i64 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



M. armigera, Fourc. — Lanark, rare, two specimens by general 

 sweeping near Lanark, in June 1918, and one in July 1919. 



M. carbonaria, L. — Rare, Stirling, one or two specimens off 

 the foliage of a felled birch at Rowardennan ; Clyde Islands, off 

 birches, Machrie Bay, Arran. 



Apion fm?iiatu7n, Germ. — ^Dumbarton, Ardpeaton, Loch Long 

 (Wm. Evans, Ent. Mo. Mag., liv., 64). 



A. fiigritarse, Kirkby. — Ayr, Ayr, September 191 7 (A. H. May); 

 Clyde Islands, one female by sweeping on the shore at Kildonan, 

 Arran, in September 1916. 



A. ciirtirostre, Germ. {Jiuinile, Germ.), v. inedianum, Th. — 

 Clyde Islands, a few examples with the type at Machrie Bay, 

 Arran (Fergusson, Scot. Nat., 19 19, 168). 



Rhynchites harzvoodi, Joy. — Clyde Islands, two beaten off 

 old birches at Machrie Bay, Arran, in June 191 6, and other two 

 also off birch in the same locality in June 191 7 (Fergusson, Scot. 

 Nat., 191 9, 168). 



Phloeophthorus rhododactylus. Marsh. — Stirling, one or two 

 specimens by Professor Hudson Beare and myself under bark 

 of dead broom at Rowardennan ; Renfrew, Bridge of Weir 

 (A. H. May). 



Heteromera. 



Sphceriestes [Salpingtis, pars) mutilattis, Beck., v. bishopi, 

 Shp. — Clyde Islands, one specimen, which is referred to this 

 form by Mr K. G. Blair, was taken by beating old birches at 

 Machrie Bay, Arran, in June 19 16. 



Meloe violaceus, Marsh. — Rare, Clyde Islands, one female was 

 found crawling beside a road at Machrie Bay, Arran, during June 

 191 7. Mr Arch. Shanks informs me that a specimen was found 

 near Loch Thom, Renfrew, in June 1921. 



Anaspis garneysi, Fow. — Stirling, one specimen beaten off 

 hawthorn blossom at Balmaha in May 19 14 (Fergusson, Scot. Nat., 

 1919, 169). 



A. regimbarti, Schils. {ri/ficollis, Brit. Cat.). — Lanark, fairly 

 common near Hamilton. 



Introduced Species. 



Leptidea hrevipennis, Muls. — Lanark, Zoological Laboratory, 

 Glasgow University, in abundance from a wicker basket received 

 from Cambridge (King, Scot. Nat., 1921, 103). 



