288 THE entomologist's record. 



would attract me there alone. However, tlie sight of my series of 

 flavicinctata will alwaj's recall tlie most exquisite l/it of scenery I have 

 ever seen, and the imtnanafa, the lovely cascade and waterfall lower 

 down on the same mountain. Near the summit we took Pamplusia 

 monticolana, hut it was only just a})pearing, the specimens lieing in ex- 

 cellent condition. We intended working hard coming down, but the 

 good intention was frustrated, as I collapsed rather suddenly and we 

 had to make the best of our way home without adding much to our bag. 

 Bactra Innceolana, however, Avas noticeably common on the bog. An 

 occasional PoUa clii was met with near the hotel, those captured being- 

 pale and so very conspicious that one could not help noticing how little 

 chance, specimens so coloured had of escape. 



A special visit to Coulport, on the shores of Loch Long, from 

 whence we walked over the hills to Garelochhead and then back over 

 the hills to Cove, resulted entomologically in })icking up larvajof Jnrrr/a 

 myrtilU, Melanippe hastata and Viininia laenyanthidk, whilst the terminal 

 slioots of Miirica were fastened up in peculiar balloon-like bundles l)y 

 the larvte of Penthina dhntdinna. Imagines, however, were very scarce 

 with the exception of Larentia didymata and Erehia osthiops. the latter 

 locally abundant and in very fair condition, considering the general 

 earliness of the season. Besides these, Melanippe soclata, Cklaria testata, 

 C. immanata, Scopida lutealis, Poedisca solandriana, Tortri.c viburniana 

 and Aphelia osseana Avere almost the only species noticed. 



Besides the above we noted Cidaria testata, a form Avitli very dark 

 undersides, the upper sides being fairly normal for Scotch si^ecimens, at 

 Stronachlochar, this as well as Cidaria immanata being abundant in the 

 small pine plantation near the hotel, and on the heath blossoms I took 

 Ainhlt/ptiUa acantJiodacti/Ja. In the Trossachs, on the borders of Loch 

 Katrine, and round the foot of Benvenue, Larentia didi/mata, L. olicata, 

 Cidaria immanata, Grapholitha (jeininana and Piedisca solandriana were 

 all A'ery common. Dr. Chapman also reported Cehjena haicorthii, 

 CharaHis graminis, Hi/dro'cia nictitans and Pamplusia monticolana as 

 abundant on Ben Lomond, and Scopula alpinalis was seen sparingly on 

 the upper slo})es of the same mountain. Vanessa urtica; was taken at a 

 height of 1,UU0 feet, and seen quite on the top of Ben Bheula, as also 

 was Pyrameis atalanta, by far the commonest butterfly (except the local 

 E. cethiops) Avhich we saw on our visit. 



oji I'jiE hEiofji OF TH^efi^ ^m£, 



"With special reference to its correlated variations in Plumage, 

 Moulting and Hybernation. 



By T. A. CHAPMAN, M. D. 



{Continued from pnge 268'. 



Of every brood of caia I have reared, a certain small proportion, 

 generally not far from five per cent, feed up rapidly in the fourth 

 skin, becoming larger in the fourth skin than the normal larva in the 

 fifth, and moult in the fifth sskin into caia plumage ; of these some 

 ];)ecome full-grown in the next (the sixth) skin ; others take a further 

 moult into the seventh as the adult stage, and this seems the more usual 

 course for this set of larva\ These emerge as moths in from 11 to 13 

 weeks from the date of the eggs lieing laid. 



