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was, however, one fine day, my fourth since arriving in Scotland ! I 

 captured some examples of Corixa Scotti and selecta, the first Scottish 

 record, at Loch Loy, and captured a large number of Corixce in two 

 private lochs in the grounds of Darnaway Castle ; these were fringed 

 thickly with reeds, the home of numerous wild duck, and were very 

 difiicult to work. 



As regards the country from Blair Athol to Loch na Gair, the 

 weather did not allow me to gain any idea of the land species, but I 

 am not inclined to think it very productive, except perhaps in some 

 of the ravines. Lepidoptera seemed remarkably scarce. I know very 

 little about Heterocera, but the Bhopalocera are, I think, all familiar 

 to me, and not a single specimen passed within my ken during the 

 four days, and less than a dozen Heterocera. I saio one large dragon- 

 fly, and captured two or three nymphs and a few water-beetles ; I 

 hope, however, to give a list of my captures as soon as I can work 

 them out. 



Considering that I dredged Loch Tilt most assiduously for an 

 hour and a half during a deluge of hail. Loch Callatar for two and a 

 half hours in driving rain and mist. Loch Guineach for an hour, 

 several hours during three days near Forres, as well as innumerable 

 roadside ditches and pools, I was much disappointed at the lack of 

 response on the part of the Bhynchota. 



Wimbledon : November, 1898. 



P.S. — February 15th, 1899.— I find that Nepa cinerea is included in Norman's Record of 

 Htmiptera-HeUroptera taken in Morayshire. — G. W. K. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES FKOM GLEN LOCHAY AND LOCH TAY 

 INCLUDING RECORD OF AN OXYETEIRA NEW TO BRITAIN. 



BY KENNETH J. MORTON, F.E.S. 



The following notes may be regarded as a supplement to those in 

 vol, xxxi, pp. 260—263, and vol. xxxiii, pp. I — 4. 



The 1st of July, 1898, found us established in our old quarters in 

 Glen Lochay, and no time was lost in setting to entomological work, 

 but it soon became apparent that the glorious weather of June, 1895, 

 had given us a better sample than an ordinary summer can produce 

 in the locality, and when the results came to be summed up there 

 was remarkably little to record that was new. There was no lack 

 of sunshine during our stay, but an almost constant cool, dry wind 

 kept blowing, the nights being rather cold, with little movement of 

 insect life. 



