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callunaria. Fidonia atomaria was abundant and somewhat 

 variable. Acidalia fumata was only beginning to put in an 

 appearance . 



The Pyrales were Pyrausta purpuralis and Botys fuscalis, and 

 the only Crambus was C. pratellus, — all common. Tortrices were 

 by no means plentiful, and I only observed Penthina dimidiana, 

 Bactra lanceolana, Ephippiphora pjiugiana, Phoxopteryx uncana, 

 Cnephasia muscidana, Phlceodes tetraqiietana (brightly marked), 

 Eupoecilia ciliella (large), and Argyrolepia hartmanniana (hau- 

 manniana). Near my headquarters Pieris hras&icce, P. napi, 

 Argynnis selene, Coenonympha pampMlus, and Lyccena icarus were 

 the only butterflies to be found. I captured also the following : 

 ■ — Nudaria mundana larvae, commonly on lichen-covered walls 

 (the imagos have since appeared, and are somewhat darker than 

 their southern relatives); Euchelia jacobecs, common; Hepialus 

 humuli, abundant, but exhibiting no variation ; H. velleda, rare ; 

 Thyatira batis, one ; Odonto])tera bidentata, rather dark ; Amphi- 

 dasys betularia, typical ; Melanippe montanata, abundant and 

 smaller than the southern English specimens, and one is as dark 

 as the Shetland examples; M.fMctuata, also dark; Hypsipetes 

 trifasciata {impluviata), in an alder swamp ; Eupithecia satyrata, 

 on a moss ; E. castigata, the usual type ; E. vulgata, strongly 

 marked, and reminding me of some sent to me from Renfrewshire 

 by Mr. Dunsmore ; Scoparia ambigualis, rather darker than 

 usual, was not uncommon in some places. 



I should mention that some female P. napi captured on a 

 moss are much darker than usual, resembling some from Arran in 

 Mr. Briggs's collection. Although the species was abundant 

 throughout the district, I was unable to find this dark form in 

 any other place. I was especially anxious to have obtained 

 a long series of L. icarus, but was evidently too early. The 

 solitary female I secured was very " ordinary," with very little 

 blue. Most of the males, however, were darker in the tint of 

 blue than our southerners, and some have a distinct black 

 margin to the wings. 



During my stay I had an opportunity of visiting one of the 

 smallest islands in the Sound of Jura. There I found insects 

 were uncommon, but captured Scoparia a7nbigualis, another 

 Scoparia, which may be a dark form of dubitalis, Penthina 

 dimidiana, Phoxopteryx lundana, and Blabophanes rusticella. 



