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spent two or three mornings there, more especially as there are some 

 good rough corners of meadow land, suitable for working A. medon 

 var. artaxer.vcs. Each time the sky was partially overcast, or else the 

 butterfly would have been in abundance. As it was I got a nice long 

 series, including one beautiful obsolete underside variety. Besides the 

 marginal spots, it has no trace of any others, except one very large one 

 in the centre of each wing. It was quite noticeable, even in flight, and 

 happily was in perfect condition. A fine lot of Pohiommatus icanta 

 were also taken here, the race being as usual in Scotland, very large and 

 brilliant. Arfiynnis^ ai/laia was abundant and both Brenthis selene 

 and B. eitpJimsi/ne still in good condition, while to my surprise I came 

 across a colony of Cupido miniwa. I did not expect to find it so far 

 North, but Mr. Home assures me that it is abundant in other places 

 in the county. G. myrtillata [ohfuacata) also occurred here, but I really 

 scarcely worked the hills at all. A male Lciocampa dictacoidea was 

 found on a rock, and several' Kimuelesia niinorata var. ericetata 

 seen on the wing. In fact, as regards numbers, Lepidoptera 

 were as plentiful here as anywhere in the district, two very abundant 

 species being Tancujra atrata {cJuH'rn}iJu/llata) and Kxbnlia limitata 

 (mem-uraria), the latter disappointingly typical. Its near neighbour, 

 E. pliunbaria, seemed to have a double emergence. On my first day 

 or two at Braemar they were plentiful, but the males worn to shreds 

 and the females needing picking over. By the end, all this early 

 emergence seemed to have vanished, and a fresh lot of both sexes 

 appeared. These last were very strongly coloured and of considerably 

 larger size than the early ones, many of which were almost pigmies. 

 Another late species to appear was Anaitia playiata, which did not 

 occur until the 14th, and then only two specimens. It is a very nice 

 form, much bluer in tone than the southern one, and I was sorry not 

 to take more. I don't know what happened to Hcpialm fusconehulosa 

 (celleda). As it was worn last year, I had hoped to take plenty, but 

 it was only seen twice, both times in the village when I had no net. 



Besides the species already mentioned in these somewhat random 

 notes, a number of common species were seen or taken, which call for 

 no special comment. So as to make this record as complete as possible, 

 however, I append the following list of them. Z'/Vm hmmcae, P. rapae, 

 r. napi, hybernated Ai/laift itrticae, Coenonympha paniphilus (very 

 common), liionicia phlaeas, Laaiocampa quercm var. callunae (one larva), 

 Drcpana lacertula (two at dusk), Apaiiiea yemma, Caradrina cubicularis, 

 Runhia tenebrosa, Ayroth {Lycop/wtia) stn'yula, Triphaena pronnba, 

 Iladena pint, Acidalia dimidiata {scittiilata), Cabeia pnaaria, Macaria litti- 

 rata, Einaturya atomaria, Eininclesiaalhiilata (Aberarder), Thera obelhcata 

 (ran'ata), Memleiica [Miiantlna) occllata, Xanthor/ioe {Mclam'ppr) sociata, 

 X. (M.) innntanata, X. {}f.)jliietiiata, Corewia ferruyata, (^amptnyrawma 

 bilnwata, Cidaria corylata, h^xdoria (Scoparia) iniiraiia, Botyfi J'liscalis, 

 ('iambus pasnidliis, ('. cuhiuihix, and a single late larva of Ilydriowena 

 (JJypsipi'trs) fiircata {cliitata) on juniper, which produced an almost black 

 imago. The actual number of species, perhaps, would not compare 

 favoural)ly with lists compiled from many southern localities, but 

 when the conditions are good, many of them occur in such numbers 

 that the quantity atone for the lack of variety. A great charm of the 

 collecting, moreover, is the amount of work that can be done by day, 

 as when conditions are otherwise impossible, there is always such good 



