106 THE entomologist's eecord. 



ochreous tone and with only very faint traces of the darker scaling on 

 the nervures ; of E. janira I also obtained a nice aberration. It is a $ 

 in which the ochreous band on the underside of the posterior wing 

 running parallel to the hind margin is much narrower than usual, and 

 is divided in two at vein 4 (Meyrick). P. brassicae and rapae were 

 both abundant about the village. Af/lais urticae and Pyrameis atcdanta 

 were also obtained, C. pamphilus was everywhere in evidence, and 

 Enoclia hyperanthns occurred in a marshy field about a mile off. 

 Of Hepialus I only observed hnmuli and hectiis. A single specimen 

 of Cleora lichenaria flew off from a lichen-covered larch, but beating 

 all through the wood failed to produce another. Several specimens of 

 Acidalia bisetata , Larentia olivata, Melanthia bicolorata,Coremia munitata, 

 Cidaria prunata and C.fulvata were taken, and a host of commoner 

 species netted. Ortholitha limitata turned up everywhere, and was 

 very variable. A couple of full-fed larvfe of IHcramira vinula were 

 picked up from the road adorned in their travelling apparel, they 

 spun-up immediately on being put into a box. Of the Noctuids a few 

 each of Triaena pd, Lencania coniyera, Apamea yemina, Plnsia chrysitis, 

 P. v-aureinii, and P. iota, were taken. A single Tapinostola fulva on 

 the 29th of the month, which is a remarkably early date for this part 

 of the country. Pyrausta purpnircdis and Herbula cespitalis were 

 occasionally met with on the hillsides. Scopida lutealis, Scoparia 

 dubitcdis, and »S'. ambiynalis were very abundant, and S. murana could 

 have been taken from walls in plenty. Miana bicoloria was very 

 common in Giffnoch quarries during the first week of August. On the 

 12th, at Irvine, I obtained a dozen Crambm latistrius, a single specimen of 

 Chnjsoyhanmphlaeaii, and several Tortricids and Tineids. An afternoon 

 at Whistlefield, Loch Long, on the 26th, produced Cidaria immanata, 

 Larentia olivata, Cidaria testata, and several Celaena haicortJdi. 

 PMbalaptery.v lapidata was out, and in fine condition, on the Lanark- 

 shire hills on September 8th, and the following day on the Kilsyth 

 hills, I obtained a few more. Tapinostola fulva was abundant at both these 

 localities. In Kilsyth glen several Pyranwis atalanta were discovered 

 at rest on the trunk of an ash, to which they persistently returned 

 when knocked off. I also obtained a fine specimen of Folia chi var. 

 olivacea, the first of this variety I have ever taken in this district, 

 though I must have seen several hundreds of the type. Pyrameis 

 atalanta was very abundant in the Clydesdale district during the 

 autumn months, Avhich coincides Avith reports from other parts of the 

 country. Cltcimatohia bruniata was also very common at the beginning 

 of November on the banks of the Clyde at Cambuslang, on some trunks 

 I counted three and four, and even five specimens at rest. — And. Adie 

 Dalglish, F.E.S., 21, Princes Street, Pollokshields, Glasgow. 



Entomological note fkom the Eiviera. — The season appears to 

 be an abnormal one, the usual rains last October were scanty, the 

 winter has been dull and cold, and for the present the weather is cold 

 and wet. Vegetation and insects are a full month late. So far as 

 butterflies are concerned, the record would be not very different from ^ 

 the celebrated chapter on snakes in Ireland. On March 5th there 

 lay six inches of snow on the ground at 5 a.m., and this still existed 

 in shady corners two days later. Rain has been frequent — all day on 

 March 18th, and from the evening of the 19 th till the forenoon of the ' 

 21st. Those who have not left England in search of the " Sunny 



