84 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



taken it almost at the sea level, and also at 4,000 feet ; this year I boxed a 

 nice specimen off the cairn on the top of Schiehallion. M. pahistrana 

 was rather common among fir trees in the Blackwood ; it was also fly- 

 ing in dozens round the trees in the Altyre Wood at Forres. I caught 

 one M. ratzehurgliiana among the Forres pahistrana, the first I ever saw 

 alive. M. bouchardana was also found at Forres ; they were very 

 scarce. Burghead is the best locality for this species. I believe Mr. 

 Home captured several while visiting there. Etichromia arhutana is a 

 local species, and I only know of two or three localities Avhere it is 

 found, perhaps the l)est being on a hill side a little south of Kirkmichael 

 in Perthshire ; it was abundant there last year, and j^robably was com- 

 mon this year, but of this I cannot be certain, as it was almost 

 over before I arrived in the district. Orthotcenia ericetana was not 

 rare ; I found it flying in abundance among Vaccinium on quiet after- 

 noons. Caephasia politana, generally a common species on the moors, 

 was very scarce ; last year the hills around Kirkmichael were alive 

 with it. Clepsis rmticana, occasionally turned up on the wet moors. 

 Phoxopteri/x ungnicana and myrtUlana, were not uncommon ; the 

 former flying in the afternoon on the old market green at 

 Kirkmichael, and the latter in the evening, near the same locality, 

 among Vacciaium myrtiUus. Grapholitha trimacnlana was not 

 so abundant as in former years. Phheodes tetraqnetrana was beaten 

 from hazel, but not in the numbers which I have seen on former 

 occasions. One beautiful P. crenana was found sitting on a grass culm 

 not far from Kinloch Eannoch. I never saw the species before, and 

 unfortunately did not recognise it until I removed it from the setting 

 board ; it was taken in April. The beating-stick dislodged an occasional 

 Pcedisca bilimana and Epliippipliora hiiaacidana from birch. E. brunnichi- 

 ana and a curious pale variety of the same species were found among 

 Tnssilayo farfara on the railway banks near Pitcaple. I did not find 

 Coccyx cosiaophorana this year, the}^ seem to follow the example of 

 Retinia resinana, and only appear every alternate year. C. hyrciniana 

 came tumbling and flying in showers from sj^ruce with every stroke 

 of the stick, and C. cacciniana was fluttering about on the moors in the 

 afternoon sun. This has been a good llftinid year, all the Scotch species 

 being found with the exception of r ?«/««/« a and IMr. Hodgkinson's new one. 

 I noticed larva? of remiana on the fir trees in Elginshire, and there was 

 every ap})earance of a good crojj for 1893. B. pinivorana was abundant 

 at dusk, flying round the fir trees. B. posticana was beaten out of the 

 small fir trees by day, they w^ere also found fluttering round the trees 

 at dusk and on quiet afternoons. B. dnplana was found among fir trees, 

 I captured a long series, some of them in the finest possible condition ; 

 the best were found by beating, when on the wing they plunge about 

 at a great rate and soon get sjjoiled. I bred one specimen among old 

 resinana nodules. Last year I accidentally came upon Stiymonota 

 dorsana flying in the afternoon sunshine near Kirkmichael, in Perth- 

 shire. I was unfortunately imable to visit the locality until too late 

 this year ; the place where they Avere found is carpeted with a species 

 of vetch, and I hope to make a big catch one of these days. The only 

 specimen seen this year was taken in the Altyre Wood at Forres ; it 

 was small, and not in the best condition. S. coniferana was abundant 

 among Scotch flr trees, I bred a number from larva? Avhich were feeding 

 in the fir buds. S. perlepjidana was not so common as usual ; they occur 

 on all tlie railway banks near Pitcaple. The white form of Catoptria 



