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sinapis, C. edusa, etc. ; whilst J/, galatea was also abundant. My son 

 took two Cieora glabraria, one, in a fir wood, another at rest on an oak, 

 on August 4th and 12th. I believe the insect has been noted before to 

 occur in Devonshire. Bupalus piniaria and Macaria liturata were 

 flying freely in the fir woods about midsummer. Ftilodontis palpi?ia 

 came to light in August, and Ennoinos fuscantaria in September. At 

 heather, in August, we took Agroiis agathina^ resting on the flowers 

 (but only in one locality)) Nodua castanea var. neglechi, with one var. 

 IcEvis, also Stilbia anoinala flying (male and female), and larvae of 

 Atiarta myrtilli feeding, besides commoner insects. One of our party 

 beat out a larva of Cuspidia ahii, just as it was preparing to put on its 

 characteristic coat, at Harpflow woods, towards the end of August. — 

 W. S. Riding. September 24///, 1892. 



Aberdeen. — This is one of the best seasons here that I have ever en- 

 joyed. Sugar, during August, was very productive, it was quite a treat 

 to see Orthosia si/specfa, Nodua neglcda, N. dah/ii, IV. glareosa, Litho- 

 7nia solidaginis and N. sobrina fighting for a place on the sugared trees. 

 The frost is spoiling it now, but Eptinda fiigra, Calocanipa vehista, • 

 Audiocelis riifijia, A. litura and Alellinia ferruginea are turning up in 

 numbers. I took a few Stenopteryx hybridalis on ragwort flowers 

 on the sandhills, although I never took it here before. It is wonderful 

 how abundant this species has been all over the country. Plusia 

 gamma is common, but not so abundant as in most other places. 

 Boinbyx rubi larvae are in thousands almost on every piece of high 

 ground. — A. Horne, Aberdeen. September c)th, 1891. 



Aberdeen. — ATamestra albicolon has never been so common in Aber- 

 deen before as it has been this year. In fact, it has been a stranger 

 here except in a io-w cases. One or two was about the most ever taken 

 in a season. I obtained ova from a female, and the larvae were running 

 about in my box, but before I found out the right foodplant they had 

 all died. Xylophasia rurea is a very common insect with us, in fact, 

 they are a pest at times, and we take very dark varieties, some of them 

 almost black. Lyceena var. artaxerxes is, as a rule, very common at 

 Muchalls every year. Orthosia suspeda has been very scarce this year, 

 Nodua dahlii especially abundant. There are some very fine varieties 

 of dahlii taken in the district, they vary in colour from light to dark, 

 and also in markings and size. Nodua negleda was very scarce, but 

 the larvae were common. I think it was the abundance of heath bloom 

 that prevented them being attracted by the sugar. — J. Sinclair, Aber- 

 deen. Sept. 22,rd, 1892. 



Cornwall. — In July Eupithecia pulchellata was plentiful in fox-gloves 

 around Penzance, but though I collected a great number I have very 

 few pupae, as more than two-thirds were ichneumoned ; when they 

 attempt pupation they become distended and rigid with the larvce of 

 the ichneumon. Just in the same manner I have noticed Eupithecia 

 valeria7iata. Satyrus semele was very abundant from the Porthguiana 

 to Land's End, especially wherever the softer granite formation occur- 

 red, and the cliff sides were covered with small fragments ; where the 

 boulders are the rule, S. semele was absent. Can anyone give me 

 any information as to the locality near the Bolt-tail for Lyccena arionf 

 I first saw this year's brood of Colias cdusa at Prawle Point on the 31st 

 July, and got one var. helice just emerged, the males were very 



