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trived to elude us. The next thing that fell in our way was L. loiulata, seated on 
a huge fir tree. And now, getting well into the midst of the larger birch trees, we 
found fresh and beautiful examples of T. punctulata by no means rare. Here, too, 
were some little Eupithecice : nanata, ahhreviata, and pumilata. At the foot of a 
large lime tree was seated T. piniperda. The metallic Micropieryges were darting 
busily around the birch twigs — suh-purpurella being most abundantly represented ; 
while freshly-emerged specimens of L. faginella reposed on the trunks of the beech 
trees. Here, too, on fir, was T. crepuscularia, so sluggishly tenacious of its hold 
that some manoeuvring was necessary to get it into a box. A large Bomhyx 
careered madly among the birches, giving us just enough of a glance to suggest 
the idea of versicolora. The hot sunshine meanwhile lured various reptiles from 
their concealment, and two large vipers appearing suddenly in our path, we slew 
them for the benefit of Coleopterists. Numbers of lizards were also to be seen 
darting to their refuges as we approached ; and, besides these, we met with the 
common English snake, the blindworm, and a third viper, which we missed. 
Returning along the fence, we found a number of Coleophora cases, some 
already containing pupse, and a few common Tineas, such as Q. Swederella and Tl. 
ntfo-cinerea. 
Reaching home, I found a lovely A. herherata, the third I have bred this year, 
waiting to be placed upon the setting-board. The season, so far, appears to be an 
early one ; and the species of Lepidoptera- — as far as my experience goes — are very 
well represented. — J. B. Blackburn, Grassmeade, Southfields, S.W., May, 1867. 
A visit to Ailsa Craig. — Some friends of mine have just visited Ailsa Craig, and 
one of them (Mr. Coutts) has brought me back three kinds of caterjjillars. The 
first, a geometra, evidently Abraxas grossulariata, was found in plenty, feeding, as 
my friend assures me, on Cotyledon umhilicus ! There are no gooseberry or currant 
bushes on the rock. The next, a small larva of one of the Lithosidce (probably of 
Nudaria), was in profusion on the bare stones, with no vegetation, excepting 
smooth lichens, near them. The other, a single larva of one of the Noduina, but 
it was in a dying state when I saw it, and too far gone for hazarding any guess as 
to its identity. A pupa of one of the Hepialido' was also found. The rock, which 
is eleven miles from the land, was not well examined, for, during the whole time 
(two nights) that the party were on it, the weather was very bad. — T. Chapman, 
Buchanan Street, Glasgow, June 10th, 1867. 
Capture of Telepliorus Darwinianus, in the South of Scotland. — This Tele- 
phorus, hitherto only taken at Aberlady, near Edinburgh, was yesterday cap- 
tured under turf at the side of the Solway near the mouth of the Nith. The 
pinkish-yellow pupa was also abundant in the turf, close to the high water mark. 
I also captured, at the same time, Phwdon concinnum, Erirhvnus bimaculatus, two 
or three large species of Dyschirius, the small Heterocerus sericans (?) of Crotch's 
Catalogue, several specimens of a large Bledius, Anchomenus atratus, &c., &c. — 
W. R. McNab, M.D., Soiithern Counties Asylum, Dumfries, 17th May, 1867. 
