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Dossitor, who collected beetles in tlui district itnmediately to the east 

 of Norwich almost daily between 1S7G and LS87, left but eight ex- 

 amples ill bis collection, although it was his practice to keej) long 

 series. 



Here, on the Cotswold Hills, (E. nobllis occurs sparingly on 

 flowers of UmhellifercB, and CE. lurida is common on the flowers of 

 Melianthemuvi, &c. 



(E. virescens is a very widely distributed s|)ecies on the continent, 

 occurring in Scandinavia, (Tcrniany, Prance, Switzerland, Austria, 

 Italy, &c. 



Colesboriie, Cheltenham : 



February llth, 1903. 



Spilodes sticticalii and Botys terrealis in Scotland. — I am, and have been for 

 some time past, indebted to Mr. W. Evans, of Edinburgh, for information as to the 

 species to be found in Scotland, in the comparatively neglected groups usually 

 massed together under the name of Micro- Lepidoptera. Recently lie has devoted 

 some attention to the Scottish Fyralites, with the excellent result of bringing m 

 some information from an old correspondent (Mr. J. Ross, formerly of Anstruther, 

 now of Kirkcaldy, Fife), which should, I think, be promptly made known rather 

 than held back for more tardy appearance in my work. 



With regard to iSpHodes sticticalis, Mr. Ross says, " On the 27th June, 1901, I 

 was just getting over a fence when I saw the first, and it struck me as something new, 

 so I hurried after and took it ; then looked to see whether there were others 

 about, and continued on till I had taken eleven more, of which one was damaged 

 and of no value. On killing them I saw that they were of a species that I had not 

 got before and new to me. Later in the season I went to Aberdeen to see my friend 

 Mr. Home, and took two of these specimens in my box, when he identified them. 

 Last year I looked out for more, but we had a cold summer, and I did not meet 

 with any." 



One of these specimens Mr. Ross has most kindly sent to me. It seems probable 

 that at this time (June, 1901) there may have been a small migration of the species, 

 since I hear that another was taken on the same day— and I think that it certainly 

 is a rare species in Scotland, if indeed a constant inhabitant at all. 



Of Botys terrealis Mr. Ross says, when sending me a genuine specimen, " I 

 have always taken this for a dark form oifuscalis. It is not plentiful, indeed, very 

 scarce here, but I have generally taken three or four every season." Certainly it 

 is somewhat like B.fuscalis, but of a different shape, its fore-wings being so much 

 longer, and somewhat narrower, its colour is more sooty, though probably this 

 arises from the more northern habitat, but 1 feel little doubt that, when more 

 carefully looked for, B. terrealis will prove to be more widely distributed in 

 Scotland than is at present supposed. It is a species quite readily overlooked. — 

 Chas. Or. Barrett, Tremont, Peckham Rye, S.E. : February, 1903. 



