dbo THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Notes on Lepidoptera in Various Localities. — I was at Lynd- 

 hurst during the second fortnight in July. My experience in that 

 fine locahty was similar to that of other observers in different parts 

 of the country. Sugar failed to attract, and there was an abundance 

 of honeydews. I had the pleasure of seeing Apatura iris flying high 

 over the Ehinefield Walk. I had also the satisfaction of seeing 

 Aciptilia jMhidnm on some bog-land near Whitley Wood, and was 

 able to take it freely, so freely that once or twice I had half a dozen 

 examples in my net at the same time. The time of flight appears to 

 be from 6 until about 7.15 p.m. Catocala i^romissa, just emerged, 

 was found on an oak-trunk at Queen Bower. Arg^jnnis paphia (male) 

 was pretty well over, and fair specimens of the female were difficult 

 to obtain. Of var. valesina, I got one only in fair cabinet condition. 

 Li?nenitis sibylla was about, but much battered. A nice melanic 

 Gleora glahraria was found, and the following : Zygcena trifolii, 

 Lithosia helveola, GnopJiria quadra, Coenobia rufa, Hyjmodes costcB- 

 strigalis, Selenia tetralunaria, Chora liclienaria, Tortrix cratagana, 

 Peronea sponsana, and Phoxopteryx inornatana. I also found a few 

 larv£e of Notodonta trimacula and Cidaria siterata ; also one full-fed 

 larva of Sphinx ligustri crossing a forest-path. I spent a week at 

 Tenby in early August in very unsettled weather and explored the 

 pine-woods near Scotsborough and Saundersfoot without seeing a 

 single insect of special interest. A few Pyrameis cardui occurred ; 

 Sciap)hila conspersana and Sericoris cespitana were found on the 

 sandhills ; also Spilonota incarnatana. A run over to Cuxton, in 

 Surrey, on June 23rd resulted in my getting, for the first time, 

 Oxyptilus parvidactyla. I bred in September, from a larva found 

 feeding in July on a ripe Canary banana, a moth which has been 

 identified for me at the British Museum as Sesamia {Sesamia) 

 vuteria, Stoll. — F. G. Whittle; 7, Marine Avenue, Southend, 

 September 7th, 1911. 



Lepidoptera of Scotland in August. — I spent a fortnight in 

 August on an entomological trip to Scotland — the first week at 

 Forres, in company wath my friend Mr. W. C. Cope, the second week 

 at Kinloch, Eannoch, by myself — and I thought that some of your 

 readers might be interested in a few notes on what I saw. During the 

 whole period there was no rain, except for a sHght thunderstorm the 

 night of my arrival at Kinloch. Every day was fine and bright, and 

 the nights as a rule mild, except that a cool easterly wind blew on 

 three or four nights at Kinloch. Owing to the weather conditions 

 sugar was a blank, and watching heather-blossom had to take its 

 place. At Forres, our chief resort was the riverside, near the Ferry, 

 the Findhorn Sandhills, and the Culbin Sands and Buckie Loch, 

 where, as the shooting is preserved, we had to obtain leave to go. 

 By the riverside we found Melanthia rubiginata common, with a fair 

 percentage of var. pilumbata, Coremia imminata in numbers on the 

 ragwort, a few Plusia bractea at Teucriimi, Selene, and other flowers, 

 five or six Noctua depuncta, and an odd N. dahlii or two. At 

 the Findhorn Sandhills we took Agrotis cursoria in very handsome 

 varieties, A. valligera, A. tritici, A. nigricans, TriphcBna orbona (var. 

 curtisii), and several Stilba anomala, and N. festiva. On the 



