ENTOMOLOGICAL REPORTS. 



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insects which have almost become extinct in our immediate 

 neighbourhood has only been partially successful. Arctia caja 

 and Orgyta antiqua appear to have taken hold in certain localities 

 but, so far as can be seen, Vanessa io, Bombyx rubi, B. quercus 

 and Arctia fuhginosa have been complete failures. 



1896-7. 

 (Read 3rd March, 1897.) 



The report of the Entomological Section of this Society appears 

 to be degenerating into an annual grumble about the weather 

 Certainly m no season hitherto chronicled has the Section been 

 more unfortunate than during the year 1896. Nine excursions 

 were arranged for, but in almost every instance the rain stepped in 

 and interfered with the accomplishment of our intentions, so I am 

 saved the trouble of giving a detailed account of most of them 

 Curiously enough the only excursion which in any way calls for 

 comment was entirely informal, as it took place on a dav 

 previously annexed for the general purposes of the Society 

 (21st May). That excursion was to the islands of Loch Lomond 

 Inchtavannach,Inchconnachan,and Inchmoan; and although we 

 failed in our immediate object-refinding the exact locality for 

 Colltx sparsata recorded by me for Inchtavannach some years ago 

 -yet in other respects our visit proved most successful indeed 

 In the first place, we added two species of moths to the 

 list previously recorded for the district-Aadatia immutata and 

 Boarmia abietaria. Of the last only one was taken, and that 

 fell to the lot of Mr. A. M'Corkle, but the Acidalia was compara- 

 tively abundant. In addition to these some other notable insects 

 were met with, including Thecla rubi, Iodis lactearia, Panama 

 petrana, Euclidia mi, Platypteryx lacertinaria, and one or Two 

 interesting species of phytophagous beetles. Iodis lactearia and 

 Panagra petraria, both of which have been previously recorded 



