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is, in most seasons, a distinctly rare species in Perthshire, 

 but in certain seasons, separated by long intervals, it makes 

 its appearance in considerable abundance. The present is 

 evidently a ' Convolvulus year.' " 



In the same county Mr J. M'L. Marshall informs us that 

 he saw a specimen on 7th September at Bleaton Hallett, 

 near Blairgowrie, at about 900 feet above sea-level ; and a 

 female in Mr J. W. Bowhill's possession was obtained at 

 Fortingal on 6th September. 



FORFAR. Mr Kenneth J. Morton has received a specimen 

 which was captured at Barnhill, near Broughty Ferry, early 

 in September. 



KINCARDINE. In The Scotsman of 17th September three 

 specimens were reported from the neighbourhood of Fordoun 

 during the last week of August and the first week of 

 September.. 



Aberdeen. A specimen was picked up from a flower-bed 

 at Culter, on 2nd September, by Mr Duncan Cumming, V.S. 



Specimen reported from Aberdeen (Scotsman, 17th 

 September). 



INVERNESS. A male got at Loch Kilt on 23rd August 

 was sent to Mr J. W. Bowhill ; and an example reported in 

 The Scotsman of 2nd October from Drumnadrochit was 

 captured on 3rd September. 



Argyll. Miss Balfour, Whittingehame, informs us that 

 she has been given a specimen which was found dead 

 on a path at Inveraray, in September. 



ROSS-SHIRE. An example was reported in The Scotsman 

 of 29th September, from Dingwall, captured shortly before 

 the 26th of that month. 



CAITHNESS. A correspondent, writing from Wick to 

 The Scotsman (nth October), states that the species was 

 very common in the county this season, and that specimens 

 had been obtained at John O'Groats and at least as far 

 south as Lybster. 



Outer Hebrides. According to a correspondent in 

 The Scotsman of nth October, an example was taken this 

 season in a garden at Stornoway. 



