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Panz. — During April and May, 1888, this insect was so common on the 

 fir trees of the wood, that Dr. Northcote and myself captured over 100 

 specimens, varying in tint from bright orange red to greenish-brown or 

 black. Lately it has been less abundant. It has also been taken by 

 Mr. Wilson, Mr. Evans, and is mentioned by Lowe and Logan, Proc. 

 Roy. Phys. Soc, vol. i., p. 3. Odontopera bidentata, Clerck. A very 

 common insect in Bavelaw Wood, usually hidden behind the rugosities 

 of the bark of Scotch fir trees ; many specimens show a melanotic ten- 

 dency. Recorded both by Mr. Evans and Mr. Wilson. Larentia viri- 

 daria^ Fb. [pectinitaria, Fues. ; f/iiaria, Bork., Sta). Very common in 

 the wood during July, the specimens varying much in intensity of 

 colour. Taken also by Dr. Northcote, Mr. Evans and Mr. Wilson. 

 Eupithecia satyrata, Hb. — Larvje of this species, common on the flowers 

 of scabious, on Balerno Moor, August 4th, 1884, and August nth, 

 1885. Mr. Wilson found the larvae of var. callunaria, Stgr., common 

 on scabious on Bavelaw Moor, September 14th, 1856, and again on 

 September 5th, 1858. — E. W. Carlier {Annals of Scot. Nat. Hist., pp. 



42-45)- 



Vanessa urtic^ var. — I have a specimen of V. urficce, which I 



believe to be the same form as that mentioned by Mr. Sharp in 



The Entomologisf s Record {ante, p. 8). All the markings, which in the 



typical specimens are yellow, are in this quite white. It was taken in a 



field at Bognor, about the middle of July, 1886. — R. C. Baton, 21, 



Hopton Road, Streatham, S.W. January i^th, 1892. 



Hvbernia progemmaria var. fuscata. — In the exhibition box, I 

 have placed an extreme specimen of H. progemmaria. It is many 

 shades darker than so-c^Wo.'di fuscata. I should fancy it a near approach 

 to those obtained in Yorkshire by Mr. Porritt. I obtained the 

 specimen last spring at Warrington, with half-a-dozen others of nearly 

 the same intensity, together with ordinary specimens of \?a. fuscata. — 

 J. Collins. February ist, 1892. [This male is as dark as the darkest 

 Barnsley males, but not so dark as females obtained by Mr. Porritt, 

 which are absolutely black. — Ed.] 



Variation of Arctia plantaginis, etc. — In Aberdeenshire we find 

 A.plantaginis everywhere on waste ground, from the sea-side to the tops 

 of our highest mountains. From the sea-level to a little over 1,500 

 feet, typical specimens only are to be got, with an occasional aberration; 

 from 1,500 to 2,500 feet every intermediate form between the type and 

 var. hospita occurs ; while over 2,500 feet one can only get liospita. 

 While at Braemar with Mr. Maddison last July, we got type, inter- 

 mediate varieties and hospita on the mountains, and it was curious to 

 note how the type was gradually replaced by the variety as we ascended 

 the hill slopes. A great part of our collecting was accomplished at 

 over 3,000 feet elevation, and at this height it was not rare to see 

 hospita careering over the broken ground, where its colours harmonised 

 most remarkably with the grey rocks and lichens, and it was a very 

 difficult matter to keep them in sight for any length of time, but a 

 little lower down the hill side we succeeded better, where we had the 

 heather for a background. My total catch was seven good hospita, 

 several intermediate and typical forms, and a few of all the different 

 varieties, which may be said to have been in the wars, for they were in 

 a very tattered condition. Intermediate forms with the superior wings 



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