NOTES ON COLLECTING, ETC. OiJ 



ulicetann -was swarming among wliiiis, I only captured a few of the best 

 marked ones. Last year, Eupcecilia snhroseana and Argyrolepia 

 haumannlann were found in extraordinary abundance near Kirkmicliael, 

 in Perthshire. I was rather late for them this year, and the wet 

 evenings destro^^ed all chance of finding them, so that my catch was 

 rather limited. Mr. Milne caught haniuaaaiana while I was with him 

 at Forres ; I do not think it is mentioned in Dr. Gordon's list. A vari- 

 able series of Tortricodes hi/emana, was brought from Eannoch. I beat 

 them from old oak trees in Carrie Wood l:)y day. I was unable to pay 

 much attention to the Tineina, partly on account of being troubled with 

 my eyes, and pressure of other work giving me less time than I should 

 have liked. Besides, the weather w^is seldom in a condition to allow a 

 chance of working the smaller fry with profit, and my knowledge of 

 the habits of all the little species is not particularly extensive. As I 

 was unable to name all that were found, I only mention the more 

 interesting of my captures. Epigraph a aceJIanella was common at rest 

 on birch trunks ; by picking up all I saw while searching for Petasia 

 nabeculosa, I gathered together a nice series. I picked up an empty 

 larva case of Psi/che opaceUa in the ]>lack Wood at Rannoch ; and 

 several cases of a Soleaobia on birch trunks at Eannoch, which ajipear 

 to be (piite distinct from the species which frequent stone walls. In 

 all probability this is a '' new species," if so, the honoiir of finding it 

 must be given to Mr. Salvage of Brighton, who pointed it out to me. 

 Several common species of Tinea were noticed, but nothing of value. 

 I tried to collect the birch Micropteri/x, but the net got clogged to such 

 an extent with Aphides, that I gave up in disgust. The beautiful little 

 Adelafibidella was not rare among flowers ; Swaiiunerdamia (jriseo-capiteUa 

 was seen among birch, the larvae were common in autumn. A few 

 S. nanicora larvae were found on Betida nana near Braemar ; this 

 appears to be a very rare species. Plutella dalella was not uncommon 

 on the heaths. The l)est Depressaria noticed Avas cinifloaeUa, which 

 w'as rather scarce on old stone walls at Kannoch. Two or three Gelechio 

 sang iell a turned up, and 1 captured CEcophora JiavimaadeUa , GJiiphipteryx 

 Jischeriella, Argyresthia giedarteUa, and other sjjecies in abundance, but 

 it is inadvisable to give a further list of the cajitures in this gi-oup since 

 I am not sure that my nomenclature is correct. — Wm. Reid, Pitcaj)le, 

 Aberdeen, N.B. February Sth, 1893. 



Re-occurrence in Britain of Catocala electa, Bkii. — In the 

 recently-published vol. iv. of The British Nocfuce and their Varieties by 

 Mr. J. W. Tutt, we read on page 130 the account that originally appeared 

 in The Entomologist, vol. viii., pp. 282-3, of the capture liy Mr. A. C. 

 Vine, of an individual of this species, wdiicli was taken at sugar near 

 Brighton, on September 24th, 1875; and Mr. Tutt then adds: — "No 

 other British specimen has been recorded of this species either before 

 or since." Such is undoubtedly the case, and it is therefore all the 

 more satisfactory to me to place on record the occurrence of a second 

 example of this moth in this country, and to be al)le to claim for it a 

 regular place in the British list. When the peaches and other kinds of 

 wall-fruit in our garden here are ripe, Ave always have, in addition to 

 many bottles of " beer and sugar mixture " hung on the trees themselves, 

 two or three '" wasp-traps " placed near the trees in the hoj^e of draw- 

 ing off the insects from attacking the fruit : they are easily constructed 

 with a couple of square " hand-lights," but it is unnecessary now to 

 enter into the details. I have always found it a good plan just to keep 



