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among the potatoes. In some cases the narrator has spoken of the 

 " chirpin' " sound they give out. A very remarkable instance of the 

 larva? occurring in great abundance was on a farm near Port-Glasgow, 

 Renfrewshire. In this case they were obtained in potato-pits, and 

 the farmer said he could have got barrowsful of them, they were in 

 such abundance. This farmer took some of them to a friend, who 

 confirmed what they were. Mr. Archibald Allison, teacher, South 

 Public School, Paisley, described to me a remarkable larva got in a 

 potato-field, and from his description I at once inferred it was the 

 larva of this moth. I have since shown him Mr. Allison Kirby's 

 coloured figure, which he at once recognised. This larva was got 

 on Ormaig farm, parish of Kilmartin, Argyleshire, on the estate of 

 Lord Malcolm of Poltalloch, in the month of August 1893. 

 J. M. B. TAYLOR, Curator, Free Museum, Paisley. 



Tseniocampa graeilis (Fl>.} in Scotland. From Mr. Evans's 

 interesting notes ("Annals," 1896, p. 259, and 1897, p. 258), I 

 am inclined to think that this species is not so well known in 

 Scotland as it should be. For the last seven years I have taken it 

 regularly in the Rannoch district of Perthshire, my average catch 

 being about one hundred and fifty specimens every season. It is 

 curiously uncertain in its appearance, being more abundant every 

 alternate season. For instance, last year (1897) I only saw three, 

 while in 1896 I caught a splendid series of over three hundred, 

 and I know of other two hundred caught by another collector. 

 The Scotch forms are quite distinct, and may be tabulated as 

 follows : 



1 . Pale ochreous - cream, unicolorous, subterminal line pale 



cream. 



2. Pale pinkish-cream, unicolorous. 



3. Pale pinkish-cream, veins, and subterminal line cream. 



4. Pale pinkish red-brown, unicolorous. 



5. Pale pinkish red-brown, veins, and subterminal line cream. 



All the forms are occasionally to be found slightly dusted with 

 blackish scales. Varieties 4 and 5 must not be confounded with 

 the dark red forms found in the New Forest. Ours are quite 

 distinct, and may be described as intermediate between the ordinary 

 English form and the New Forest variety mentioned above. There 

 is a peculiar pinkish flush about the Scotch insect, which is never 

 present in English examples. WM. REID, Pitcaple. 



On the recurrence of Euealanus erassus, Giesbrecht, in the 

 Moray Firth. In the "Fifteenth Annual Report of the Fishery 

 Board for Scotland" (part iii. p. 312) I reported the occurrence of 

 Euealanus erassus in some tow-net gatherings from the Shetland 

 section of the Faroe Channel, collected in July and August 1896 ; 

 and in the Annals of Scottish Natural History for April 1897 I 



