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scarce on the banks of the Dee, near Braemar ; abundant on the sand- 

 hills north of Aberdeen, and in Morayshire ; C. furratdliis, scarce at 

 Braemar; C. mariiayitellu.^, scarce at Archiestown (Morayshire), and 

 Braemar ; C. pciidliis and var. warrlni/tondlns, swarming on the 

 Morayshire sand-hills, does not occur at Aberdeen ; P/ii/cis carhona- 

 riella was abundant in Glen Derry, Braemar ; Diori/ctria ahietella, one 

 at rest on a paling at Gellybog, Morayshire ; Tortri.r ministrana, 

 abundant among birch at Braemar and Urquhart, Morayshire, some 

 very dark forms occurred ; Amplma prodromana, not uncommon on 

 the moors near Aberdeen ; Leptoi/ramma niveana var. scotana, one on 

 the trunk of a birch on the Culbin Sands, near Forres ; PcntJdna 

 praeloHt/aua, common among birches at Braemar and Aberdeen ; 

 P. ataintoniana, scarce among bilberry at Braemar; Sericorislittorana, 

 common at Muchalls, on the Kincardineshire coast ; .S'. irrvjuana 

 swarmed on the higher slopes of nearly all the hills about Braemar, 

 among bilberry ; Mi.ivdia palustrana, common on the moors at 

 Aberdeen and Braemar; M. nihuiinoxana, scarce at Burghead, Moray- 

 shire ; Hciaphila penziana, a beautiful series, in Glen Derry, Braemar ; 

 S. colquhounmia, scarce on the cliffs of the Kincardineshire coast ; 

 Phoxoptenjx myrtillana, abundant everywhere among bilberry ; 

 Cucci/x cosmophurana, I get pupfe of this species in one-year-old 

 resinous nodules, that have been tenanted by Retmia rednana the 

 previous year. I should like to know more about this insect, and 

 under what conditions the larvae or pupfe have been found elsewhere, 

 /i. y//«/co/'fl»rt, scarce near Aberdeen ; //. rcsinaua, abundant as larvas 

 and pup;T9, the resinous nodules being very conspicuous on the fir 

 trees, most plentiful in the Forres and Elgin districts of Morayshire : 

 scarcer at Balnagowan (Ross-shire) , and Aboyne and Dinnet (Aberdeen- 

 shire). The larvffi take two years to feed up, and the moth appears 

 only every alternate year in those localities where I have collected ; 

 Stif/vioudta vonrfrraua, scarce at Aberdeen and Burghead ; Dicio- 

 rhaiiipha herhosana, abundant on the sand-hills north of Aberdeen ; 

 FAipoecilia ciliana, common, and very variable on all the moors near 

 Aberdeen. — A. Horne, F.E.S., 52, Irvine Place, Aberdeen. Ihrciiihcr, 

 1895. 



Micro collecting at Clevedon in 1895. — I found Micros, 

 particularly Tortricides, uncommonly scarce last season in this dis- 

 trict. Even that pest Tortri.r viridana was scarce. Would that it 

 were always so ! I did not see a single specimen of many species 

 usually abundant, and the species that did occur Avere not plentiful. 

 Pyralides and Crambides, with the exception of the very commonest 

 species, were also scarce. I only took half a dozen Botiis lanrcalis, 

 and these not in good condition. — J. Mason, Clevedon Court Lodge, 

 Somerset. 



Autumnal captures. — On November 22nd I found aj? Pot'cilocampa 

 pupuli on my study window. This led me to light up my moth-trap, 

 and on the following morning I found in it one P. popidi ? , one 

 Astcruscopiis sjihin.c, sixteen Hijhernia defoliaria (including some very 

 nice aberrations), and one H. aurantiaria. On the night of November 

 27th, though apparently perfect for light, no moths came to the trap, 

 although hundreds of gnats were attracted. — (Major) R. B. Robertson, 

 Coxhorne, near Cheltenham. Xorcmbrr, 1895. 



Agriopis aprilina and Euchelia ,TAcoB/EiE IN PpRTH.^ — I was rather 



