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in the same place on yth May last, and also on 4th May in the 

 glen near Dailuaine, Carron, Speyside. It is probably to be found 

 at most of the burnsides in that locality. On yth May cardamines 

 was accompanied by a small Fritillary, either selene or euphrasy ne. 

 In view of recent discussions regarding E. cardamines (Linn.) and 

 E. hesperidis (Newnh.), it may be of interest to note the sizes of the 

 specimens taken by me near Aberlour in May, viz. males, i T 8 g- to 

 i-^f inches ; females, \\^ inches. These measurements fall just 

 within the limits given by Mr. Newnham for typical cardamines, 

 i T 7 6- to i-i-f ("Ent. Record," 1894, pp. 97, 219). In the males the 

 discoidal spot of forewings is decidedly within the orange space, 

 and the costa is not dotted with black. The specimens are, there- 

 fore, orange-tips of the common type and of medium size. One 

 male has the orange patch extended to the hind margin, which is 

 apparently unusual in British specimens. HENRY H. BROWN, Elgin. 



Polyommatus (Zizera) minima in Moray. At Grantown in the 

 early part of June 1895 I saw a considerable number of this butterfly. 

 I might have taken several specimens, but only took one to ensure 

 identification. Most of them were flying about grassy banks at the 

 roadside, with heather and moor plants beyond, and I was surprised 

 to see the insects in such surroundings. HENRY H. BROWN, Elgin. 



Narrow -bordered Bee Hawk-moth in Midlothian. Through 

 the kindness of Mr. Symington Grieve, our collection of local insects 

 has been enriched by a specimen of this moth (Macroglossa bombyli- 

 formis, Esp.), captured at Temple, Midlothian, on the 2oth of May 

 last. I have been furnished with the following note on this local 

 species by Mr. William Evans, F.R.S.E., who has paid considerable 

 attention to the Lepidoptera of the Forth District : 



"The occurrence of the Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth at 

 Temple this summer is well worthy of a record. Although recorded 

 for a number of Scottish counties, including several of the eastern 

 ones, it has not, so far as I know, been previously taken in the 

 Lothians. According to Dr. Buchanan-White's " Lepidoptera of 

 Scotland" ("Scot. Nat.," vol. ii. p. 38), it has occurred in "Forth"; 

 but no locality is mentioned, and I imagine the entry most probably 

 refers to the upper or western, that is the Stirlingshire and Perthshire 

 portion of the area. At any rate, this species is not marked in the 

 lists for the Lothians and Fife which were supplied to him, when 

 drawing up his paper, by several well-known local entomologists, and 

 which he kindly placed in my hands not long before his death." 

 PERCY H. GRIMSHAW, Museum of Science and Art, Edinburgh. 



Poreellio pietus, Brandt, in Cantyre. It may be of interest to 

 state that I obtained a specimen of this " Slater " in the vicinity of 

 Campbeltown in April last. In a little paper on the Land and Fresh 

 Water Crustacea of the District around Edinburgh read to the Royal 

 Physical Society, Edinburgh, in April 1891, I mention the occurrence 



