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ENTOMOLOGIST 1885 (p. 22). Cidaria ftavicinctata double- 

 brooded, by Elizabeth Cross (moth emerged in November, reared from ova 

 from Rannoch). (p. 75.) On the Variation of Eupithecia nanata, 

 by J. Tutt, supports the view that E. Curzoni Gregson is a variety of E. 

 nanata. (p. 76.) Eupithecia Curzoni, by J. B. Hodgkinson, regards it 

 as a variety of E. salyrata. (pp. 81-87.) Cm some probable causes of 

 a tendency to melanic variation in Lepidoptera of high 

 latitudes, by Lord "Walsingham, supports the theory that the darker colour 

 is advantageous to insects by absorbing more heat, enabling them to benefit 

 more fully by the small amount of available heat during the brief summers, and 

 to fly sooner after emerging from the pupa, so that the sexes thus are more 

 likely to pair early if dark coloured, (p. 122.) Melanic Variation in 

 Lepidoptera of High Latitudes, by Herbert Goss, calls attention to 

 certain insects becoming paler, (pp. 131-136-.) Nine days at Rannoch, 

 by Ar. J. Rose, and Oliver C. Goldthwaite. (pp. 229-231.) Lepidoptera 

 In Argyllshire (at Kilmartin), by Howard Vaughan, enumerates a good 

 many species, but "does not contain the names of any rarities." (p, 322.) 

 Melanism in Renfrewshire, by J. B. Hodgkinson, records black 'J he^a 

 variafa, Hypsipetes if/ipluviata, Oporabia dilutata, and varieties, tending to 

 melanism, of several other species. 



1886 (pp. 54-57.) The Lepidoptera of North Knapdale, Argyll- 

 shire, by John Mackay. (pp. 64-65.) Sphinx pinastri in Scotland, 

 by W. Edwards, records finding a larva on fir trunk, in Mull, in September, 

 i860 (from which a moth emerged in July, 1S61), and a second larva in the 

 same place in September, 1861. (pp. 217-223.) In search of Zyga^na 

 exulans, by W. H. Tugwell, is an account of experiences in Aberdeenshire 

 and in Rannoch; but records no novelties for either district. (p. 249.) 

 Sphinx Gonvolvuli in Aberdeenshire, by W. Reid. (p. 279.) 

 Acherontia Atropos in Shetland, by Willoughby Gardner, 



JOURNAL OF BOTANY, 1885 (////v). Recent Additions to 

 the British Lichen-Flora, by Rev. J. M. Crombie, F.L.S., enumerates 

 the following from Scottish localities, as added since 1882 (the new species* 

 described by Nylander, are recorded and described by Mr. Crombie in 

 Gr evil lea) : 



Ephebeia hispidula (Ach.), fertile on Ben Lawers ; Synalissa intrkala (Arm), 

 Nyl. in Flora 1883, p. 534, sperms goniiferous, from Black Craig in New 

 Galloway. 



Stereocaulon Delisei Bor., on boulders, Moor of Rannoch. 



Thamnolia vermicularis, var. taurica (Ach.), on ground, near top of Cairn- 

 gorm Mountains. 



Peltigera scabrosa Fr. , on walls, near Corrymulzie, Braemar. 



Physcia melops (Duf.) Nyl., on limestone walls, Appin, Argyllshire. 



Lecanora (Placodium) elegans, var. tennis (Mhlnb.), Craig Guie, Braemar. 



L. (P.) miniatula Nyl., on quartzose rocks, at 1950 ft., Morrone, Braemar. 



L. (P.) obliterascens Nyl., on rocks, Craig Tulloch, Blair Athole. (This and 

 the preceding may be only varieties of L. tegularis Ehrh.) 



