176 . [July. 



Throughout this paper I have given only those localities which I 

 personally knew of, either through having captured the insects myself 

 or having seen those captured by others, except in the case of the old 

 records. So the account of the distribution is necessarily meagre, and 

 this makes it the more desirable that Orthopterists should publish ! 

 local lists, and record the occurrence of individual species ; and it will 

 give me great pleasure to help any collector, as far as I can, towards 

 identifying specimens. 



Wandsworth, London, S.W. : 

 June, 1890. 



NEUROPTERA FEOM THE ISLAND OF UNST. 

 BY JAMES J. F. X. KING, F.E.S. 



Having spent the months of July and August of last year in the 

 remote island of Unst (Shetland), devoting much of my time to the 

 working-out of its Neuropterous fauna, it has occurred to me that a 

 few notes might be of some interest to Neuropterists, for, excepting 

 the records in this Magazine at pp. 91 and 153 of Vol. xxi by Mr. 

 McLachlan of twelve species of Trichoptera, collected by Messrs. 

 Briggs and Roper-Curzon, nothing is known regarding the occurrence 

 of these insects upon this northern island. 



The island of Unst (which is about twelve miles long by five 

 broad) is the most northerly of the Shetland group, and, as a rule, has 

 very moist summers from what I could learn from the natives, although 

 last summer proved a notable exception, being the driest within the 

 memory of the proverbial oldest inhabitant. Having thus far disposed 

 of the climate, it will be well to give a few hints as to the accom- 

 modation to be had at Baltasound, the best point from which to 

 work the island. The regular lodging house at which " commercials " 

 and anglers, as well as " brothers of the net," put up is Mrs. Hunter's, 

 where bed and board can be had for about 5s. 6d. per day. Mrs. 

 Arthur also has two or three rooms for letting ; from my experience 

 people will be very comfortable at her house, and her terms are very 

 moderate. 



Although so far north, Baltasound is well supplied with the 

 comforts of town, i. e., a telegraph and post office with post three 

 times a week, and two well supplied shops where most commodities may 

 be obtained. There are two churches, " Free " and " Established," the 



