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Larentia pectinitaria, Mdanippc trislafa, Strenia dathrdta, and of 

 course, Caniptogramma bilincata. Many of these bilineata had very 

 dark bands across the forewings, but we spoiled a number of them 

 with ammonia.^ It seems to have no effect on the yellow, but it 

 apparently takes the black band out entirely, or at least only leaves a 

 dmgy yellow. We found a form not uncommonly of exactly this dingy 

 colour that the blackish ones were reduced to. S. hybridalis was, of 

 course, common, also Herbida cespitalis and Rivida sericealis, R. 

 sanginnalis was fairly common, and exactly the same colour as our sand- 

 hill (Wallasey) form. I have seen a form called the "Irish form," in 

 which the ground colour is of a gre-Miish-yellow. I do not say this form 

 do2s not exist in a state of nature, but I never saw it alive, and I can 

 make as many as I want by simply killing with ammonia, as I found to 

 my cost last year. Among the micros we could do nothing, the 

 weather was too much for them. 



The last fortnight I spent at Howth, but could only collect in the 

 evenings. Lycophotia stiigida {porphyrea) was very common on the 

 heather, Agrods lunigera and A. luceniea somewhat scarce, the latter 

 very dark. Besides these, I took Eiipdheda pumUata, Nodua fesdva, 

 Bryophila perla (yellow forms), Anaids plagiata, Gnophos obscurata and 

 Acidada promuiata, all rather ^arce ; and Larcnda pedhidaria extreme'.y 

 abundant. — G. A. Marker, Liverpool. August 2nd, 1892. 



Moray and Aberdeen. — The season in the North of Scotland still 

 continues to be a good one. Sugar is working splendidly, both on the 

 coast and inland. On the 22nd June at Loch Nabo, Morayshire, I 

 found Hyppa redidnea abundant at sugar, Cymatophora duplaris also 

 was rather common ; the only other thing worthy of note was one pale 

 Cuspidia leporina. I netted on the same evening a nice series of 

 Alacaria Uturata, Eupdhecia togahi, Edopia fascia ria, etc. On ist 

 July I had a night's sugaring at Inveran, Sutherlandshire, bat the only 

 insect that occurred in quantity was a very dark form of duplaris. I 

 beat from birch a beautiful lot of Cidaria corylata var. albocrenata. 

 Traces of the larv?e of Sesia scodcefornds were not rare on the birch 

 trunks. At Aberdeen, on the coast, I found swarms of Crandus 

 dumeledus. Emmelesia ericetata has also been abundant, I managed tu 

 net 140 in about two hours. A^rods lucernea is plentitul at heather 

 bloom along thi Kincardineshire coast. Agrods iridci, cursoria, 

 vaUigera and Mamestra furva are turning up in fair numbers on the 

 sandhills ; while in the woods Nodua daJdii, N. sobriua, N. castanea, 

 Dysdiorista suspeda, Lithonua solidaginis, N.glareosa and Apleda occulta 

 are coming more freely to sugar than I have seen them for some consider- 

 able time. On the 25th July at iJurghead, Morayshire, I took two fine 

 lyipluena subsequa at sugar, and lost a third specimen ; they were 

 almost the only insects at sugar that night, which was cold and frosty. 

 At the same place I netted Scodiona belgiaria and Dasydia ob/uscata, 

 Crambus dumetellus, P. rubiginosaiia, Sdgmonota coniferana, and a 

 pretty variable lot of Sericoris cespilana. At Monymusk, .A.berdeenshire, 

 on the 5th August, I took at heather bloom a Noctua which I take 

 to be Hadena satura \ it is in perfect condition, and is no'-v on the 

 setting board ; it certainly is not H. adusta or Apanica gcndiui. At 



^ We cannot imagine how some of our friends u e .immonia. We have very long 

 series of dark (black) banded specimens all killed with ammonia. — Ed. 



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