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hiarcuana, 3 ; A. siculana, 3 ; Phlosodes crenana, 1 (this species I have not met with 

 here before) ; Stigmonota puncticostana, Catoptria aspidiscana, 2 ; Lohesia reliquana, 

 4 ; Roxana arcuana, 4 ; Eupcecilia ruJiciUana, in plenty ; Lampronia luzella, 1 ; a 

 specimen of the variety of Incv/rvaria masculella which has both the spots confluent ; 

 Nemophora metaxella, 3 ; Omix Loganella, 6 ; Stephensia Brunnichiella,l ; Elachista 

 liatomella, 2 ; E. triseriatella, 2 ; E. rhynchosporella, 6. 



On the 14th of June I went to Humphrey Head, near Ulverston, and met with 

 Botys terrealis, Acidalia suhsericeata, Eupithecia constrictata, Ennychia octomaculalis, 

 and about 40 Coleophora salinellct in a neighbouring salt-marsh; Psy diodes ver- 

 huellella was flying in the hot sunshine. After a warm walk of nine miles I reached 

 Witherslack, and there met with Procris Geryon, Eucosmia undulata, Penthina, 

 prcelonyana, 1 ; Parasia Metzneriella, 1 ; Coleophora fuscociliella, 2 ; and many 

 commoner species ; also GelecMa tenehrella and G. tenebrosella. I think these are 

 distinct speties, as I have taken G. tenehrella in copuld,. On the 28th of June I 

 again re-visited Witherslack, and obtained 6 Euchromia rufana, YypsolopJius mar- 

 ginellus, and 6 Bucculatrix frangulella, on buckthorn. I had not previously met 

 with this neat Uttle species. Oi Lohopliora sexalisata I met with four flying at dusk 

 in the highway, also Lithosia mesomella, Drepa/na lacertula, Miana arcuosa, EutUe- 

 moma russula, Pelurga comitata, and Tinea semifulvella ; and I found Ellopia fasciaria, 

 and Polia nehulosa just emerged from the pupa, drying their wings on the stems of 

 trees. All this time I was undergoing martyrdom from the midges. 



July 14th 1 again went to Witherslack, and met with Scotosia vetulata and 

 Ligdia adxistata for the first time in this district, also Spilonota lariciana, a number 

 of larvaj of Deprcssaria carduella, Hypenodes humidalis, 12 Dicrorampha consoHana, 

 Tinea alUpunctella, &c., &c. — J. B. Hodgkinson, 31, Christchurch Street, Preston. 



Captures of Lepidoptera at Rannoch. — The following are notes of an entomo- 

 logical visit with Mr. C. J. Buckmaster to the north of Perthshire during the latter 

 half of July and the greater part of August in the present year. 



"Work began gloomily on 22nd July by a walk of eight miles in the rain, from 

 Kinloch Rannoch to Camachgouran — that paradise of Scotch insects and desert of 

 all the ordinary conveniences of life— which was enlivened only by the capture of 

 a solitary specimen of E. ericetaria. Once established in head-quarters, work 

 became vigorous, and the evening of arrival was celebrated by a " sugaring" expe- 

 dition, which ended ignominiously in the capture of nothing. Whether the season 

 has been unfavourable or not generally for sugar, it assuredly was so in this 

 instance, and the only moth taken on the sweets not called in Mr. Stainton's 

 "Manual" either "common" or "abundant" everywhere was a specimen of B. 

 tenehrosa. The total produce of sugar furnished about an average of one specimen 

 on every thirty trees per night, as the result of twenty expeditions, and a delightful 

 reminiscence of glorious mountain sunsets and ten o'clock pipes, waiting for the 

 lingering northern darkness to come on. 



" Mothing " at dusk produced more, but not much. In the Black Forest, 

 which was the scene of frequent nocturnal collecting, E. fasciaria occurred not 

 uncommonly, with swarms of L. cwsiata and C. populata, in infinite variety of 

 colour, flying numerously over beds of Vacciniwm. Near Kinloch E. hlandiata was 



