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A. suffusa, A. seftetum, A. nupdcans, Noctua xcmtJiof/rapha, N. plecta, N. 

 c-nigrum, Xanthia fulrar/o (1), and Amphlpyra trcKjopognnis At su^ar, 

 Af/rotis exclamatlonis, Tryphcenaorhona, T. pronuha {f^ome fine dark fnrms'l, 

 Orthosia macilenta, Anchocelis Utura, Xanthia circellaris, and Phlogophora 

 meticulosa. On the 6th of October saw the only real success at sugar ; 

 need I add that it was the last night of my stay in Arran ? The night 

 was mild and drizzly, what the natives call " soft," and so I took about 

 forty Nocture, some of which are named above, and, in addition, Cahcampa 

 vetusta, C. exoleta, and Epunda nigra, all of which then appeared for the 

 first, and for me last, time. On the top of the cliffs, among the long grass 

 and dwarfed bushes, were found Piuinia luteolata, Euholia cervinata and 

 Fj. limitata, Dasydia obfnscaria, Anaitis plagiata, and Camptogramma 

 bilineata. And here, from the middle of September, whenever there was sun, 

 Plusia gamma swarmed in thousands, darting from flower to flower ; and 

 hardly less numerous, on almost every weed, the larvse of Spilosoma 

 menthastri rested or crawled. — A. B. Watson; Edinburgh. 



CoLKOPTERA IN Arran. — As we do not often get any records of 

 Coleoptera from the Isle of Arran, it may be of interest to mention a few 

 species taken by Mr, A. B. Watson in the months of iVugust and Septem- 

 ber, 1892. Mr. Watson, who has very kindly presented me with the insects, 

 says that the specimens were just packed up as he chanced to meet with 

 them while looking for Lepidoptera. The following is a list of the species 

 sent me : — Among the Carabidse are several specimens of Notiophilus 

 aquaticus, L., and N. substriatus, Wat. Carabus catenulatus, Scop., appears 

 to be very plentiful, while there are several specimens of C. granulatus, L., 

 C. monilis, F., and 0. violaceus, L., and a solitary one of the (var.) co7i- 

 situs, Pz. Nebria brevicollis, F., seems very common, while Leistus is 

 represented both by fulvibarbis, Dj., and rufescens, F. There is also a 

 single male Clivina fossor, L., Dyschirius salinus, Schaum., and Lebia 

 cyanocepliala, L., several of Broscus cephalotes, L., Calatlms cisteloides, Pz., 

 C. mollis, Marsh, and C. melanocephalus, L. PterosticJiius cupreus, L., 

 P. lepidus, F., P. nigrita, F., P. niger, Schal., and P. melanarius, III, seem 

 plentiful. Amara fulva, De G., A. spinipes, L., A. bifrons, Gyll., and A. 

 acuminata, Pk., are well represented, as are also TIarpalus riificornis, ¥., 

 H. mieus, F., H. rubripes, Duft., and a single specimen of H. caspius, Stev. 

 Bembidiiwi rufescens, Guer., B. biguttatum, F., B. pallidipeime. 111., B. 

 flaimnulatum, Clair., and B. punctulatum, Drap., represented this group, 

 a single specimen of Tachypus flavipes terminating the list of Carabidse. 

 The other families do not appear to be well represented, as in all cases I 

 have but a single individual of each ; but, bearing in mind the fact that 

 Mr. Watson was not specially searching for Coleoptera, this is not sur- 

 prising. The Dytiscidge were represented by Hyphydrus ovatus, L., 

 Hydroporus 1'2-pitstulatus, Oliv., and H. assimilis, Pk. Quedius fuliginosus, 

 Gr., Q. nigriceps, Kr., Q. semimieus, Steph., and Philonthus laminatus, 

 Creutz., were the only representatives of the Staphylinidse. Among the 

 Silphidee were AgatJddium nigripenne, F., Silpha thoracica, L., and S. 

 IcBvigata, F. ; Meligethes rufipes, Gyll., and M. viridescens, F., being the 

 only types of Nitidulidae ; as also Adalia bipunctata, L., Halyzia \i-guttata, 

 L., and Scymnus frontalis, F., were of the Coccinellidse. The Scarabseidse 

 were much better represented in Aphodius erraticus, L., A. fossor, L., A. 

 fimetariiLs, L., A. rufescens. F., A. tessulatus, Pk., A. punctato-sulcatus, L., 

 A. luridus, F., and A. rxifip)es, L., as well as by Geotrupes typhmis, L., G. 



