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wing in the vicinity of the Falls of Fender. WILLIAM EVANS, 

 Edinburgh. 



Sirex gigas in East Lothian. Mr. William Fairbairn, Leaston, 

 East Lothian, informed me orally last autumn of the occurrence of 

 this insect in his neighbourhood, and on loth October forwarded two 

 specimens in proof of his statement ; he had frequently observed 

 these insects about the sawmill during the summer. Another corre- 

 spondent in East Lothian sends me word of the occurrence of S. 

 gigas near Gladsmuir, but has not favoured me with a specimen. 

 The insect has already been recorded for East Lothian from Dunbar 

 and Thurston ("Annals," 1892, p. 79). ROBERT GODFREY, Edin- 

 burgh. 



Sirex gigas in Peebleshire. Last August, I captured a large 

 female of this handsome insect at Stobo, where they have been 

 established for a number of years. Mr. William Evans has also 

 received two specimens this year from the same locality. JAMES 

 BAXTER, Edinburgh. 



Sirex gigas in Solway District. Only a few years ago this 

 insect was prized as a great rarity. Now it has become compara- 

 tively common, and this year fully a dozen individuals have been in 

 my hands. I also hear of it from many different localities, not only 

 in these counties but throughout Scotland. It would not be surpris- 

 ing in a few years more to find the species a serious danger to timber. 

 The larvae are long-lived and make numerous galleries in living trees, 

 utterly spoiling the timber for commercial purposes. R. SERVICE, 

 Maxwelltown. 



Sphinx eonvolvuli, Z., in East Lothian. A specimen of this 

 handsome Hawk-moth was captured while hovering over flowers in 

 a garden at Haddington on 5th September 1898, and sent to me to 

 name. Through the generosity of the captor, it now occupies a place 

 in my cabinet. WILLIAM EVANS, Edinburgh. 



The Convolvulus Hawk-moth in Dumfriesshire. Sphinx 

 eonvolvuli has turned up as usual this autumn, though only as yet a 

 single individual. This was sent me by Mr. Wm. Wright of Annan. 

 R. SERVICE, Maxwelltown. 



Distribution of Paehnobia hyperborea in Scotland. From 

 what Mr. Barrett says in his book on British Lepidoptera, vol. v. p. 

 235, I gather that this beautiful species has not yet been recorded 

 from any intervening localities between Perthshire and the Orkneys. 

 It may be well, therefore, to mention that it occurs in the county of 

 Inverness on the great range of the Cairngorms. KENNETH J. 

 MORTON, Edinburgh. 



Paehnobia hyperborea, Zett., in Inverness-shire, etc. In 

 his " Lepidoptera of the British Isles," now in course of publication, 



