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silvery-yellow, and the basal joint of the front tarsus is broader than 
it appears in the illustration. 
The localities and dates of the Museum specimens are as follows: — 
Kinlochewe, Ross-shire, N.B., May 23rd, 1892 ( IV. R. Ogilvie Grant) ; 
Nairn, N.B., May 20th to June 4th, 1905 {Lieut. -Colonel Yerbury) ; 
Brodie, Elgin, N.B., May 30th, 1905 {Lieut.- Colonel Yerbury) ; Nethy 
Bridge and Spey Bridge, Inverness-shire, N.B., June 14th to July 7th, 
1905 {Lieut. -Colonel Yerbury). According to Colonel Yerbury, 
S. reptans " occurs in countless numbers in the Abernethy Forest in 
June and July, and causes great annoyance. A sweep or two with 
the butterfly net round one's head results in a perfect holocaust of 
victims." Of 5. hirtipes, Fries, — a dark-legged species, — Colonel 
Yerbury writes that it is " the earliest of the biting pests in Scotland. 
It was found in numbers at Dunkeld so early as the 8th May." 
