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another thousand feet till the next day, July 3rd, which was, 

 gloriously fine, and to our great joy we induced E. cassiope to 

 leave its hiding-place among the long grass. We spent the best 

 part of the day here, for immediately the sun went in no cassiope 

 were to be seen. We took about sixty specimens between us, all 

 in magnificent condition ; in fact we boxed some, because the 

 wings were hardly dry. It is an easy insect to catch, but should 

 you miss it, in a high wind, you will find considerable difficulty in 

 getting a second chance. When the sun is out, however, it is 

 very fond of disporting itself on the tops of the long grass, and 

 in this position we captured several. A word of warning may be 

 given here, if any of your readers are anxious to take cassiope : 

 don't put off working for it while bright weather lasts ; for 

 although we visited this spot two or three times again, we never 

 had another opportunity of .taking it plentifully, only a few 

 stragglers falling to our lot. Both on this day and the next we 

 worked for C. typhon, which could not be termed plentiful, and 

 some very fine female specimens, almost white at the outer 

 margin, were obtained ; the Scotch form diff"ering very much 

 from those taken at Witherslack the previous year. 



The evenings were spent along the shores of the loch, but 

 despite the strongest of rum and the best of sugar, not a single 

 Noctua could be tempted to taste the feast. E. adaquata was 

 literally swarming, getting on the wing b}' 7 o'clock, and a very 

 nice series was obtained of this pretty insect, but scarcely any- 

 thing else was to be seen. 



July 4th. As we intended going to the Black Wood by the post- 

 cart at mid-day, we spent the bulk of the morning in pinning and 

 setting our captures, and taking a few more L. icarus in its old 

 haunts, taking the precaution to book our seats on the post-cart first 

 thing in the morning. There is a good road round the loch, along 

 which an ordinary bicyclist or tricyclist would have no difficulty 

 in travelling ; this we mention for the benefit of those who would 

 like to work this grand hunting-ground thoroughly, it being about 

 eight miles from Kinloch, and it is very doubtful whether 

 lodgings could be obtained in the neighbourhood. 



The road to the Black Wood is fully described in last year's 

 , Entomologist' (Entom. xvii. 150), and the driver of the cart 

 was quite able to tell us that " alpina " was to be taken at night ; 

 " on that crag, or among them birches up the burn," the Kentish 



