4 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Cidaria immanata. — The coloration is peculiar, but uniform ; 

 some have the central band red, as observed before in specimens 

 from Mainland. This coloration is common enough in the allied 

 species C. russata ; but I believe, except in the form from 

 Shetland, not known to occur either in Scotch or English 

 G. immanata. 



The remainder of the species taken do not present any- 

 important differences from the ordinary forms of the insects from 

 Shetland to call for remark. 



I have examined Mr. McArthur's diary, and find he took up 

 his residence in the most northern house in the British Isles ; so 

 that this collection may be said to have been obtained in the 

 veritable Ultima Thule. 



The weather was distressingly bad ; and when I read day after 

 day such entries as " Stormy and wet, no chance of getting out;" 

 " Dull clay, no sun, no luck at all ; " " Raining very fast, could not 

 get out; 1 ' "Very stiff from the tumble last night;" "Stormy, 

 still a prisoner;" I cannot but admire the resolution of Mr. 

 McArthur. But he was at last beaten ; and on September 8th he 

 writes, " Nothing at all doing since 28th ; so have made up my 

 mind to go." 



NOTES FROM WITHE RSL AC K. 

 By Edmund Shuttlewoeth. 



"What a wretched season this has been for collecting!" one 

 hears entomologists say on all sides. Granted that the weather 

 has not been as propitious as it might have ; but, taking all 

 things into consideration, I have not found the season such 

 a very unproductive one. 



Unfortunately I have not collected much this year owing to 

 want of time, but what I have done has been, in my estimation, 

 very satisfactory, the following being an account of the first week 

 spent by me at Witherslack this year, viz., from Saturday, June 

 30th, until Saturday, July 7th. 



On Saturday, June 30th, the day was very fine and warm, the 

 sun shining brightly, and I took a nice series of Pterophorus 

 parvidactylus flying over the flowers of wild thyme, upon which 

 plant the larva feeds ; also P. lithodactylus and two or three 

 P. osteodactylus from among golden-rod. I was fortunate enough 



