February, 1889.] THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 39 



May 21st. — From an early hour in the morning, until about five 

 o'clock, was spent in beating trees, dead sticks in hedges, &c, in and 

 about the woods on the slope behind Valle Crucis Abbey. Among 

 my own captures were : 



Dromius meridionalis, Rhinosimus planirostris, 



Homalium florale, Anaspis frontalis, 



Anthobium ophthalmicum, „ fasciatus, 



Epurasa sestiva, Clytus mysticus, 



Attagenus pellio, Pogonocherus pilosus, 



Athous hsemorrhoidalis, Phyllobius pyri, 



vittatus, „ alneti, 



Dolopius marginatus, ,, maculicornis, 



Telephorus obscurus, ,, oblongus, 



,, nigricans, Polydrosus cervinus, 



Priobium castaneum, Trachodes hispidus, 



Cis fuscatus, Hylesinus vittatus. 



Orchesia minor, 



Among the Hemiptera-Heterophera there were " bottled " during 

 the three days, the following only have been verified : 



Plinthisus brevipennis, Livcoris tripustulatus, 



Sciocoris terreus, Scolopostethus affinis, 



Nabis rugosus, Velia currens, 



Miris laevigatas, Genis najas. 



Of the above species, those which are most worthy of note are Perilep- 

 tus areolatus (recorded previously from only a single locality in Wales, 

 Bettws-y-Coed) and the scarce weevil Otiorhynchus ligustici, which is 

 scarce in collections. My specimen was found crawling on a wall 

 close to Llangollen. 



Collecting in the Trossachs. 



By A. ADIE DALGLISH. 



How light the entomologist's heart feels when the time draws nigh 

 that he can flee away to spend a week or so in some secluded corner, 

 far from the din and rattle of a great city. Some put the sea between 

 them and the scene of their toils, others climb mountains, previously 

 supposed to be inaccessible, except to the wild goat or the chamois. 

 " Away, away, and as far away as possible ! " is the general cry. 

 What pleasanter change can one desire, from the cold grey walls and 

 hard pavements, than the beautiful and picturesque scenery of the 

 Trossachs ? 



