iS ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



Hadena adusta. Occasional. 



H. glauca. Rare. H. dentina. Frequent. H. okracea. Common. 

 H. thalassina. Occasional. H. rcctillnea. Occasional. 



Calocampa exoleta. One specimen taken by Mr. Ludovic M 'Donald, 

 Ferness, 24th October 1887. 



Cucullia nmbratica. Half a dozen specimens taken in the dusk on 

 the flowers of Lychnis vespertina. 



Anarta cordigera. One specimen taken on the moor of Aitnoch, 

 Glenferness, by Willie Scott, Drummore, 26th May 1885. A. 

 myrtilli. Took one specimen in Ferness Wood, 2oth June 

 1891, and another in the Schoolhouse Garden on the gth May 

 1893. 



Brephos parthcnias. Occasional in the early spring.' 

 Abrostola nrticce. Common. 



Plusia chrysitis. --Occasional. P. bractea. - - Rare. P. festuccE. 

 Rare. P. iota. Rare. P. gamma. This destructive 

 insect seldom causes much injury here. It may be met with 

 from spring to autumn. P. interrogationis. Rare. 



A mphipyra tragopogonis. Common. 



ON SOME NEW AND RARE SCOTCH SPIDERS. 

 By the Rev. O. P. CAMBRIDGE, M.A., F.R.S., etc. 



PLATE I. 



IT gives me great pleasure to comply with the suggestion 

 of Mr. William Evans (to whose researches the capture of 

 many rare and some new Scotch Spiders is due) that I should 

 describe some which he has had the kindness to send to me, 

 in the "Annals of Scottish Natural History"; and my thanks 

 are due to the editors of that journal for their ready ac- 

 quiescence in Mr. Evans's suggestion. 



The List of Scotch Spiders has now reached a very 

 respectable length, but there is reason to believe that numerous 

 other species yet remain to reward the collector's work, not 

 only on the higher mountain ranges but also in the valleys 

 and lowlands, none of which localities can be said to have 

 yet had any at all extensive areas thoroughly worked. In 

 addition to those sent to me by Mr. Evans, 1 have described 



