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And now it only remains to mention the great birch woods 

 of Finnart. Here in its season the " Kannoch Sprawler " must 

 be looked for, and here, too, is the home of Sesia scoliaformis. 

 We worked hard for the latter, which was probably in pupa 

 or just emerging, but without success. The rain had washed 

 away the tell-tale frass and no mines could be discovered. 

 Many of the earlier species still lingered on, such as Penthina 

 saaciana, P. dimidiana, Phoxopteryx hiarciiana, and P. myrtilana. 

 An occasional dark Ci/matophora duplaris was taken, but the 

 most acceptable capture was, perhaps, a single Lithocolletis 

 froelichiella, although Ornix loganeUa was far from being despised. 

 In addition were taken Penthina sororculana, P. corticana, 

 Grapholitha penkleriana, Phijlloporia bistrigella, Argyrestliia 

 glaucinella (what could this have fed on, as there was certainly 

 no oak?), A. conjugella, A. sorbiella, A. hrochiella, A. goedartella, 

 A. retinella (the last three in countless swarms), Ornix scoticella, 

 0. hetula, Lithocolletis idmifoliella, L. spinolella, and Swammer- 

 damia heroldella Of Coleophoras both here and elsewhere there 

 was great abundance, but in the uncertainty of recognising the 

 species I have made no particular mention of them. 



This brings me to the end of the story. Sugaring was tried 

 once or twice, but with no success. The weather, for the first 

 fortnight quite good, grew steadily worse, until it became 

 really bad. When the mail-driver deposited me ouce more at 

 Rannoch Station, en route for home, my last glimpse towards 

 Schiehallion showed me everything enveloped in clouds and 

 darkness. I thought again of Mr. Whittle, still sticking it out 

 alone, and my gratitude for all his kindness in giving me so 

 splendid a time was expressed in the heartfelt wish that the 

 weather might soon improve. 



Ottery St. Mary, 



Devon. 



THE SEASON'S ENTOMOLOGY IN SOUTH 

 HAMPSHIRE. 



By a. E. Burras, B.x\. 



Lest the brief summary of the season's work should give 

 a wrong impression of the range of our local entouiological 

 fauna, I should like to preface it with a short explanation. No 

 local sugaring or other form of night collecting being possible 

 Noctuffi are left practically unmentioned. In addition, my 

 own leisure has been limited, so that there is no intention of 

 representing these notes as anything beyond a loosely connected 

 survey. Except for the unusual abundance of larvte in May 

 and early June, the season has been quite a normal one here. 



Hybernia leucophcearia and Phigalia pilosaria were abiuulaut 

 in the second week of February. Tbe former showed a very 



