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boat-builder ; one by the head-gardener at Netherbyres garden ; one seen and 

 nearly caught by my father, and one seen by my friend Mr. Kelly. Another 

 was taken by Mr. Cairns at Clarabad Mill, some ten or twelve miles from Eye- 

 mouth. I have two in my possession, and the fineness of one of them would go 

 against its having travelled far.— W. Shaw, Gunsgreenhill, Ayton, Eyemouth. 



Vanessa Antiopa in Morayshire.— Two specimens were taken here by 

 me on the 26th August. They were on a "Cossus" birch.— G. NORMAN, 

 Forres. 



Vanessa Antiopa in Forfarshire.— I saw a specimen near the Loch of 

 Lintrathen on 16th September.— Id. 



Vanessa Antiopa in Aberdeenshire.— One was seen near Aberdeen at 

 the end of August by several people.— J. W. H. Traill, Aberdeen. 



Id.— On 22d August a very fine specimen of Vanessa Antiopa was taken near 

 this, but it unfortunately escaped from the captor's hat before he could get it 

 boxed. Another was seen the same day and a few days after in another quar- 

 ter, and a third some miles off.— J. Garrow, Inverurie. 



Occurrence of Vanessa polychloros in Scotland.— On 22d August a 

 specimen of Vanessa polychloros was taken in the neighbourhood. Two or three 

 had been seen flying about during the week previous, but were thought to be 

 only large specimens of urticce, and no effort was made to take them. — Id. 



Capture of Noctua ditrapeBium in Scotland.— Amongst some moths 

 recently forwarded to me for names by Mr. W. Herd is a specimen of Noctua 

 ditrapezium, a species not before recorded for Scotland nor very far north in 

 England. It was taken near Perth.-— F. Buchanan White. 



Pararge Megeera.— I notice that in your list of Scottish Lepidoptera now 

 coming out in the Scottish Naturalist, you say this butterfly has of late years dis- 

 appeared from the " Tay" district. I captured one near Newport in May, 1870. 

 — W. B. Simson, Dundee, 1st July, 1872. 



Capture of Xylophasia Zollikcferi Frr. — I have to announce a very 

 interesting addition to the list of Scottish Lepidoptera. Some months ago, 

 Mr. J. W. H. Traill brought me a moth to name which had been captured at 

 Inverurie by Mr. Tait. This, I found, I was unable to do, and had almost 

 determined to describe the moth as a new species, but before doing so, thought 

 it better to submit the specimen to Mr. Doubleday's inspection. Mr. Double- 

 day, with his wonted kindness, at once informed me that the insect was 

 Xylophasia Zollikoferi Frr., and that hitherto it has been unique as British in 

 his own cabinet. Mr Doubleday writes — "This is a very pale variety. My 

 specimen is thickly irrorated with black along the nervures, and very closely 

 resembles in appearance a female Nonagria typhce. I sent my specimen to Dr. 

 Staudinger, and he said it agreed exactly with a specimen in his cabinet, 

 which was captured in Hungary. He added that it was one of the rarest of the 

 European noctuae, and he only knew of the existence of a few specimens, two of 

 which were taken near Berlin, and the others in Hungary and Russia. Although 

 so rare it is very widely distributed." The Aberdeenshire specimen may be thus 

 described. Front wings shining, greyish-ochreous, more grey beyond the 

 subterminal line, and the nervures faintly marked out in grey. The only 



