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Palsearctic region, and it is from his book that I have gleaned the 
characters which distinguish the two species.’ 
Subsequently I paid a flying visit to Ballinluig in search of 
more specimens. I was again successful in obtaining four males of 
Muelleri and a damaged female. In the sunlight the insect is of a 
bright bronze blue colour, and is sluggish in habit, making no 
attempt to leap or fly like our S. Scotica and many other species of 
Saldse, which are so difficult to capture. The specimens seemed to 
avoid open places, and were only found by careful searching at the 
roots of the grass.” 
We shall now proceed to give a brief resiwie of the week’s work. 
Thursday, 4th July. —Visited the Dead Water, Guay, in company 
with Col.-Sergt. Leslie and Sergt. Mitchell, 3rd Coy. 
Insects were scarce, except the common forms of butterflies, such 
as blues and meadow browns. Searched for dragon-flies amongst 
reeds of Dead Water, but only succeeded in obtaining one small crim¬ 
son specimen, Tyrrhosoma viniuin. Here we found a new bug, Saida 
littoralis, amongst the mud, and succeeded in boxing a good many 
specimens for future determination. On the way home we obtained 
one blue sand wasp, Pompilus niger. The common shingle bugs, 
S. Scotica, were numerous at the water’s edge, but we did not trouble 
them. After tea a sweep-net was taken with us down the river-side, 
and by it we obtained some specimens of a beautiful rose-coloured 
bug, Calocoris roseomaculatus, and some more of a different species, 
Nysius tliy7ni, which we had not previously met. Many fine forms 
of lady-birds, CoccinellcE, were boxed during the day. 
Friday, yth July. —Visited hill opposite camp, in company with 
Private R. Douglas and Corporal D. Brown of 3rd Coy. 
This proved to be the most successful day of the week. Many 
beautiful butterflies were captured, including the fritillaries (three 
kinds), large and small heaths, blues, etc.; two fine specimens of 
the burying beetle were procured ; some pretty crimson (Pyrrlwsoma 
uinium) and blue (Agrion cyathigerum and Isclmura elegaiis) dragon¬ 
flies were observed amongst the rushes on the margin of a mountain 
loch on the hill top, and many good specimens secured. On the sides 
of a mountain burn, farther east, we obtained, after patient searching, 
six specimens of a rare bug, which eventually proved to be Saida 
Muelleri, Gmelin., already spoken of. Throughout the day many 
caterpillars were got amongst the heather, such as those of the 
emperor moth, oak eggar moth, and tussock moth. From the hill 
top a glorious view of the surrounding country was obtained, the 
hills being aflame with the purple bell heather. 
Saturday, 6th July. —Visited hill between Tay and Tummel, in 
