64 The Scottish Naturalist. 



Psychical Differentiation of man from other animals, the Sur- 

 geon in question has attempted an "operation" of the most diffi- 

 cult kind, one that has perplexed, and will continue to puzzle, 

 the most powerful Human intellects. It is obvious that 

 the use of such a criterion of distinction as the knowledge of 

 the God of the Christian — that is of the English Bible — 

 must relegate to the category of Brutes, many thousands of 

 Human Beings ! On the other hand, he will find it difficult 

 in the extreme so to define such terms as Conscience, Conscious- 

 ness, Self-consciousness, Pneuma and Psyche, Reason, Abstract 

 ideas, and Potentiality, as to include all men in one category, 

 and place all other animals in a second ! 



(To be continued. ) 



Captures of Lepidoptera near Edinburgh, in 1874 — The following 

 are amongst the better species that I captured during the past year in 

 this neighbourhood. The weather was frequently unfavourable, and I 

 myself was so busy with other things, that I could only really "get out" 

 for a couple of days, else much more might have been done. Lyccena 

 Artaxerxes — Common at the end of June, on the low undercliff near the 

 shore between Pettycur and Burntisland, Fife. Seems to frequent 

 Geranium sanguineum. Some of my series have the red marks, on the 

 border of the wings on the upper side, as well marked as in specimens of 

 the true Agestis taken on the chalk downs of Kent and Hants. Ma- 

 laria liturata — In fir woods at W. Linton ; middle of June. Emmelesia 

 alchemillata — Two specimens on Blackford Hill, near Edinburgh, on 

 June 26. Emmelesia albulata— Common in marshy ground near W. 

 Linton, where Rhinanthus cristagalli (its food plant) grows. Middle of 

 June. Eupithecia helveticctta — One specimen by beating, near Blackford 

 Hill, June 12. Eupithecia centaureata — Pettycur, Fife, June 27. Mel- 

 anippe tristata — W. Linton, June. Afamestra furva — Larva? not un- 

 common under stones on Arthur's Seat. Imago bred, July 15. Plusia 

 bractea — One specimen in the Botanic Gardens, July 10. Botys fuscalis — 

 Occurs with Emmelesia albulata. Oncoccra ahenella — Common on hills 

 at Pettycur, end of June. These Scotch specimens are larger, brighter, 

 and more distinctly marked than those from the S. of England. Tortrix 

 kterana — One specimen at Pettycur, June 27. Mixodia ScJinlziana — 

 Common on heath amongst fir woods. W. Linton ; middle of June. 

 Halonota scutulana — Marshy ground near W. Linton, June 15. Calosetia 

 nigromaculana — Near Pettycur, end of June. Lozopera stratnineana — 

 Common at Pettycur, June 27. — W. A. Forbes, S. Castle St., Edinburgh. 



Lepidoptera of Scotland— Addendum. - Hadena glauca occurs in the 

 Tweed district. — A. Kelly, Lauder. 



Little Gull — An immature specimen of the Little Gull, Lams minulus, 

 was shot by Mr. Arthur Robb, near Aberdeen, on Saturday, 12th Dec. 

 lie observed three others at the same time. — G. Sim, Aberdeen, Dec. 1874. 



