48 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



Wilson of Ayr, while we were walking over Irvine Moor with a small 

 party of the Kilmarnock Ramblers Society, on the iSth April last. 

 Mr. Wilson again visited the moor on i6th May, and found another 

 male. Geotrupes typJuvus ha.- already been recorded for Arran by 

 Mr. Wm. Evans ("Annals," 1895, P- I 9&)> so the above is the 

 second locality for the species in the Clyde area. A specimen was 

 submitted to Mr. G. C. Champion, F.Z.S., for verification. ANDERSON 

 FERGUSSON, Ayr. 



Exomias araneiformis, Schrank., in Clyde and Solway. Three 

 specimens of this Weevil were collected near Ayr in April 1894, and 

 Mr. Morris Young has taken five in the Paisley district. Both of 

 these localities are in "Clyde." I found another specimen in June 

 last near the village of Barr, which lies in that part of Ayrshire 

 included in "Solway." Canon Fowler, in his " Coleoptera of the 

 British Islands," says regarding the occurrence of this species in 

 Scotland : " Nor has Dr. Sharp ever come across a Scotch example, 

 although it must be admitted that Murray records it as ' occasional ' 

 in Scotland." Specimens were submitted to Mr. G. C. Champion, 

 F.Z.S., for verification. ANDERSON FERGUSSON, Ayr. 



Vanessa antiopa in Aberdeenshire. I have pleasure in 

 recording the capture of this butterfly in Aberdeenshire during the 

 past season. First, one was taken at Rubislaw on the i4th September 

 by Mr. Alexander Park, and is now in the splendid collection of Mr. 

 Home of Aberdeen. A second specimen was captured, between 

 Logierieve and Esslemont, by Mr. Youngson on the 4th October. 

 It is now in the possession of Mr. Crane of Ellon. A third was 

 seen by Mr. Crane, about six weeks previous to the last record, 

 near the Wool Mill, Ellon. Mr. Crane was within a yard of it, but, 

 not having a net, the butterfly escaped capture. All the specimens 

 belonged to the British type with the pale border to the wings. 

 WILLIAM COWIE, Aberdeen. 



Vanessa antiopa in Shetland. I received a specimen of this 

 fine butterfly the Camberwell Beauty of collectors from my friend 

 Mr. Frank Traill, who captured it in the Island of Foula on the 

 3 1 st August last. Foula is about 15 miles west of the mainland of 

 Shetland ; and the occurrence of the insect in this somewhat remote 

 isle affords an interesting illustration of the wandering tendency 

 possessed by this handsome butterfly. It is a pale-bordered specimen 

 (? of Scandinavian origin), and has been presented by Mr. Traill to 

 the Scottish National Collection in the Museum of Science and Art, 

 Edinburgh. W. EAGLE CLARKE. 



Aeherontia atropos and Alucita polydaetyla in Roxburghshire. 



I received from Ormiston, in the beginning of September last, a 

 larva of the Death's-head Moth (Aeherontia atropos}, which was found 

 crossing a field road there. Alucita polydaetyla I took in autumn 



