326 Mr. J. Hardy on Berwickshire Insects. 



Tenthredo pavida, Fab. Oldcambus and Penmanshiel. In 

 July, 1866, I observed the female depositing its eggs on the 

 leaves of Ranunculus acris. 



„ dimidiata, Fab. On birch, Penmanshiel. 



„ lateralis, Fab. Two on grass on the moor between 



Penmanshiel and Oldcambus. 



,, balteata, Klug. On birch at Penmanshiel. 



Pachyprotasis Kap,e, Z. Penmanshiel, Oldcambus, and Tower 

 dean ; on trees. 



Strongylogaster cingxjlatxts, Fab. Sea-banks at Oldcambus, 

 and again at Penmanshiel. 



Po3cilosoma pulveratum, Retz. Only a single example, on alder 

 near Penmanshiel, in June. 



JJolerus coracinus, Klug. Oldcambus. 



Sirex Gigas, L. Mr. W. Shaw has sent me a very fine speci- 

 men, captured near Ayton, It may have originated from 

 foreign timber. When recording the example obtained at 

 Langleyford, I had not remarked that Mr. Selby had formerly 

 obtained one from Warenford. See Club's " Hist.," vol, iii., 

 p. 96. 



ACULEATA. 



Bombtts lapidarius. I fell in with a strong " bike " of the red- 

 tailed " Bummie," in summer, under the floor of an outhouse, 

 to which it gained admittance under the door. I did not pay 

 attention to the autumnal diminution of their numbers till 

 October 21, when they were reduced to two small queens and 

 a single worker. The queens were up early and carrying ; 

 but the worker had crawled out of doors in a drowsy, dying 

 state. Being replaced in its hole, it revived, and issued forth 

 merrily ; but next day it was torpid as before, as well as one 

 of the queens. I restored both to their nest, but did not ob- 

 serve any after the 23rd. 



HEMIPTERA-HOMOPTERA. . 



Phyllaphis Fagi, X. Mr. Stevenson brought examples of this 

 cottony-covered Aphis to the Foulden meeting, found near 

 Dunse. 



Hyaloptertjs Arundikis, Fab. I noticed several colonies on 

 leaves of Arundo Phragmitis on the Tweed, in September, 1873. 



DIPTERA. 



Nemotelus nigrinus, Fall. Tower dean ; and also at Penman- 

 shiel. 



Oxycera muscaria, Fab. In Tower dean, above the Pease mill, 

 resting on alders; apparently both flies are unrecorded as 

 Scottish. 



