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bus, Fall. ; Hydrophorus borealis Lw. ; Echinomyia grossa, L. ; Tachina 

 vulpina, Fal. ; T. detracta, Wlk. ; T. spinipemiis, Meig. ; Dexia canina,F ., 

 this was in great abundance at Betty Hill ; Musca Cczsar, L. , and Musca 

 nitens, Zett. — W. Armston Vice, Aberdeen. 



Insecta Scotica; Addenda and corrigenda to the list of Lepidoptera 

 of Scotland.— I see that you set down the food of Orthosia suspecta as 

 unknown. The larva eats birch, and will also eat poplar, but prefers birch. 

 — W. Buckler, Emsworth, Hants. — You appear to doubt the occurrence of 

 Tosniocampa gracilis in Scotland. The late Richard Weaver generally 

 came here to show me his insects when he returned from Scotland, and one 

 year he had a number of gracilis among them, and also a good many of the 

 variety of gotkica, called gothicina by Herrich-Schaffer; he said they were 

 taken near Rannoch. Weaver took large numbers of an Oporabia in Scot- 

 land, which is quite distinct from dilutata ; it is more like filigrammaria, 

 but I am very doubtful of its being a variety of this species, as it is much 

 larger. Weaver took the moths in August, six or eight weeks earlier than 

 dilutata appears. — H. Doubled ay, Epping. — Bombyx populi has recently 

 occurred at Hawick, and must be added to the list of "Tweed" insects. 

 — W. Grant Guthrie, Hawick. — I see Arctia lubricipeda is marked as likely 

 to be got in the Tweed district. I have one that I got among among some 

 insects collected here in 1839. I also had a specimen of Halias prasinana. 

 — J. Anderson, Preston, Dunse. 



Notes on Tinem&.—Coleop/iora lixella. Mr W. Herd has taken this near 

 Perth, thus greatly extending its known geographical range in Britain. 

 — Coleophora viminitella. To this species Mr Stainton is inclined to refer a 

 specimen, bred by me from a larva feeding on Vaccinium vitis-idcca (in com- 

 pany with C. viti sella) at Braemar. Viminitella usually feeds on sallow, 

 but sometimes on Myrica, Argyrest/iia aurulentella. — On several occasions 

 I have found a larva feeding in the berries of the juniper, but have only 

 recently succeeded in rearing the moth, which turns out to be this species. 

 Hitherto A. aurulentella has only been bred from larva?, mining the leaves 

 and shoots of juniper. It appears to be a widely spread species in Scotland. 

 Zelleria n. sp. — I have seen some specimens of a Zelleria, taken on Mon- 

 creiffe Hill by Sir T. Moncreiffe and Mr W. Herd, which I suspected might 

 be a new species, and which suspicion is confirmed by our great micro- 

 lepidopterologist, Mr Stainton. It is desirable that more specimens should 

 be looked for, and that its habits should be noted. Some specimens are 

 nearly intermediate between hepariella and insignipennella, but rather more 

 dingy, while others are violet-brown along the costa, with the tip redder, 

 and the inner margin pale ochreous, and a black spot on the fold near the 

 middle of the wing. — F. Buchanan White. 



Bythinia tentaculata var. decollata.— As you do not mention 

 the occurrence of this variety in your list of Scottish shells, I may 

 mention that I found it some years ago at Colvend, in Kircudbrightshire. — 

 R. Wood, Westward, Wigton, January, 1874. [I am obliged to Mr. 

 Wood for calling my attention to this matter. I also found this shell in 

 Barean Loch, Colvend, but somehow omitted to mention it in the list of 

 Scottish shells.— F. B. W. W.] 



