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Amongst Geometrcc, a few more species occurred. I took one speci- 

 men of Coremia munitata on the top of a hill near the Storr Rock, at 

 an elevation of about 1200 feet above the sea. Mothing at dusk along 

 the hedges, (or their representatives) around Portree, produced a ? albulata, 

 also one specimen of Larenlia olivata ; whilst beating trunks in the planta- 

 tion gave me a fair series of Cidaria immanata, including some beautiful 

 varieties, varying from almost white to nearly black in colour, some inter- 

 mediate forms being rich brown with broad black transverse bars. The 

 terminal shoots of Myrica Gale on the mosses I often noticed spun to- 

 gether, and on opening these, I found, inside many, a Geometrous larva, 

 in others a Tortrix. These unfortunately nearly all died before reaching 

 the pupa stage, but the former were, I believe, the larva of Melanippe 

 hastata ; the latter probably T. vibumana. Anaitis plagiata and Eubolia 

 mensuraria abounded on the slopes of Portree Bay, flying about in the sun- 

 shine like butterflies. Scopula lutealis was rather common in damp places, 

 and a single specimen of S. alpinalis occurred on the same hill as C. 

 munitata, at the summit. Crambus margaritellus was very common on the 

 moors I noticed, particularly in the damper places, and a specimen of C. 

 culmellus occurred on the grassy plateau at the top of the table land of Qui- 

 raing. Ablabia pratana was as common on the moors as in the other parts of 

 the Highlands that I have visited, and Tortrix vibumana occurred in similar 

 places. I may here mention that my Skye specimens of pratana are some- 

 what smaller than those I have from other parts of Scotland ; indeed, I 

 was enabled to at once pick out the Skye specimens from my series of the 

 species by their diminished size. Depressaria costosa and liturella occurred 

 on the slopes of the Bay with some of the other species before mentioned. 



The following is a complete list of all the Lepidoptera I observed during 

 my stay in Skye, those marked with an a being those that have as yet been 

 unrecorded for the division of Scotland ("West Ross") to which Skye 

 belongs, in the " Insecta Scotica " now publishing in this magazine : — 



Lepidoptera. — a Argynnis Aglaia ( § ), a Satyrus Semele ( § ), Epinephele 

 Janira, Ccenonympha Pamphilus, Lycsena Icarus, Pieris sp., Agrotis por- 

 phyrea, a Stilbia anomala ( § ), tfChareeas graminis ( § ), Hadena pisi, 

 Plusia pulchrina, Larentia didymata, L. olivata, Emmelesia albulata, Me- 

 lanthia ocellata, Melanippe fluctuata, M. hastata (?), Coremia munitata, 

 Camptogramma bilineata, Cidaria immanata, C. testata, Eubolia mensuraria, 

 Anaitis plagiata, Scopula alpinalis, S. lutealis, Crambus margaritellus, 

 C. tristellus, C. culmellus, Aphomia sociella, Tortrix vibumana, Lozotsenia 

 rosana, Peronea favillaceana, Dictyopteryx bergmanniana, Lithographia 

 Penkleriana, Ablabia pratana, Tinea fuscipunctella, Plutella cruciferarum, 

 Depressaria costosa, D. liturella. 



Coleoptera. — As already stated, I met with but few Coleoptera during my 

 visit. Those, however, that I did procure are species that, though mostly 

 common, have not been as yet recorded from this part of Scotland. The 

 following list includes all the species I found : — 



a Nebria brevicollis ( § ), a Loricera pilicornis, a Anchomenus margi- 

 natus, a Pterostichrus niger Schal., aV. vulgaris L., a P. nigrita ( § ), 

 a P. diligens, a P. madidus ( § ), a Harpalus latus, a Patrobus assimilis ( § ), 

 a Trechus obtusus, a Hydroporus umbrosus, a H. obscurus, a H. melano- 



( g) This mark is placed after the species indicated (I.e.) as likely to occur in West Ross. 



