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been so cold in this neighbourhood, and vegetation so baclcvvard, that 

 few insects are to be found, and larvae are not so plentiful as usual at 

 this time of the year. — John H. Still. 



Li7^erpool. — The weather during the past month has rendered all 

 searching for insects futile. I was at Hartford at Whitsuntide, but the 

 only proceeds were a few Paiiagra petraria and pupae of Celiena ha- 

 7vorf/iii\ both scarce. JVyssia zotiaria has turned up in good numbers 

 at Crosby. It was almost impossible to walk on the sand hills without 

 stamping on tliem. Tccuiocampa gracilis, too, has been fairly common, 

 and T. opima exceedingly scarce, one male, which I took myself, is the 

 only imago I liave heard of, though several batches of eggs were 

 found. — G. A. Harker, Liverpool. 



Ahei-deen. — I sugared on the coast here on June 12th, and found 

 the sweets very producti\e. Some very nice vars. of Hadena dentina 

 turned up ; H. adusta was abundant ; a few each of Vijiiinia ?nyriccE, 

 H. ihalassina, H. pisi, and Nodua plecta completes the list. On June 

 1 3th, I tried the moors, but it was rather windy, and moths at sugar 

 were consequently scarce. I succeeded, however, in taking a few each 

 of Vifiiinia inenynnthidis, H. rectiH7iea, Rusifia tenebrosa, and H. adusta. 

 t netted Bombyx 7'ubi, Chesias ohliq2iaria, Aiiarfa myrfi/li, Enpithecia 

 satyi-ata var. calhuiaria, E. lariciata, E. piimilata, E. naiiata, Demas 

 coryli (one at rest), Coremia ferrugafa, Fidonia piniaria, Melanippe 

 finct7iata (several nice vars.) and F. atoinaria (as usual in swarms). On 

 the heather, I found larvae oi Nodna fiegleda, Pltisia inten-ogaiionis, 

 Bombyx caliunoi, LareiUia ccesiata, Triphaiia orbona, Scodonia belgiaria 

 and Crocallis elinguaria ; on bilberry, Hypsipetes elittaia (in swarms), 

 Cidaria popidata arid C. russata ; and on broom, Npdua glareosa. 

 — Arthur Horne, 31, Watson Street, Aberdeen. 



Forres. — The season in the north of Scotland, so far as my expe- 

 rience goes, is not a very good one, at least so far as sugaring is con- 

 cerned. On the coast it has been and is doing fairly well, but inland 

 almost a complete blank. Many species that were common last year 

 are very scarce this season, notably Hadena redilinea, H. adiista, 

 Pliisia iiiterrogatioiiis, Triphcena subseipta, etc. I took a fine specimen 

 of the latter at Burghead on June 29th, and went specially to Forres 

 for this insect about the middle of July, and sugared where I found 

 them last year, but not one single specimen fell to my lot. At the 

 same time last year I met with some beautiful forms of Agrotis corticea 

 along with T. subsequa, but it also was absent. The only Noctua that 

 turned up in quantity was Miana fasciuncula, very dark red forms 

 and rather different to the Aberdeen specimens, on which I took 

 revenge and secured a long series. Lyca:na artaxerxes has been very 

 common along the coast south of Aberdeen this season, more so than 

 I ever remember seeing before. Apleda occulta is putting in an ap- 

 pearance at sugar on the sand hills, also A. cursoria and A. tritici. I 

 took a long series of Crainbus dumetellus near Aberdeen, an insect that 

 had hitherto escaped my notice, as I often collect on the ground where 

 1 found them. — Id. 



Kingstown. — In the middle of July, I was in King's County on the 

 borders of the Shannon. The hot weather brought out a quantity of 

 insect life. I was fortunate enough to capture one Carsia paludata on 

 the 15th ; and so on the next day I worked some hours in the heat of 



