16 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



The locality is too near the sea-level to afford a chance of 

 capturing the mountain butterflies, or such insects as Noctua 

 sohrina or Pachnobia hyperhorea ; but I am of opinion that a climb 

 and investigation of Ben Cruachan would prove profitable. This 

 I did not attempt, as I was looking forward to a short visit to 

 Rannoch, where I afterwards obtained Ereh'ia CassioiJe and 

 Chortoh'ms Davus in plenty. Putting aside the natural beauty of 

 the spot, I am inclined to think Taynuilt would prove worthy of 

 something better than the desultory working I was able to 

 give it. 



I know of no other accommodation there be3'ond the hotel, 

 which is commodious and comfortable. 

 Auburn Villa, Putney, December, 1880. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, CAPTURES, &c. 



Vanessa Antiopa. — I am pleased to be able to hand you 

 another instance of the capture of Vanessa Antiopa, which I took 

 near Aldershot, on August 20th, 1880, while it was sitting on 

 an oak tree, which I had sugared on the previous night. — F. J. 

 Galsworthy; 8, Queen's Gate, Hyde Park, London, S.W. 



On the Geographical Distribution of Orgyia antiqua. — The 

 subject of the geographical distribution of plants and animals is 

 altogether too deep to be touched upon in a small paper, yet there 

 are occasionally matters in connection therewith that present 

 themselves to our notice, and that cannot be explained away with 

 the facility that attends the disposition of many questions of this 

 character. There is no doubt that, apart from the agency of 

 Nature's laws, human assistance, or rather the results of 

 civilisation, have conduced in no small degree to tend to 

 distribute not only plants, but quadrupeds and insects. The 

 Norwegian rat, which has entirely replaced the English rat, is a 

 strong proof of this ; and the constant appearance of tropical 

 Coleoptera at docks and similar places bears out the argument. 

 But how are we to account for the almost universal distribution 

 of the wingless-wifed Orgyia antiqua, or in fact any of the 

 Lepidoptera whose females are apterous ; human agency in this 

 case will not bear consideration, as we have no reason to suppose 

 that its existence here or on the Continent dates from any 



