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here, but at light a larger number come than at any time during 
the last few years. I have recently taken Jodis vernaria, Cucullia 
lychnitis, Notodonta camelina, Selenia ilustraria, and Dianthecia 
conspersa ; and such things as Chelonia caja, Boarmia repandata, 
Bryophila perla, Lithosia complanula, Liparis salicis, L. auriflua, 
Selenia wlunaria, and many of the common Noctue, have come 
absolutely in dozens ; but why a Pieris nap should be keeping such 
late hours it would be hard to surmise. Next week I am going 
to visit some privet in bloom in Woodchester Park, about a mile 
from here, and there perhaps I may discover the reason of the 
absence of insects from the sugar.—[Rev.] H. 8. B. Gatzs, O.P.; 
Dominican Priory, Woodchester. 
CAPTURES IN SUTHERLANDSHIRE.—In September and October, 
1877, I was for some time at Balblair, in Sutherlandshire, and 
among the Coleoptera there taken by me was a Cicindela in the 
larval state. I dug it out of its burrow, one of several, in the 
sandy edge of a moor above the Shin River, from which the moor 
is separated by the road to the falls. I tried to rear the larva, 
but failed; so I can only guess it to be that of C. campestris. I 
have it now preserved in spirits. Can any reader tell me if 
Cicindela has been previously, or since, recorded so far north ? 
Among other coleopterous captures was a specimen of Staphylinus 
stercorarius, taken out of a patch of horse-dung which was 
absolutely heaving with continually changing thousands of 
Aphodius contaminatus. Dromius quadrimaculatus occurred at 
sugar; Harpalus ruficorns and Otiorhynchus sulcatus under 
stones; Lema cyanella, and what I take to be Prasocuris aucta, 
by sweeping. The Lepidoptera, particularly the Geometers, were 
very abundant. Among the Diurni Argynnis Aglaia was pretty 
well represented; and the females of little Lycena Alexis were 
the finest I have ever seen. Being unable to sugar more than 
twice I took very few Noctuz, but among the few a fine melanic 
Xylophasia polyodon (at sugar). Chareas graminis was very 
common by day on yellow ragweed; and on September 8th 
I found two females on grass in the act of oviposition. Polia chi 
was only just coming out, but three specimens were taken resting 
on the northern side of tree trunks by day. On September 8th 
and 11th I took on broom a number of the larvee and one or two 
pupe of Orgyia antiqua. The larve were most of them nearly 
full-fed; and such as attained the pupa state at all did so in the 
