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Convolvulus Hawk-moth (Sphinx convolvuli) in Wig- 

 townshire. A specimen of this fine insect was taken in the porch 

 of this house on 7th September and brought to me. It is the first 

 that I have seen or heard of in Wigtownshire. Lepidoptera generally 

 have been unusually abundant this season. Red Admirals are literally 

 in scores on the blossoms of Buddleia variabilis, causing one to 

 wonder how they fared for sweets before the late flowering variety 

 magnified of this handsome bush was raised by M. Vilmorin in 

 1893. The type has done flowering before the Admirals appear. 

 I have seen only one Painted Lady, and it is years since I have 

 met with a Peacock butterfly in this county. Herbert Maxwell, 

 Monreith. 



Spring Diptera in the Isle of Bute. Since the records of 

 Bute Diptera are very scanty, it may be of interest to record the 

 following species, taken by myself in the spring of this year. At 

 Kames Bay (N.W. of Rothesay) on 24th April I obtained Chilosid 

 grossd, Fin.* (1$); Platyehirus albimanus, Fab. (i(J); Syrphus 

 Idsiophthdlmus, Ztt. * (1 $ ) ; Pollenid rudis, Fab. (2 <$ ) ; Euphorid 

 eomieind, Fab. (i?)i Pyrellid eriophthalma, Mcq. * (46"); Cyrto- 

 neura pabulorum, Fin. (1 $ ) ; Lonchoptera lutea, Pz. * (4 $ and 3 $ ) ; 

 and on the beach at Ardbeg Point on the last day of April 

 Seatophagd litored, Fin., was abundant. The 1st of May was spent 

 on the shores of Loch Fad, and the following species were captured : 

 Bibio laniger, Mg. (4^); B. johannis, L. (in great abundance) ; 

 Tipula vittata, Mg. (ioM; Chilosia pulehripes, Lw. (4 cO ; C- 

 grossd, Fin. (2 $ and 1 ? ) ; C. fraterna, Mg.* (2 $ ) ; Syrphus 

 lasiophthalmus, Ztt. (1^ and 4?); Protoealliphora grcen/andiea, 

 Ztt. (1 cO ) Pollejiia rudis, Fab. (2^); Seatophaga stercoraria, L. (of 

 course abundant) ; Hyetodesia lucorum, Fin. (4 $ and 1 $ ) ; 

 Anthomyia eestiva, Mg. (1^); Jlythea spilota, Curt.* (one); and 

 Sciomyza vetitralis, Fin. * (one). Two days afterwards (3rd May), 

 on the roadside between Ardmaleish Point and the northernmost 

 point of the island, I obtained Bibio laniger, Mg. (1^); Eristalis 

 pertinax, Scop. (i(J); Chilosia grossa, Fin. (5^ and 2$); 

 Melangyna quadrimaculata, Verr.* (6 $ ) ; Platyehirus diseimanus, 

 Lw.* (2 c?); P- albimanus, Fab. (2 $ and 1 $ ) ; Syrphus latifaseiatus, 

 Mcq. ([?); Bombylius major, L. (2 <$ and i); Pollenid rudis, 

 Fab. (3 c?); P. vespillo, Fab. (2 ) ; Euphorid eomieind, Fab. (1 $ ) ; 

 Pyrellid eriophthdlmd, Mcq. (1 $ ) ; Scdtophdgd villipes, Ztt. * (3 $ ) ; 

 and Anthomyia eestiva, Mg. (1 $ and 1$). The ten species 

 marked with an asterisk are, I believe, new records for the Clyde 

 faunal area. Percy H. Grimshaw, Royal Scottish Museum. 



