134 THE entomologist's record, 



sallows were very late coming into bloom, but at one small bush 

 in Giffnock quarries, on the 7th, I obtained several specimens of 

 Taeniocampa incerta, T. cerad {i<tahilu) and T. (jothica, and a few each 

 of Antidca badiata and (Mdaria siiff'ainata. On May 19th, accompanied 

 by Mr. Thos. Wilson and Mr. Fergusson, of Ayr, I was taken to a 

 railway embankment a few miles south of that town where I had the 

 pleasure of taking for the first time Xisoiiiades tai/es, Kiiclidia qhjphica 

 and Stroiia dathrata. Previously I possessed only southern speci- 

 mens, from which they do not difi'er appreciably, with perhaps the 

 exception of X. tai/cs which is slightly darker. CJni/suji/ianus phlamssind 

 (Jon'iiiiafi'rrii;/ata (luiidentan'a) were also taken. On June 3rd I spent 

 a week-end at Luss, Loch Lomond. ( 'alldjihri/s rubi and Cuowni/inpha 

 pa)iij)/iiliis were out in fair numbers, and the folloAving among others 

 were netted in the evening : — XoctKci pli'cta,Hadena thalasdna, Pana{P'a 

 jH'traria, C'oyciiiia spadicearia, Kitpithccia sat;/rata, K, nanata, (Jidaria 

 rori/lata and ( '. silaceata. On the 5th Hcpialiis liipidinu>^, Evwielesia 

 alhidata, Scoparia awbupialu and S'. ^/»iitoZ/.s were out at Crookston, and 

 a single specimen of Eupitliccia pliivibeolata was taken there a feAV 

 evenings later. JUmt/iis si'lenc was obtained on the Mearns moors on 

 the 16th, Craiiibu^ Jiortnelhis, Plati/jitilia bcrtraini and Miinacscdjitiliis 

 bij,unctidarti/la, at Crookston, on the 29th. On July 14th, at 

 Shewalton Moss, in Ayrshire, Ari/ijnuis atilcda and Hipparchia 

 hiipcranthui^ were abundant ; some nice aberrations with regard to the 

 number and size of the ocellated spots were obtained of the latter. 

 In one male these are entirely absent = ab. absolcta, Twii, another male 

 has no trace of the spots on the upper side, though well developed 

 beneath. Anthrocera Jilipcndidae was also common. Anarta myrtilli 

 and Jji/cophotia atriijnla were dashing about over the heather. A couple 

 of 5 s of B. nelenc and a few Acidalia fiunata were captured. In the 

 evening, at Dundonald, a nice lot of Scoparia mxraiia, S. freqiicntella, 

 and S. crataciiella were captured alongside an old wall on the Barassie 

 Koad, as also a few Niidaria vnindana and a single Acidalia dimidiata. 

 On the 16th, at Irvine Moor, Sati/nis ncmclc, large and bright 

 specimens, entirely different from Arran examples, were out in some 

 numbers. I'oli/iiuniiatiis icarns was common and variable. In one $ 

 the lower basal spot and the last spot in the central series are united, 

 forming a band. Kpiiwpliclc janira was also abundant. A single 

 Anaitis plai/iata was taken off a wall, and a j^oor specimen of Scodiona 

 behjiaria from the ground, the favourite resting-place of this species, 

 but the most interesting capture was Kurrln/jiara nrticata, Avhich I 

 caught at Dundonald Castle ; this species has not been taken in 

 Clydesdale, as far as I am aware, for nearly 30 years. Here, also, I 

 took in the evening J'luHiafcstncar, 1\ iota, P. pulclirina, and /'. chn/.sitis, 

 a single llabmstola tyipartita and Apamea (jcwina. My holidays were 

 spent in Arran, at King's Cross, from August 4th till 20th. Little of 

 special interest was taken during my stay in the lepidoptera. The three 

 species of L'icris were seen, Pi/ra)iicis atalanta singly, and A(/lais iirticac 

 in abundance, on the 4th. Poh/(Jniiiiatiis icanin and Cliri/.sojdianiis 

 pldaca^ were both very common. Sati/nis noiiclc abundant, but worn, 

 on Holy Isle ; and at ragwort the usual common order of things 

 occurred, such as Liiperina tesiacca, Miana litcroxct and M. bicoloria, 

 Tiipkaena comes and T. jiroimba, Xoctiia .rantluhirajdia, and a single 

 specimen of Xoctita dahlii and IP/droecia micacca. A solitary specimen 



