140 | November, 
Capture of Xylina Zinckenii at Darenth.—On the 2nd inst., I took a fine speci- 
men of Xylina Zinckenii at rest on a sugared tree in Darenth Wood.—J. Moorg, 
Willow Place, Stamford Hill, 6th October, 1870. 
Cirrhedia verampelina at Manchester.—I bred a specimen of this species on the 
4th and another on the 9th of August, from larve taken here. I think the species 
is unrecorded as occurring in this neighbourhood.—C. CamMpBEtt, 14, Blackburn 
Street, Hulme, Manchester, 10th October, 1870. 
Tapinostola elymi at Cleethorpes.—Being at Cleethorpes about the middle of 
July, I went to look for T. elymi, and of course found it at home, though, owing to 
my being rather late, the specimens were not all so fine as could be desired.—Ip. 
Captures of Lepidoptera near Perth in 1870.—Several species not before found 
in the county or in the district have been taken in this neighbourhood during the 
past season. First in importance are three species new to the county lists— 
Deilephila livornica (above recorded), and Noctua depuncta and Heliothis marginata, 
taken by Mr. Marshall near Stanley. WN. depuncta, was, I believe, common. Among 
other captures are Chesias obliquaria by Messrs. Marshall and Herd, Dasydia obfus- 
cata in abundance by Mr. Herd, Cirrhedia xerampelina by Messrs. Herd and Stewart 
and Sir Thomas Moncrieffe, Aplecta occulta by Messrs. Stewart and Marshall, and 
tincta by Mr. Herd,—neither species having been taken in the district before. 
New to the district also are Orthosia suspecta, taken by Mr. Stewart, and Cloantha 
solidaginis, taken by Messrs. Jamieson (on Kinnoull Hill), and by Mr. Marshall 
(at Dunkeld). This species seems widely distributed, but never common in Scot- 
land. It is perhaps worth notice that Mr. Herd has bred Ennychia cingulalis, 
Phycis subornatella, and Sciaphila Penziana from moss. Probably in some, if not 
in all these cases, the larvea had not fed on the moss, but only spun up in it. 
Mr. Marshall, whose capture of the larve of Deilephila galii I recorded in a 
previous number, has been fortunate enough to find twenty larve this season, 
F. Bucuanan Wuirte, Perth, 11th October, 1870. 
Notes on captwres of Noctuide in Morayshire in 1870.—Upon the whole I think 
the season just past has been a very satisfactory one. It was, moreover, very 
early, for many species occurred fully a fortnight or three weeks before their cus- 
tomary time. In the month of April I paid several visits to the Altyre Woods, and 
saw many Endromis versicolora. Later on, Lasiocampa rubi was taken on the wing, 
, and, in autumn, its larvaa swarmed on the moss. Many insects abundant in former 
years were very scarce this season, or altogether absent. Thus, the genus Agrotis 
was very poorly represented, and such species as A. tritici and nigricans, which, in 
1869, occurred in vast profusion, were both rare. For the first time, I this year 
tried sugaring the trees on the banks of the Findhorn, and five or six species were 
taken that had not occurred to me at Cluny Hill; the distance between these places 
is hardly beyond a mile, thus proving the necessity of more than one collector 
working a limited district. The higher parts of the country with elevated moss 
and much natural birch-timber have not been explored, and are a terra incognita to 
the entomologist. Then again, the magnificent forests of Darnaway and Altyre, if 
carefully worked, would yield many insects new to the district. 
