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specimen of Dasypolia templi (Brindled Ochre Moth) taken 

 by me at the lighthouse lantern, Isle of May, on the night 

 of 17th Sept. 1885. Other moths Triphcena pronuba, 

 XylopJiasia polyodon, Pliisia gamma, etc. were obtained at 

 same time. A few recent lighthouse records, including 

 Calamia lutosa, from Bass Rock, and Agrotis saucia, from 

 Isle of May, have also appeared in this magazine over 

 my name. 1 



In a note on insects observed by him at the Eddystone 

 Lighthouse in the autumn of 1901, W. Eagle Clarke 2 has 

 recorded the following moths : Macroglossa stellatarum, 

 Agrotis segetum, A. suffusa, Phlogophora meticulosa, and 

 Plusia gamma; also the Syrphid fly, Catabomba pyrastri. 

 His records from the Kentish Knock Lightship in the autumn 

 of 1903 have already been quoted {ante, p. 59). P. metiadosa 

 and a Hemipteron, undetermined, are also recorded from 

 the latter station in these notes. 



" A contribution to the Insect Fauna of the Isle of May," 

 by P. H. Grimshaw, 3 based on specimens collected on the 

 island by the Misses Baxter and Rintoul, in the autumn of 

 1907, contains records of thirteen species of moths, a beetle 

 (Serica brunnea), and a fly {Tipula confusa), captured at the 

 lantern of the lighthouse. 



In Miss Dorothy Jackson's " Lepidoptera captured 

 recently in Ross-shire" published in the Entomologist's 

 Record for 1909 twelve species are recorded from Tarbat 

 Ness Lighthouse, Moray Firth. 



The following records have been culled from Barrett's 

 British Lepidoptera. They mostly relate to rare species, 

 and afford a good indication of the valuable results which 

 a systematic investigation of insects attracted to the light- 

 houses on the British coasts might be expected to yield. 



Macroglossa stellatarum, L. Is found occasionally at midnight 

 at lighthouses, "possibly passing from one country to another." 

 Luperina Dumerili, Dup. Three specimens in Sept. 1858, 



1 Scot. Nat., 1913, p. 93, and 1914, p. 47. 



2 Ent. Mo. Mag., 1904, p. 9. 



:! Ann. Soc. Nat. Hist., 190S, p. 89. 



