4£4 Zoological Memoranda, by Mr James Hardy. 



HOMOPTERA. 



Acocephaltts ageestis and rtjsticus. Decayed hay. 



Agallia venosa. Dry banks among Helianthemum and Plantago 

 lanceolata. 



Eupteryx blakdula. By beating sloe bushes. 



„ Solani. Abundant on silver-fir, at Pease Bridge. 

 DIPTERA. 



Ttypeta Absenthit. "Wood-rush, Pease Bridge. 



Discomtza xncurva, Fallen. Two or three of this curious black 

 fly were picked up in November, among sand reed and other 

 rank grasses, on the sea-coast, at Ewelairs, near Cockburns- 

 path. I bottled it for a bug. It similates Salcla, in its alternate 

 running and leaping ; but, indeed, the other Notiphila5 are 

 siddling for a while, skip off suddenly, but their longer wings 

 allow them to escape more readily than this. Both Meigen 

 and Macquart mention this species as having been found in 

 meadows. Mr Haliday, who was the first to record this species 

 as British, obtained it from the wooded cliffs about Isle 

 Oransay, in Skye. (" Ann. Nat. Hist.," III., p. 223.) 

 APHANIPTERA. 



Pulex Tale^j. Mole-flea. In old ricks of decayed hay, 

 probably from field-mice. 



As Berwickshire insects I have also to record Cixitts inter- 

 MEB-nis, found somewhere on the coast hereabouts ; and 

 Capsus sctjtellaeis, from Penmanshiel — a rare species. 



Zoological Memoranda. By James Hardy. 



Capture of a Bottle-nose, (Delphinus melas). — The 

 following notice appeared in the " Newcastle Journal," Feb. 

 6, 1872. " On Wednesday afternoon last (Jan. 31), a whale 

 was seen to enter St. Mary's Haven, Newton-by-the-Sea. 

 Ten fishermen immediately launched a fishing coble, and set 

 off in pursuit, armed with guns. In attempting to get out of 

 the haven, the whale stranded on the Embleston Rock, and 

 lay for a considerable time quite motionless ; and a rope was 

 tied round its tail and secured to the stern of the boat. As 

 the tide rose, the fishermen towed the whale off, and at- 

 tempted to land it on the beach ; but as soon as it found 

 itself in open water, it rushed off at great speed seaward, 



