LEPIDOPTERA COLLECTED IN THE EDINBURGH DISTRICT 91 



" Forth " area. The locality is a good one, and if properly 

 worked would, I am sure, yield a rich harvest. 



It is just forty-five years since Lowe and Logan's List of 

 the Lepidopterous Insects of Midlothian appeared in " The 

 Naturalist." Since then the district has, from various 

 causes, still further deteriorated as a home for the majority 

 of our Lepidoptera, and not a few that formerly could be 

 obtained quite close to the city have now to be looked for 

 much farther afield. 



MEMORANDA UNDER SPECIES. 



An asterisk before a name signifies that I am not aware of any previous record 



for Scotland. 



RHOPALOCERA. 



Euchloe cardamines. The only examples of the " Orange Tip " I 

 ever took in the district were obtained at Tynefield in East 

 Lothian in May 1860 and 1861. 



Argynnis selene. Two near Falkland, ist July 1888; common at 

 Aberfoyle, end of May 1896. A. euphrosyne. Also common 

 at Aberfoyle last May. A. aglaia. Leven Links, July 1879, 

 several; Luffness and Gullane Links, 29th July 1883, 

 common; Luffness Links, loth August 1884, one. 



Vanessa polychloros. In the autumn of 1869 I saw an example of 

 this fine butterfly within the grounds of Tynninghame, East 

 Lothian, but failed to secure it. A specimen caught in a 

 garden at Duddingston was exhibited by Mr. Logan at a 

 meeting of the Royal Physical Society in March 1861. Of 

 V. to I still possess one of two specimens captured at 

 Buckstone, near Edinburgh, in 1860. In 1875 or 1876 one 

 was taken at Cramond House. V. antiopa. Have seen one 

 which was taken near Doune in August 1878. V. atalanta. 

 Occurs annually in greater or less numbers ; unusually abun- 

 dant in 1893. V. cardui. Scarce most years; fairly common 

 in 1896 Merchiston, Auchendinny, Luffness, etc. 



Pararge ccgeria. Thirty to thirty-five years ago I used to meet 

 with this butterfly in a plantation at Biel, but have not since 

 found it anywhere in the Lothians. 



Satyrus semek. Still occurs in a few localities, chiefly on or near 

 the coast: Arthur's Seat, July 1889; Tentsmuir, July 1885; 



1 Some fifty "additions" were recorded by Logan in "The Naturalist" 

 for 1853, and others are given in the Royal Physical Society's Proceedings for 

 1854-58. 



