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best months for it; but I have frequently seen it on the 

 wing in July, and have occasionally observed it still on the 

 prowl at the approach of evening. 



I have little doubt the names quoted above from the old 

 lists refer to this species. The name juncea does not appear 

 in the lists. It is of course possible that granclis did occur 

 at one time. In the Eoyal Scottish Museum there is an old 

 specimen of ^. j'lmcea from Greville's collection, labelled 

 "Bathgate." 



Localities in which I have taken or otherwise noted 

 JS. juncea are as follows : — 



Penicuik Ponds, 1866, etc; Habbie's Howe, Carlops; Macbiehill; Pent- 

 land Hills (Glencorse, Fairliehope, Aug. 1904, and Nether Habbie's Howe, 

 (J and ? , 7tb Sept. 1904) ; Tyne below Haddington, Aug. 1900; Presmennan 

 Loch, Aug. 1894; near Dunbar (D. Bruce); marl-pit, Davidson's Mains, July 

 1900, one ; Currie Moor, Sept. 1900 ; Malleny Dam, Balerno, Aug. 1893, 

 Aug. 1901, etc.; Bavelaw Moss and Wood, Aug. 1875, Sept. 1893, Aug. 1895, 

 Aug. 1904, several, and other occasions; near Kirknewton, 7th July 1900 

 and 8th Aug. 1904 (still on wing 6.30 p.m.); Cobbinshaw Moss, 21st Sept. 

 1904, two; Armadale, one, 27th July 1900 (A. Miller); old quarry, near 

 Bo'ness, July 1901; Dalmeny, July 1901, 6 (Campbell); marsh on North 

 Queensferry hills, Aug. 1900, three; Thornton, Aug. 1893; near Falkland, 

 Aug. 1895; near Dollar, July 1901; near Callander; Brig o' Turk, 30th July 

 1901 ; Balquhidder, Aug. 1902, several. 



Family AGRIONIDJE. 



Oalopteryx virgo (Linn.). 



Libelhda virgo, Stewart's List of Edinburgh Insects, 1809. 



Calepteryx virgo, List of Dollar Insects, 1841, New Stat. Ace, viii. p. 89. 



This beautiful insect seems now restricted to a few localities 

 in the upper or highland section of the area, but there is 

 evidence that formerly its range, as might be supposed, was 

 very much wider. According to Stewart {loc. cit.) it occurred 

 in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh a century ago, and it is 

 included in a list of insects occurring in the parish of Dollar 

 (4, loc. cit) written in 1841. I have a specimen which was 

 brought to me from the Trossachs many years ago, and in 

 1894 I was assured that it was still to be found at Loch 

 Vennacher. The only place where I have myself met with 



