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ance in April. It therefore seems worthy of mention that three specimens of it, 

 together with many of Philedone prodromana, Hb., were taken at Bonhill, Dumbar- 

 tonshire, N.B., by Mr. J. R. Malloch on April 21st last. Of these three speeimens 

 I have before me two, one of which is a much worn male, while the other, which 

 Mr. Malloch has kindly given me, is a female in fine condition. One is not surprised 

 at cethiops being met with in Scotland, because a species that is so well known as a 

 frequenter of the moors in the extreme north of England might naturally be ex- 

 pected to occur on the other side of the border, where its food-plant. Erica cinerea, 

 is equally common, but it has not, to ray knowledge, been previously taken there, 

 and Meyrick, in summarizing (HB. Br. Lep., 583) its recorded distribution in Britain 

 up to the year 1895, gives its range as only from " Cheshire to Northumberland." 

 Since then its capture at Reading has been announced, under the generic name 

 Oelechia, in Ent. Mo. Mag., Ser. 2, vi, 196 (1895), but it seems, as a rule, to be 

 absent from the midland and southern moors. It has also been recorded, under the 

 name " Lita cethiopiella," from Dorset by Mr. C. W. Dale, in Lep. Dors., ed. 2, 57 

 (1891), but I hope my friend Mr. Dale will forgive me for stating, in the interests 

 of science, that neither this species, nor sundry others that are included in his work, 

 has any right whatever to a place in our county list, as I propose to show in the 

 Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Dorset that I am preparing for the " Victoria 

 History" of the county. 



The date of the appearance of the imago seems to be somewhat earlier than is 

 generally supposed, seeing that (in this very backward spring) Mr. Malloch took 

 three specimens (one being much worn, as though it had been out some time) on 

 April 21st, at a considerable elevation, as far north as Dumbartonshire, while no 

 author, whether British or continental, to whom I have referred, gives it as being 

 out before May, and those who specify the date more precisely mention either " the 

 middle of May," or "the end of May," as being the time when it first appears. I 

 see, however, from Eiit. Ann., 1862, p. 129, that " T. W." (presumably Thomas 

 Wilkinson, of Scai-borough) took one specimen early in May, 1861, and seems to 

 have hoped to find others then. Mr. Malloch, who previously met with a worn 

 individual of X. cethiops at Bonhill on May 15lh, 1897, thinks that other examples 

 might have been secured on April 21st had not the wind been so strong. — Id. : 

 May 13a, 1900. 



Carahus auratus, L., near Exmottth. — I have Tery great pleasure in recording 

 the capture of what appears to be an authentic British example of this great rarity. 

 It was sent to me for identification by Miss Hilda Ferrand, of Exmouth, who informs 

 me that it was taken either in June or September, 1898, by her father on the Haldon 

 Hills, which run from the mouth of the Exe to Dartmoor, and average from 800 to 

 900 feet in height. Mr. Ferrand remembers capturing the insect perfectly well, but 

 as neither he nor his daughter liad the slightest idea of its value, it remained in 

 the collection of the latter until a few weeks ago, in company with a number of 

 other unrecognised species. — Theodoee Wood, 157, Trinity Road, Upper Tooting, 

 S.W. : April 23rd, 1900. 



Harpalns serripes, Schonh., inland. — Mr. B. S. Harwood has recently sent me 

 specimens of this species to name from Dartford Heatli, where he lias found it in 



