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measured 13.75 ins. in length, and is the only one observed here 

 during the past season. It was caught in one of the salmon-nets in 

 the Bay of Nigg. T. SCOTT, Aberdeen. 



The occurrence of Mugil ehelo in the Bay of Nigg, near 

 Aberdeen. Four specimens of this Mullet have been obtained from 

 salmon fishers at the Bay of Nigg during the present summer. 

 Two of them were captured on 2oth June, one on i4th July, and 

 the other on 3oth July. The specimens measured about 14 to 15 

 ins. in length. The stomachs of three of the specimens contained 

 scarcely anything in the way of food, and the little they did contain 

 consisted of minute alga. The stomach of the fourth specimen 

 was moderately full, and the food consisted of the same kind of 

 alga, but the remains of no other organisms could be detected. 

 T. SCOTT, Aberdeen. 



The occurrence of Clupea alosa in the Bay of Nig-g 1 , near 

 Aberdeen. A specimen of the Allis Shad was obtained from salmon 

 fishers at the Bay of Nigg, on lyth August. It had been captured 

 in the salmon-nets. The specimen measured 20 ins. in length, 

 and weighed 2 Ibs. 6.25 ozs. The stomach of the specimen was 

 crammed with copepods, almost all of them belonging to the one 

 species, Temora longicornis a species which at times is very common 

 in the sea. The contents of the stomach filled a 4 oz. bottle, and 

 appeared to consist entirely of copepods ; for, though carefully 

 examined, nothing else could be detected. It may be noted that 

 this specimen of C. alosa was ornamented on each side with a row 

 of somewhat indistinct dark-coloured spots, each row of spots 

 extending from the shoulder to the base of the caudal fin, and to 

 the casual observer the specimen might have been taken for a 

 Twaite Shad ; the spots, however, were too numerous for that 

 species ; and besides the number and character of the rakers on 

 the outer gill-arches left no doubt as to the specimen being an 

 Allis Shad. T. SCOTT, Aberdeen. 



Insect Notes from Solway. We have again had a visitation of 

 the Death's-head Moth (Acherontia atropos) in the form of larvae 

 and pupa. One fine caterpillar was found feeding on potatoes near 

 Dumfries on 23rd August. Another came to me from Hightae 

 Moss, near Lockerbie, on 2Sth August. A few days later a third 

 larva was picked up at Kirkandrews in Borgue, Kirkcudbrightshire. 

 On 2oth September I was called in to identify a fine pupa dug up 

 at Kirkmahoe near Dumfries. These occurrences in the larval and 

 pupal stages are of much interest, because it is only within the last 

 few years that the species, so far as I am aware, has ever been seen 

 in Solway otherwise than as an imago. Sphinx convolvuli was 

 captured at Portpatrick on 2oth August. This autumn there has 

 been a most brilliant display of Red Admiral Butterflies. More 



