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of an example of this rare moth, in dayli^^Jit^ on the edge of a moor 

 at Struan, Perthshire. It may be interesting to recall Barrett's 

 remarks on the species (^British Lcpidoptera, vol. iv. p. 126). He 

 says: "The moth with us appears to fly only at night, and comes 

 very sparingly to sugar. Apparently it has not been found here in 

 the daytime. Doubtless it hides among grass and herbage." 



At our request Mr Whittle has kindly furnished the following 

 particulars regarding this interesting capture: "The specimen of 

 Cryviodes exulis, van assimilis, taken on the sSth August by Willie 

 M'Intosh of Kirkcaldy and recorded by me in the Scotsman, is a 

 male in bred condition. That it should be in such good order 

 shows that it must have recently emerged, and that it had been 

 carefully manipulated by its lucky captor, for the only receptacle 

 available was a match-box. The spot where the moth was obtained 

 is at an elevation of about goo feet, close to the Kingussie road 

 and Calvine hill. A dyke crosses the moor; against this dyke in a 

 cavity a fire had been started, a kettle of water was boiling, and 

 other preparations were being made for afternoon tea in the open. 

 The moth must have sheltered in the pitch selected (probably in the 

 cavity), for it was seen to crawl over the face of a stone close to the 

 fire, and was promptly secured by young M'Intosh, as stated above, 

 and very kindly presented to me by him. Of course I searched 

 very assiduously for more, and sugared, but nothing came of it. 

 This is another exemplification of the truth of the old saying that 

 "boys and beginners have all the luck." F. G. Whittle, Southend- 

 on-Sea. 



The Clyde Record of Pityogenes chalcographus, L. 



With reference to Mr J. W. Munro's note upon the occurrence 

 of this rare bark beetle in Scotland {Scoffish Naturalist, 19 16, 

 p. 266), I think I can throw a little more light upon the Clyde 

 record. I have in my possession two specimens oi P. chalcographus 

 which were kindly given to me along with other Coleoptera by 

 the Rev. J. E. Somerville. These specim.ens were taken by 

 him on 17th March 1866 beneath the bark of palings on the 

 banks of the River Kelvin near Glasgow. According to the notes 

 in Mr Somerville's diary the species was taken in profusion, and 

 along with it were also found two specimens of Tomicus typographiis, 

 L. Probably it was upon the faith of Mr Somerville's capture that 

 Dr Sharp recorded the species for Clyde in his Coleoptera of 

 Scotland, and it is almost certain that Fowler's mention of Glasgow 

 as the Clyde locality {Coleoptera of the British Islands, v., 443), was 

 also based upon it. I do not appear to have had detailed informa- 



