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mistaken for bird-droppings were the cases in which the 

 larvae Hved and in which they also pupated. Stainton^ 

 describes the case as " brown-black pistol-shaped," which is 

 correct enough, but the resemblance to bird-droppings was 

 very remarkable and at first quite deceived me. 



In July Mrs. Johnson brought me a curious-looking larva 

 which she had found on a rose-leaf in our flower garden. 

 This proved to be the larva of Orgyia antiqua, and on 

 looking over a Willow bush, also in the flower garden, I 

 found another specimen. These fed up on a Willow and duly 

 pupated, and in the middle of August two female moths 

 emerged. I thought I might attract some males, so left 

 them at the open window, with the result that only one 

 male turned up, though I left the females at the open 

 window for several days and even put them out on the 

 window-sill. Curiously enough, I had never seen either 

 moth or larva here before. 



I returned to Portnoo in September, and on the 5th saw 

 a worn example of Satyrus semele flying over the heather, 

 which is rather late for this butterfly. The weather was not 

 very good, and I need only mention Xanthia lutea (flavago), 

 of which I found a fresh specimen sitting on the leaf of a 

 Sallow and Stilhia anomala, which I captured on the wing. 

 I also met with the larvae of Phragmatohia fuliginosa and 

 Anarta myrtilli. When at Tempo Manor in the end of May, 

 I obtained a nice series of Perizoma flavofasciata {decolor ata) . 

 Tliey were flying in the evening over Lychnis dioica. 



COLEOPTERA. 



Sir Charles Langham told me that his son had taken 

 Carabus nitens L. on a neighbouring hill. So he and I, 

 accompanied by Rev. J. M. Brown, set off to look for it. We 

 did not succeed in turning it up though we turned many 

 stones and sods in the vain endeavour to discover it. How- 

 ever, Mr. Brown was fortunate enough to take a nice speci- 

 men of Carabus arvejtsis crawling over Sphagnum. 



' " Manual," ii., p, 387. 



