IMS.] iQi 



dragon-flics recorded by Dr. Buchanan White, and not seen by me hitherto from 

 any part of Scotland. The only species taken were Sympdruu) acnticum, Donov., 

 EnnUag^na cyathvifirnm., Cliarp., and Tsclinum. elegn.na, Van der L. 



Trichoptera were very abundant, and the various lakes scattered over the dis- 

 trict cannot fail to be most productive of species. Amongst those noticed were 

 L'hnvnphilus inarmnrnUis, Curt., L. hnuifii,.^, Curt., L- auricidn,. Curt., L. cvfralis, 

 Curt., and L. sparsKf, Curt., .Sf/Zo pnUipm, F., Lepidnstoma hirtum, F., Li^tocprus 

 aferrimua, Steph., L. fulvii-s, Ramb., and L- cinpreus. Curt., My^tacides aznrea, Lin., 

 (Bcetis ochracra. Curt., <7?. lacn^lris:, Piot., and HH. ti'fttacen, Curt., Trici^nndes btcolor. 

 Curt , Oxypfln'rn roatali.'^. Curt., Tinnd.ex uicBncri, L., Pnliirentroini^ mnltigiittatus. 

 Curt., Agnprtus fuarippa. Curt., and otliers. — Kenneth J. Mobton, 13, Blackford 

 Road, Edinburgli : March, 1903. 



Vnnef^an Avtinpn on Piitnpii Hpnth — Shortly before the great thunderstorm of 

 September 11th last, my friend Mr. E. G. Waddilove, when walking along the edge 

 of the heath, saw a Camberwell Beauty rise from the ground close to him. He 

 noted with surprise that the border to the wings was of a yellower tint than he had 

 expected to see in a British specimen. Can it have been reared from a foreign 

 larva or pupa and set at liberty ? Curiously enough the next day Mrs. Waddilove 

 saw the same [?] s]iccimen close to flic villa2;c of Rocliampton, about a quarter of 

 a mile from the spot where her husband had seen it. Both are quite familiar with 

 the appearance of the insect. — Gr. B. Lonostaff, Highlands, Putney Heath, S.W. : 

 February I9th, 1903. 



[We think it quite probable that the specimen in question had been intention- 

 ally set at liberty or had escaped. — Eds.] 



fimerivthus tilifp pupnting ttndpr hark. — On March 8th of last year, as I was 

 pulling bits of bark and wood off a rotten birchwood post, a chrysalis of S. tilicn 

 was found. I regret that I am unable to say whether it was simply covered by the 

 bark or whether it was enclosed by wood, as I did not observe at the time. It was 

 near a tree which was its probable fond-plant. — G. Hamilton, Corley Rectory, 

 Coventry: Fehrunry ?Mh, 1903. 



The type of Xenosra eremirift, Meyr. — In part 3 of Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1902, 

 Col. Chas. Swinhoe has a paper, entitled, " New and little known species of Drejxni- 

 ulidm, Epiple.mid(s, Micrnniidw, and Geomefridce, in the National Collection " 

 [British Museum], in which he states (p. 627) that the type of the above species 

 is in the Sydney [Australian] Museum. 



I am directed by the Curator of the Australian Museum, Mr. R. Etheridge, 

 Jun., to point out that this is an error. The species in question was described by 

 Meyrick in P. L. S. N. S. W., vol. vi (2), 1891, p. 600, the locality being given as 

 N. S. Wales, but without any intimation as to where the type was deposited. 

 Moreover, I have carefully examined the register and cabinets in the Australian 

 Museum, and there is nothing to show that X. eremias was ever acquired by the 

 Trustees, either by presentation, purchase, or exchange, and so can only assume 

 that the type is in the collection of Mr. Meyrick.— W. J. Rainbow, Entomologist, 

 Australian Museum, Sydney, N. S. Wales : February 7th, 1903. 



