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of course, a good deal commoner than L. flavicindata. It is to be 

 obtained in the same way as the latter, but is more difficult to see on 

 the rocks, as its grey colour exactly harmonises with the colour of the 

 rocks. Besides finding them in this way, we kicked several out of the 

 heather as we walked through it. We were obliged to give up search- 

 ing the rocks for these two species owing to the wind, so, as the sun 

 came out for a time, we started for another locality with the intention 

 (if the sun continued shining) of netting a few E. cethiops {blandind). 

 This species is very local, and at Rannoch seems to be confined to an 

 open space in a wood about four miles to the east, near the banks of 

 the Tummel, the locality being about 150 yards long by 20 yards wide. 

 On the way to this place, crossing a bog on the mountain side, we saw 

 a few Cmnonympha iypho?i {davus), and I netted three good specimens. 

 These were the only specimens of the insect which I took, though I 

 fancy I saw a few more on the road between Rannoch and Pitlochry. 

 Having reached the locality for E. cethiops, the sun favoured us for a little 

 while, and we were able to net a fair number in good condition in a 

 short time, the males being the most plentiful. My experience with 

 this species coincides with that of Mr. F. H. Wolley Dod with E. 

 cassiope {Ent. Rec, vol. ii., p. 205), viz., they will not fly unless the sun 

 is shining, but the moment the sun comes out, out comes blandina all 

 round you. I took a few larvffi of Cyniatophora or from some small aspens 

 on the banks of the Tummel. These larvae spin up between two leaves 

 during the day, very much in the same manner as Asphalia flavicoriiis, 

 except that the latter as a rule spins one leaf folded in half, whereas 

 C or spins two leaves together. On returning to Rannoch I was pre- 

 sented with a splendid Plitsia chrysitis by a young lady, who had found 

 it on the hotel wall. In the evening I netted Caradrina qitadripu/ictata 

 {cuMctilaris), Cidaria immanata and C. fulvata in the hotel garden, 

 which completed my first day's collecting at Rannoch. The next day 

 the weather was again very unsettled, and I spent most of the morning 

 setting my captures of the previous day. In the afternoon I took a 

 walk with my brother to the locality for Erebia cethiops, and netted a 

 few more specimens of this insect, together with a good lot of Lareiilia 

 didyjiiata, which was swarming everywhere, and another specimen of 

 Cidaria inunanata. L. didyniata was certainly the commonest insect I 

 observed during my stay at Rannoch, appearing in almost every place 

 I visited, and quite oblivious of weather. I did not, however, see many 

 females, and those I did see were much paler than the males, and not 

 in such good condition. I also took some more larvae of C. or. I 

 sugared in the evening, but not a single moth came to the sweets. The 

 next day being Sunday, I did not do any collecting, but along the 

 southern shore of the Loch we noticed L. didyniata in great quantities, 

 notwithstanding the rain which was falling steadily most of the time. 

 I took a worn specimen of Thera firniata off the trunk of one of the 

 pine trees in the Black Wood. ^londay was a magnificent day, and I 

 was soon out with my net. I walked along the south shore of the Loch 

 for about a mile and a half, when I struck across the rough ground on 

 the left of the road, shortly before reaching the Allt Druidhe Burn, 

 intending to work my way up the mountains along the south of the 

 loch. I had not gone very far before L. ccesiata began to appear com- 

 monly among the heather. They were, however, difificult to capture, 



