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brokenup and restricted, than those found further south. Spilowma fuli- 

 (jiiinsa var. hoi calls : This is not at all plentiful. Ladocampa qucrcus var. 

 calluiiac : Very numerous in the Island of Hoy. Satuniia iiavonla : 

 Common all over the Orkney group. Caiadrlna (juadri punctata : One 

 specimen very dark, with the sub-marginal line and costal spots 

 obscure. Peiulniiiia saucla : Two specimens very pale, and rather 

 worn. Tvljiltacna pnmnha : From light fawn to dark reddish-brown, 

 and intermediates. Xoctna i/larcosa : Some very beautiful forms ; one 

 which I bred, and turned out to be a cripple, was of the dark slate- 

 grey form usually found in Shetland, others not quite so dark, with 

 the transverse lines very pale and conspicuous. Noctua conjlua : Some 

 of a very rich purple brown, others of a lighter brown, strongly marked 

 with darker, llabrostola vrtirac : Common; the larvae with its peculiar 

 humped 12th segment, is to be found on most clumps of stinging 

 nettles. C/iciinatobla brwnata : The nervures of the fore-wings sometimes 

 conspicuously streaked with dark brown, the insect has a much 

 darker appearance than those from the south. Euplthccla venomta : 

 One specimen from Hoy. Jli/pslpctcs clutata : Imagines of all colours, 

 from light green-brown to the small rusty black mountain specimens, 

 are found. One specimen is of a reddish coloration, very like H. 

 rubcrata. Mclanlppc subtiistata : Some specimens much suffused with 

 dark grey. Mclanlppc numtanata : With the typical specimens arc 

 some in which the central band is only represented by a faint blotch 

 on the costa ; others, again, are of a fawn colour, the band being 

 altogether absent ; others are of a fawn colour, having the band 

 represented by a deeper tint of the same shade. Mclanlppc Jluctuata : 

 With the ground-colour nearly white, others mottled all over 

 with brown-black, so as to almost hide the central band, and inter- 

 mediates. Curcinia mnnltata : Some have a very rich purple-red 

 central band, others with a paler central band, but strongly margined 

 Avith black, another form has the middle portion of the band very 

 pale, of a whitish-pink colour, with the margins almost black. Cldarla 

 m.ssata : Varies from very light to almost black. C. liniiianata : 

 Occurring with the type is the beautiful reddish-white marbled 

 Shetland form. C. popxdata : One of a very washed-out appearance, 

 another is of the ySiV. fmcata. Scuparla ccmbrae : Very common, some 

 very dark, almost var. zcllcri. The other species do not appear to me to 

 call for any special remark. — W. Cheesman, Old Bank House, Strom- 

 ness, Orkney. 



Collecting on the Broads. — On June 18th, I started for a week's 

 boating trip on the Norfolk Broads. As I combined the duties of 

 cook and captain to a party of seven, my opportunities for collecting- 

 were somewhat curtailed. The following notes of the principal species 

 seen and taken may be of interest, as showing the lateness, of the 

 season. HijdrcUa uncida and Acldalla iiinnittata were taken near 

 Horning at 5.30 p.m. on the 19th. At dusk on the same day, near 

 Little Hoveton Broad, Xudaria senc.v, tipllumwa urtlcac, Leucanla 

 iwjiudcns, iScnta maritiina, Xylophasia riirca, Dlaiithoecla consperm, 

 Flusia fcstucae (the only specimen seen during the trip), A. hnwutata 

 and Phihalapteriix vittata were netted or taken at rest on the reeds. 

 Little or nothing was taken at dusk on the 20th. On the 21st, our 

 mast dislodged a well-grown larva of I'uccllocampa popull from an over- 

 hanging ash tree, and a few more moths were taken at dusk near 



