting 

 rotten timber, e.g., the grubs are not uncommon in old gate-posts 

 and palings. Mr James M'Callum of Lockerbie, in addition to 

 Rhagium infested material, sent to me a beetle which had been 

 preying on the grubs. The beetle was one of the Ground Beetles 

 (Carabus). The family Carabidte, or Ground Beetles, contains 

 some species injurious in agriculture, but the majority of the species 

 are carnivorous, and therefore, from the economic standpoint, useful. 

 The Hhayium grubs were burrowing in an old larch log, and it 

 was a very interesting observation to find the Ground Beetle in 

 this position destroying the grubs. 



Specimens of the common galls of Retinia resinella were received 

 from Mr James Fraser, Dores, Inverness. Little or nothing can 

 be done against the insects in this case, but the resin gall, inside 

 which the caterpillar lives, should be destroyed before maturity is 

 leached. The galls are generallj on the side shoots, but sometimes 

 on the leader. 



Among insect galls received were tl)ose of Cyni23S, NpAirolerus, 

 and Aphilotrix. E. Stewart MacDougall. 



