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Capture of Orthosia ocellarin, Boric., and other species at Cambridge, Sec— A. 

 sjjecimen of Orthosia ocellarii, Bork., was taken by mp on a street lamp in Cambridge 

 on September 16th last. Some of the following records may also be of interest : — 

 AporophyJa nigra, Hw , on a Cambridge street lamp, 25.9.07 ; T have not heard of 

 this species being taken here before, though A. lutulenta is somewhat common. 

 Orthosia gihago, Esp., this species has been very abundant this autumn in Cam- 

 bridge and district ; one night a friend and I counted over 70 at light, there being 

 no less than ten in and on one lamp. Heliothis dipsaeea, L., one at light at Cambridge 

 in July ; one at light, Wicken Fen, August 9th. Hadena ophiogramma, Esp., one 

 at Shelford, near Cambridge, 20.6.06. Deilephila llneata, F., one at Shelford, 3.8.05, 

 hovering over lavender. Sfnuropun fagi, L , an imago at rest on palings, Q-og Magog 

 Hills, 5.7.07 ; a few larvce can be found most years, but T have not heard of the perfect 

 insect being taken here before. Hnmoensoma sinnella, F., I find this species quite 

 common on the chalk all over the district ; why is it reputed to be a coast species ? 

 Energexfis ex/imalis, Sc, two specimens at liglit, Cambridge, during July. Pammene 

 ochseiiheimeriaiia, Z., Devil's Ditch, near Newmarket, May, 1905, Cambridge, June, 

 19l)6. Parasia neuroptereUa, Z., Barton Ilills, Beds., 22.8.07. Aristofelia litci- 

 della, Stph., swarmed in one corner of large lake in Epping Forest, 2.8.07. Mompka 

 stephensi, St., Richmond Park, 5.9 07. Nepticula fulgens , St., Shelford, Cambridge. 

 Ochsenheimeria vacctilel/a, F. R., common on the oak trunks in Richmond Park, 

 5.9.07 ; most of the specimens were in bad condition. 



Mr. A. J. Wilmott, of St. John's College, Cambridge, asks me to mention also the 

 following -.—Orthosia .rerampelina, Hb., ten at light, Cambridge, during September. 

 Senta maritima, Tausch, one at light, Cambridge, August, 1907. Spilodes pnleaHn, 

 Schiff., same as last species. ChryaocUsta linneella, CI., locally common at Cam- 

 bridge this year.— F. W. Edwards, Penwith, Hills Road, Cambridge: October 

 Cdh, 1907. 



Lepidoptera in Glenshian, Inverness-shire, in July, 1907. — Having in pi-evious 

 years seen moths in abundance at Glenshian, between Fort William and Mahiig, 

 Inverness-shire, I was induced to take Mr. A. Noakes witli me this year, who gave 

 me valuable assistance at light and sugar ; and having enlisted my chauifeiir in our 

 cause, we took long motor drives .-it night to the various hillside woods between the 

 first two-named places, and with the aid of tlie strong acetylene motor lamps worked 

 amongst the trees ; many moths followed the light to the road, where they were 

 duly captured. 



The first ten days of July were so wet that very few butterflies were seen ; and 

 judging by the bareness of Lochailort, and what the natives told us, it is not a good 

 locality for them. We were surprised at the number of moths found. The one 

 that gave the most trouble to catch was Ckelonia plantaginis. We landed from the 

 yacht on Goat Island, on the afternoon of July 2l8t, and saw some half-dozen 

 darting about at a great pace in the sunshine, too fast to see what they were : we 

 took eight that afternoon, and two days later about twenty specimens. 



Thecla rubi was just over on our first day's visit, only a few very ragged speci- 

 mens were taken. Pieris napi was fairly plentiful, of P. brassicn- and ra/ta; only a 

 few, Argynnis selene plentiful, A. aglaia many, but most difficult to capture ; 



