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of the ditch running round the wood soon revealed a Moorhen 

 with four young. I took the remaining egg and, on blowing it, 

 found it to be unfertile. This is the second time I have known the 

 Moorhen to nest in a tree the former being in a Rook's nest 

 about 20 feet from the ground. T. Thornton Mackeith, 

 Kilmacolm. 



Painted Lady in Perthshire. Possibly it may be worth 

 recording the appearance of the Painted Lady Butterfly {Pyrantels 

 cardui) in Perthshire. Several were seen near Aberfeldy on 17th 

 June, and though not more than two were noticed on the wing 

 at the same time, probably five or six were met with altogether. 

 G. Brooksbank, Aberfeldy. 



Camberwell Beauty and Poplar Hawk Moth in Perth- 

 shire. A Camberwell Beauty was seen by a friend of mine flying 

 down the River Lyon, while he was fishing about three-quarters of 

 a mile from Fortingall Hotel on 17th May 191 8. I feel sure he 

 was making no mistake, and Rannoch, where they have been seen 

 lately, is no great distance over the hills. I should also like to 

 record a Poplar Hawk Moth reared from a caterpillar taken here, 

 with blood-red spots on it. It appears to me to differ very materially 

 from the south country or normal type. I understand that Poplar 

 Hawks from Sutherland and the North are of a special type, and 

 that the spotted caterpillar is a mere variation, though a very 

 beautiful one. I have hatched two other Poplar Hawks from 

 caterpillars taken here, which are very similar to the above ; both 

 caterpillars were spotted. G. Brooksbank, Aberfeldy. 



The Hornet Clear Wing in Dee. A specimen of the 

 Hornet Clear Wing, Trochilium crabroniforme, was taken in a wood 

 at Cults, Aberdeenshire, on 7th July 1918. J. Arthur Thomson, 

 Aberdeen. 



Large Ichneumon, Rhyssa persuasoria, in Kincardine- 

 shire. In the latter part of June Mr J. A. Stewart, Crathes, 

 captured in a wood in the neighbourhood a fine example of a 

 large Ichneumon, which has been identified by Mr Percy H. 

 Grimshaw of the Royal Scottish Museum as Rhyssa persuasoria. 

 The specimen is a large female, unusually dark in colour, with head 

 and body 33 mm. and ovipositor 40-5 mm. long. Morley mentions 

 the occurrence of this species in Moray and at Aberdeen, but it has 





