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tion to place these on record. Further localities for some 

 of the others are at same time given. During 1904, Mr. 

 W. Renton, formerly of Hawick, was living at Luffness Mill, 

 and made some interesting captures which he very kindly 

 placed at my service. 



Among the more noteworthy occurrences of the period 

 was the outburst doubtless an immigration of Humming- 



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bird Hawk-moths (Macroglossa stellatarum) in June 1899, 

 particulars of which have already been recorded by me in 

 the "Annals" (1899, p. 184, and 1900 p. 54). In 1901 

 an immigration of Sphinx convolvuli evidently took place, 

 and in September I obtained two fine larvae on the railway 

 embankment, west of Dunbar (see "Annals," 1901, p. 239, 

 and 1902, p. 56). Four larvae of the Death's-head 

 (Acherontia atropos], which was also much in evidence about 

 that time, were obtained the same autumn (" Ent. Mo. Mag. 

 1901, p. 298). In my former paper allusion was made to 

 the scarcity nowadays of the Meadow-brown Butterfly 

 (Satyrus janird) in the immediate vicinity of Edinburgh. I 

 may therefore mention that, in August I 899, I caught one 

 near Kirknewton, another in Arniston in August 1902, and 

 in the same month several were seen at Hailes Quarry near 

 Slateford. In the present series of records, the occurrence of 

 the Irish Argyritis tarqidniella at Gullane is of special interest. 



Specimens of most of the species (including all my 

 " Micros ") now recorded were kindly verified or named for 

 me by the late Mr. C. G. Barrett. 



The arrangement and nomenclature are, as before, in 

 accordance with South's 1884 list. Species believed to be 

 additions to the Scottish list are indicated by an asterisk. 



RHOPALOCERA. 



Argynnis selene. Clackmannan Forest, half a dozen, i3th July 1901. 

 Vanessa atalanta. Cybernated examples common in June 1900. 

 Theda ^/'/.Clackmannan Forest, a good many, 2ist May 1901. 



SPHINGES. 



Sphinx convolvuli. One found alive at shop door, Morningside, 

 Edinburgh, 3rd September 1904. See reference above to 

 1901 records. 



