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c-alhum, no Leucophasia sinapis. The Satyridce were scarce, except Satyriis Janira, 

 which was abundant, and active through the continual rains ; it was out far into 

 October. Pyrameis cardiii was common, the hibernated specimens bravely facing 

 out the storms, and starting up as one approached, nearly into the dusk of evening. 

 Lyccena Icarus, and that scarce, was the only species of its genus seen. Fieris brassicce 

 was scarce, and its larva not seen ; but P. rapa was abundant, its larva doing much 

 damage to the cabbages. Liparis aurijlua was abundant, but late, continuing visible 

 to end of September. Larva3 of Mamestra hrassicce were numerous and proportionately 

 injurious ; and Plusia gamma was in great force. Abraxas qrossulariata was more 

 abundant in lanes and thickets than usual, and, withal, below the average size, many 

 specimens remarkably so. In the Lepidoptera, but in the Geometrina especially, I 

 noticed that the great majority of specimens, however recently out of pupa, were 

 scratched and torn — the result no doubt of the frequent violent winds. To the same 

 cause it was owing that the foliage of most plants, not of very humble growth, was 

 bruised and torn diu-ing what ought to have been summer, and it was quite a common 

 thing for branches to be torn from trees. Larvse of the species of Tischeria were 

 very scarce, only four of angusticolella and one of dodoncea being found. Those of 

 Lithocolletis were, in some species at least, commoner than usual — torminella, com- 

 parella, and stettinensis for instance. 



Of Trichoptera, no species of Phryganeida occurred to me, nor anj of Stenophylax 

 or Micropterna, though these latter are usually the most obtrusive of the tribe. 



Among Diptera the species of Bibio were scarce : of B. Marci only three were 

 found, the first on May 26th. Many of the not uncommon species of Syrphidce were 

 not met with at all ; but of HeJophilus trivittatus five occurred — until then I had 

 only one. The SarcophagcB were scarce, not a dozen specimens being seen throughout. 

 Musca domestica was less common than usual, and, though carefully looked for, was 

 not seen before August 1st. 



The Hemiptera noticed were fewer than in other years ; but the PsyJUdcB were 

 obtained commonly by beating in autumn. Aphides were troublesome on black cur- 

 rant, broad bean (especially so), apple, strawberry, chrysanthemum, and rose. — Id. 



List of Hemiptera- Homoptera occurring at Pitlochry in Perthshire. — In a 

 former communication, p. 175, ante, I gave a list of the Hemiptera- Heteroptera 

 which I took at Pitlochry ; the present is a similar list of the Homoptera. Messrs. 

 Douglas and Scott have kindly verified most of the species ; had the season been an 

 ordinary one, I feel sure the country about Pitlochry would have furnished better 

 results, if carefully worked. 



Cixius nervosus, L., C. cunicularius , L., Liburnia pellucida, Fab., L. mesomela. 

 Boh., L. discolor. Boh., L. limbata, Fab., L. guttula, Boh., L. perspicillata, Boh., 

 Dicranutropis hamata, Boh., developed, D. sp. allied to hamata, Stiroma albomar- 

 ginata, Curt., Aphrophora alni, Fab., Philcanus spumarius, L., in more wonderful 

 variety than in Morayshire, Ph. exclamationis, Thunb., Ph. lineatus, L., Centrotus 

 cornutus, L., Ulopa reticulata, Fab., Megophthalmus scanicus, Fall., Strongylocephalus 

 Megerlei, Fieb., Acocephalus albifrons, L., A. rusticus, Fab., A. histrionicus, Fab., 



A. bifasciatus, L., Macropsis lanio, L., Idiocerus populi, L., Bythoscopus alni, Schr., 



B. fruticola, Fall., Agallia venosa, Fall., Tettigonia viridis, L., Euacanthus inter- 



