68 L March, 



and came out again in no way interfered with by sanguinea ; but a small nest of 

 Myrmica scahrinodis, situated within a foot or two of sanguinea' s, which I opened 

 up, was smartly attacked, and the workers dispersed. These observations seem to 

 point to some fixed relations between sanguinea and acervorum, on the other hand, 

 they are somewhat weakened by the fact that acervorum can be found at Shirley 

 away from sanguinea in situations where the surroundings are similar, though I must 

 say not with the same certainty as at the slave makers' nest ; still, the inference of 

 a fixed relationship would be much stronger could acervorum be found at Shirley 

 only in sanguinea' s nest. In the spring months the workers of F.fusca present were 

 smaller in size and few in number, as far as I could judge, not exceeding two per 

 cent, of sanguinea, but as the summer advanced finer specimens occurred, and their 

 numbers must have been nearly ten per cent, of their masters. 



Myrmosa melanocephala. — I captured one $ at Shirley in September ; this is, I 

 believe, a new locality for this species. 



Andrena fulva. — This beautiful bee appeared in the spring in great numbers in 

 the Crystal Palace grounds, adding quite an entomological feature to their other 

 attractions. I have never met with fulva in this neighbourhood before, but Mr. 

 Saunders tells me it is very common at Clapham, Wandsworth, and Tooting Com- 

 mons in the south, as it is at Hampstead in the north of London. — G-. A. James 

 EoTHNEY, 15, Versailles Eoad, Anorley : December Zlst, 1892. 



(Edemopsis scabriculus, Grav. : an addition to the British Ickneumonidce. — 

 Last September in this parish I took a female specimen of one of the Ichneumonidce 

 which accoi'ds perfectly well with the excellent figure of (Edemopsis scabriculus, 

 G-rav., in VoUenhoven's Pinacographia, pi. 32, fig. 1. I find also I have a male 

 which I took in 1889.— C. W. Dale, Grlanvilles Wootton : February, 1893. 



Coleoptera in Morayshire. — During the past autumn I spent six weeks on 

 the borders of the Culbin sandhills, close to the estuary of the Findhorn, about five 

 miles from Forres. In this district Coleoptera proved (when worked for) to be ex- 

 tremely abundant ; I have captured specimens of a good many species new to the 

 district, one or two which have not, I believe, been recorded before from Scotland. 

 The labour of working out and identifying all the insects taken by me is considerable, 

 as a large number of them are very small, and I have as yet made but little progress. 

 I, however, append a list of Rhynchophora and Clavicornia, and will send further 

 lists as I work out the Families. 



With regard to the locality. About 2^ miles above Forres, at a place called the 

 Red Crag, the Findhorn Eiver debouches from a defile, through which it has had a 

 long course of some ten miles, running at a depth of about one hundred feet below 

 the general level of the country, with steep banks, at least on one side, sometimes on 

 both sides, and with a fairly straight course. Below this point the river runs 

 through level country, with a winding course, which would be constantly changing 

 were it not carefully looked after by those interested in the adjoining land. The 

 river bed is very wide, and, as a rule, uncovered, consisting mainly of bare stones 

 and shingle. At places, however, there are trees and other vegetation near the centre 

 of the bed, and muddy pools and backwaters at the side. About a mile above the 

 point where the estuary begins the river bed divides, and the course which, prior to 

 1829, formed the bed of tlie river, and which is, as a rule, uncovered by water, 



