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species to our local list, having taken it rather freely during the last few days, at 
rest on the moors in this neighbourhood. — D. BaxmnpaLr, Akroydon, Halifax, 
August 20th, 1870. 
Suspected occwrrence of Notodonta trilophus near Exeter.—On August 25th, I 
was beating some alder bushes of fifteen or twenty years growth for larve, when 
amongst several common things the larva of a Notodonta fell into my umbrella. 
At first I took it for dromedarius, but, after looking at it again when I got home, I 
fancied it zic-zac, but could not quite make it out; and, as it was but small, I put it 
in a tin box, and fed it for a day or two to see what it would prove tobe. Unfortu- 
nately, however, before long it got itself into such a position, that in opening the 
box I injured one of its legs, and it bled to death. It would have been well for my 
peace of mind, could I have forgotten all about it; but its figure would stick in my 
memory, and at last I was forced to the conclusion that it must have been trilophus ; 
the colour was a light tint of reddish-brown, and on one side there was a patch of 
light green near the tail, but the point most to be observed was the row of three 
dorsal humps. 
Since the discovery of my misfortune, I have thrashed every alder I can get 
at, and have taken many larvee that at other times I should have prized ; bugs also 
of vast size and pungent odour have fallen in abundance, but not another trilophus. 
Boisduval says the larva feeds in June and again in September, and that it 
should be looked for on the aspen. I hope others will take the hint, and be more 
lucky than I have been.—J. Hetirns, Exeter, 16th September, 1870. 
Notes on the Lepidoptera of Braemar.—I spent from August Ist to 8th at 
Braemar, chiefly for the purpose of collecting the alpine plants for which the district 
is noted, but at the same time keeping a sharp look out for Macro-Lepidoptera. 
In the following list, I have mentioned all the species I met with, as Braemar 
is, so far as I am aware, a new district to the Lepidopterist, though, from what I saw 
of it, I should consider it one that would richly repay a summer’s collecting, I 
may mention that I did not collect after 10 p.m. (the nights being chiefly very 
light) ; so I cannot say what results sugaring might give, though, to all appearance, 
it would be very productive. 
The village of Castletown of Braemar, where my lodgings were, lies in a 
hollow near the Dee, at the height of 1100 feet above the sea level, and is sur- 
rounded on all sides by high hills and extensive moors and woods. The under- 
growth is chiefly birch and juniper, with a sprinkling of other trees, and there is 
great variety in the surface of the country,—from sheltered and marshy hollows to 
steep rugged crags and bare hill-sides. 
Of Diurni, 10 species occurred—Pieris brassicw, P. rape, P. napi, Erebia 
Medea, very abundant in one place, over 1000 feet above the sea level, near the Dee, 
but nowhere else; Cenonympha Davus, generally distributed, but nowhere abun- 
dant; C. Pamphilus, not common, and very dark; Vanessa cardwi, once seen; 
V. urtice, abundant; Argynnis Aglaia was to be seen on almost every moor and 
by every roadside, but not numerous ; Lycena Alewis, abundant ; L. Artawerxes, one 
rubbed specimen: this insect occurs at various places all along the valley of the 
Dee, and is abundant on the coast south from Aberdeen, 
