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Dryocsetes autographus, Rtz., etc., in Peeblesshire. — 



On 15th October, in a very open belt of wood consisting chiefly of 

 spruce, on Earlyvale Estate, Eddleston, Peeblesshire, I obtained both 

 larv;^ and adults of Dryoccetes autographus on a wind-blown spruce 

 stem. On another fallen spruce I obtained H. palliatus^ Gyll., and 

 the galleries of Trypodendrofi Utieatuni, 01. A third spruce, how- 

 ever, y'ielded the most interesting bag, for on its branches I took 

 Fifyoge/ies bidentatus, Hbst, and Cryphaltis alnetis, Rtz. In one 

 piece of branch I obtained the two species side by side. This last 

 is a most interesting find, for hitherto C. abietis has been taken only 

 on silver fir in Scotland, and P. bidentatus is normally a Scots pine 

 dweller. — Jamks W. Munro, Edinburgh. 



Cemiostoma laburnella, Heyd., in the Forth Area. — 



Though apparently unrecorded from the Forth area, this dainty 

 little moth is certainly locally common if not widely distributed. 

 During the second and third weeks of August last (1916) it was very 

 common on and about lalnirnum bushes in the Blackford district of 

 Edinburgh. I first noticed it in Blackford Road, and subsequently 

 found it in profusion at the shrubbery on the north side of Blackford 

 Hill pond. The larva? " mine " the leaves of laburnum, and cause 

 large blotches on them. These blotches were much in evidence on 

 the laburnums at the pond, and on the undersides of many of the 

 leaves tiny silken webs covering the pup;\; were to be seen. PVom 

 some of the leaves brought home the moths were reared. Miss 

 Balfour tells me this species is common at Whittingehame, and 

 I recently ol)served that a laburnum at Giffofd had the character- 

 istic blotches on its leaves. During the first fortnight of August 

 C. spartifoliella was very abundant on broom at Craiglockhart. The 

 larvce, in this case, live in the bark of their food-plant. Notwith- 

 standing this difference in habits, the two moths are practically 

 indistinguishable. — William E^•ANs, Edinburgh. 



The Feathered Thorn or October Moth in Aberdeen- 

 shire. — As I have not observed this moth {Himera J)e>i/iana) in 

 Aberdeenshire before, I send a record of a single specimen found 

 by me in the woods of Crathes Castle on nth November. The 

 species, while moderately common in England, is said to be rather 

 rare and local in distribution in Scotland, its scarcity increasing 

 northwards till it reaches its northern limit m Ross-shire. The 

 only previous Aberdeenshire record with which I am at present 

 acquainted, is one from Aberdeen by Mr Clark, recorded in 

 Prof. J. \V. H. Trail's " Lepidoptera of Dee" in the Trans. Aberdeen 

 Nat. Hist. Soc. — Alex. Macdonald, Durris. 



