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as they always flew so that the sun was straight in my eyes when I 

 started in pursuit, and it is not the easiest ground one could choose to 

 run over after them. I managed, however, to secure a few good speci- 

 mens. Working on, I came to some limestone rocks rather high up on 

 ths mountain sides, which I searched thoroughly for L, flaviciiictata 

 {ruficinclata) and was fortunate enough to find 8 fine specimens. Z. 

 ccesiata was very common too in the same localities, and I also netted 5 

 specimens of Cidaria populata, unfortunately in rather worn condition, 

 but presenting very marked variation from the southern specimens, 

 one or two being almost black. Descending from this place I came 

 into a beautiful birch wood called Carie Wood, where I took a speci- 

 men of C. iinmanata. I then walked on towards the Black Wood, 

 netting on the way a magnificent specimen of Vanessa iirticce, very large 

 and dark, especially on the under side, which in the underwings is very 

 nearly as dark as the underside of the underwings of V, io. On reach- 

 ing the Black \\'ood I was somewhat disappointed at not seeing 

 anything but L. didyinata, but I suppose I did not penetrate far enough 

 into the wood. On the way back to Rannoch 1 obtained a good 

 specimen of MelantJiia bicolorata {rubigina(a), and also some larvoe of 

 C. or on some aspens growing by the bridge where the road crosses the 

 burn at Carie. During the next four days the weather was very 

 unsatisfactory, being very windy with a good deal of rain, and con- 

 sequently very little collecting could be done. The only new species 

 taken were : — Siilbia anoinala, i specimen on the banks of the Tummel 

 on the nth. This specimen was taken in the afternoon in broad 

 daylight, which fact does not coincide with Mr. Thornewill's note 

 {Entomologisfs Record, vol. ii., p. 209), and I may add that another 

 specimen was seen in the daytime on the 15th, but was too worn to 

 keep. Eubolia limitata {mensuraria), i on August nth on the banks 

 of the Tummel, and 4 specimens in Glen Sassun on the 12th. This 

 species, however, was well over, all the specimens I saw and took being 

 considerably worn. On the 12th, I took 3 fair specimens of ^/^fz/Z/i- 

 plagiata at rest on the rocks on the side of Craig Var, on the north side 

 of the village. On the 15 th, I had another day's collecting with Mr. 

 Salvage, our chief object being larvae, particularly those of Notodoiita 

 dicttxa. We searched aspens in Carie Wood for this species, but the 

 strictest search only produced i specimen. We consoled ourselves, 

 however, by taking a good many more C. or. Other larvte taken this 

 day were 2 Bombyx ricbi by the roadside on the south of the Loch, and 

 I Acronyda ( Viminid) menyanthidis in the same situation, and from 

 birch we beat 2 A. flavicornis and one each of the following, viz. : — 

 Notodonta droinedarhis, JV. camelina, Drepana lacertinaria (lacertula) 

 and D. falcataria ( ^aicula), besides a good many others unknown to 

 me. Of imagines I took another V. urticce, very dark on the underside, 

 but not so much so, nor so large, as the specimen taken on the loth ; 

 I Charceas grainiiiis, i Ckoreris viminalis, 2 Crocallis eliiiguaria in 

 which the median band in the forewings is much paler than in the 

 southern specimens, being nearly the same as the ground colour of the 

 wings, and a dark C. ini/na/iata. The next day, Sunday, August i6th, 

 was devoted to a walk to the top of Shiehallion, from which we obtained 

 a magnificent view. I noticed a great many Z. ccesiata on the moun- 

 tain, and C. populata was also fairly common, but having no apparatus 



