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ON THE VARIATION OF CERTAIN NOCTUIDES OCCURRING NEAR 

 MONTROSE. By Montagu Gunning, M.D. Ent. Record, vol. vii. 

 pp. 220-221 (i5th February 1896). Considers variation in Taenio- 

 campa gothica, Noctua glareosa, Xylophasia rurea, Dianthsecia 

 conspersa, and Miselia oxyacanthag. 



MICRO -COLLECTING IN 1895. J- J- F. X. King. Ent. Record, 

 vol. vii. p. 156 (i5th December 1895). Notes on Aphelia osseana, 

 Pamplusia monticolana, Glyphiptcryx thrasonella, and Sciaphila 

 colquhounana, from Unst. 



MICROS IN SCOTLAND IN 1895. A. Home. Ent. Record, vol. 

 vii. pp. 204-205 (ist February 1896). -Twenty-nine species recorded 

 from various localities. 



TEN WEEKS COLLECTING LEPIDOPTERA IN UNST (SHETLAND). 

 By James J. F. X. King, Percy M. Bright, and Wm. Reid. Ent. 

 Mo. Mag. (2), vol. vii. pp. 5-9 (January 1896). Sixty-seven species 

 are recorded, of which thirteen are new records for Shetland. 



NOTES OF THE SEASON GLASGOW. A. Adie Dalglish. Ent. 

 Record, vol. vii. p. 159 (i5th December 1895). Twenty-four species 

 of Moths recorded from the head of Loch Lomond, captured in 

 September. 



NOTES OF THE SEASON ABERDEEN. A. E. Cannon. Ent. 

 Record, vol. vii. p. 161 (i5th December 1895). Ten species of 

 Moths recorded. 



EARLY SPRING NOTES ABERDEEN. A. Home. Ent. Record, 

 vol. vii. p. 278 (isth March 1896). Phigalia pedaria taken near 

 Pitcaple on 22nd January. 



UNUSUAL APPEARANCES [OF LEPIDOPTERA] IN THE ABERDEEN 

 DISTRICT. F. W. Buchan. Ent. Record, vol. vii. p. 156 (i5th 

 December 1895). Records of Euchelia jacobaeae, Sphinx convolvuli, 

 Dichonia aprilina, Miselia oxyacanthae, and Hadena protea. 



UNUSUAL APPEARANCES [OF LEPIDOPTERA] AT MONTROSE, N.B. 

 Montagu Gunning. Ent. Record, vol. vii. p. 156 (i5th December 

 1895). Records of Hadena protea, Dichonia aprilina, Euchelia 

 jacobaeaa, and Sphinx convolvuli. 



ACHERONTIA ATROPOS IN GLASGOW. J. J. F. X. King. Ent. 



Record, vol. vii. p. 204 (ist February 1896). Two specimens 

 captured in the city. 



SPHINX CONVOLVULI IN SCOTLAND. Rev. J. A. MacKonochie. 

 Ent. Record, vol. vii. p. 204 (ist February 1896). Specimen taken 

 on 2 ist September at Douglas, Lanark. 



SPHINX CONVOLVULI IN CAITHNESS. Arthur Home. Ent. 

 Record, vol. vii. p. 204 (ist February 1896). Specimen taken in 

 October in Pulteney Town, Wick. 



