THE SEASON OF 1914 NEAR POLLOKSHIELDS, ETC. 51 



July 3rd. I had a whole day at Irvine ; and this being a fine, 

 warm day, insects were again abundant. A number of Lycaena icarus 

 were taken with the object of obtaining aberrations, and in this I was 

 very fortunate in taking two nice forms of undersides, and a female 

 with prominent pale blue -grey discal spots on the forewings. 

 Coenoiv/iiipha jianiphiliis, Nyniphida stai/nata, Ortholitha pliDnbaria, 

 Salebria fnsca, (ielerhia senectella, Perizoina alcheniillata, and Platypt'dia 

 gonodactyla were also taken. Single types of Ayrotis utriyida and 

 Miana fanciiincida were caught on the wing in the afternoon. 



A visit to Brodick, Arran, from July 9th to 17th, produced some- 

 thing better in the insect way. Epincjdu'le jiirtina [janira) was in 

 magnificent condition, several <? s with two well-developed spots on 

 the underside of the hindwings being obtained, while another with the 

 left forewing bleached was captured. A single but poor Coenonywpha 

 tiphon was caught on the moor. About a dozen Flnsia interroyationis 

 fell to the net one forenoon, along with several Ayrotis striyula and a 

 couple of Anarta vujrtilli. A number of Pcdiinpsestis duplaris were 

 shaken from birch. A single and large Abraxas yrossulariata was 

 taken far up the hillside, I have never taken this species in a similar 

 situation in Clydesdale before. Venusia cambrica. was fairly common 

 in the birch glen on the old Lamlash Road; here they seemed to prefer 

 the smooth barks of two or three large beech-trees, over a dozen being 

 taken from a single trunk one forenoon. I generally find this species 

 on the light-coloured bark of the birch. (Several Cidaria tnincata, 

 Entephria caedata, Mesoleuca ocellata, Lyyris popidata (dark), Mctrucaiiipa 

 maryaritaria, Boarmia repandata, Coreniia denynata, Kupitkecia nanata, 

 and E. yooasensiata [mintdata) were also captured in this locality. 

 CranibKS niaryaritelliis was common in Glen Cloy, where also a few C. 

 imjidnatelliis were taken ; the latter along with ('. selaselliis, which I 

 found in fair numbers, but very local, on the grass behind the shore, is 

 new to Clydesdale. (,'. cnhtiellns was flying on the moor in countless 

 thousands, and (J. trUtellus was just making its appearance. Scoparia 

 frequentella was taken from tree-trunks, and a few .S. murana were 

 boxed from the walls on the shore road. A single Ihyopldla peda (a 

 very scarce insect in Clydesdale) was taken from a rock far up Glen 

 Cloy. Several Acidalia funiata, Tortrix viburnaiia, Salebria fiisca, and 

 Nemotois iiuninidliis were also obtained there. Collecting in the 

 evenings resulted in several I'lnua judchriua, F. iota, AbrosUda 

 tripartita, Triphaena prouuba, Noctua prinndae (festiva), Apamea yeniina, 

 Xylop/iasia iiionoylypha (dark), Noctua umbrosa, Perizoma alcheniillata, 

 P. a(finitata, Kiipitliecia siibfulvata, Pionea olixalis, and P. priinalia 

 being captured. 



August 1st saw me again at Whistlefield. Krebia aethiops was out 

 in abundance, but I only obtained J s. Working up the bed of a 

 burn, I took Anioebe olivata in fair quantity, but the capture of the 

 afternoon was two fine Perizovia taeniata, another species new to 

 Clydesdale. Malenydria didyina was ver\ common, as also llydrioniena 

 f areata. 



My holidays were spent at Glen Sluain near Strachur, Loch Fyne 

 from August 19th to the 25th, and collecting was almost entirely con- 

 fined to the evenings with the net only. Several C/iaraeafi yraniinis, 

 Hydroecia nictitans, Triphaena ianthina, T. comes, Noctua xanthoyrapha, 



