LEPIDOPTERA, ETC., AT SCOTTISH LIGHTHOUSES 227 



about 5 miles from the nearest point of the Fife coast on 

 the north, and about 9 from the East Lothian coast on the 

 south. The lighthouse stands on the highest part of the 

 island, and from its lantern, at 240 feet above high water, 

 there flashes a 3-million (?) candle-power electric light. 



St Abb's Head, on the coast of Berwickshire ; a land 

 station. 



BARNSNESS, on low point of land, coast of East Lothian, 

 a few miles south-east of Dunbar. A 565-thousand candle- 

 power incandescent light ; 120 feet above high water. 



BASS Rock, about i| miles off the East Lothian coast 

 east of North Berwick. 



FlDRA, on small island on the East Lothian coast, a few 

 miles west of North Berwick. 



INCHKEITH, about mid-channel, 14 miles farther up the 

 Firth; distant 3 miles from Kinghorn (Fife) on the north, 

 and 4 from Leith (Midlothian) on the south. 



North Carr Lightship, situated about 2 miles off Fife- 

 ness, the north-eastern point of the Forth area. 



Bell ROCK, the well-known tower in the North Sea, 

 about 1 1 miles from the nearest land. 



The above are what I call the Forth group of lighthouses. 

 The Bell Rock is no doubt outside the area, but for con- 

 venience it may be included for the present. 



KlLLANTRINGAN, on the coast of Wigtownshire ; a land 

 station in the south-west of Scotland. 



Butt of Lewis, at the northernmost point of the Outer 

 Hebrides. 



Auskerry, on one of the easternmost of the Orkney 

 Islands. 



Fair Isle (South End), about midway between Orkney 



and Shetland. 



North Unst, on Muckle Flugga, a rock in the extreme 

 north of the Shetland Islands. 



Odd records from one or two other stations have also 



reached me. 



The lightkeepers and others who have shown an interest 

 in the inquiry by securing specimens for identification are : 

 J. S. Ross, Isle of May ; R. Wilson and S. Baigrie, Isle of 



