On some of the rarer Lepidoptera. By Andrew Kelly. 



CoLiAS Edtjsa. — In September, 1877, I noticed this rare But- 

 terfly near Longniddry ; and other stragglers are recorded in the 

 " Proceedings" for that year. Since then, the wanderers of 1 877, 

 or perhaps of years long previous to that date, have extended 

 their range along the coast nearly as far as Aberlady. It was 

 found this year at Boglehill. I see no reason why it should not 

 become Scottish, and co-extensive with its food plant. 



Aegtnnis Aglaia. — Oockburnlaw. I saw it in great profusion 

 about the roadside from Dunse to Abbey St. Bathans, just as one 

 leaves the plantations and the great grey willow bushes to strike 

 into the moor ; also on the whinny banks of the Whitadder from 

 the Abbey to Barnside. In 1879, while I was making my way 

 through the Abbey plantations in search of ferns, I saw lots of 

 the Wood Argus (Satyrus Egeria). The Einglet fHipparcMa 

 RyperanthusJ is stiU plentiful in our woods ; but the Wall Brown 

 {Lasiommata Megaera) appears to have become scarce. 



Vaitessa Oardtji (The Painted Lady). — Very plentiful in 1879 ; 

 Mr Turnbull captured on one forenoon in August upwards of a 

 score in as many yards of a woodland road, where lo was taken 

 in 1873. Berwickshire comes up to the level in this genus ; her 

 Vanessae are complete. The large Tortoise-shell rests as yet on 

 one specimen on the authority of John Anderson. It is very 

 unpleasant to think that V. C-album, the butterfly of our youth, 

 has left us for good and all. It is more than twenty years since 

 I saw it. 



PoLYOMMATTJS Artaxeexes. — Hartsido is perhaps the most 

 wealthy locality in Berwickshire for this insect. The braes are 

 rocky, jagged, and gravelly, with often the rock-rose for their 

 only covering, a plant relished by few other insects besides itself. 



AcHERONTiA Atropos. — I havo seen the larvae frequently feed- 

 ing on the woody nightshade near Longniddry, where the plant 

 is very plentiful. Stray caterpillars have been found on potatoes 

 all over Berwickshire, but never in any quantity to do them harm. 

 Mr Turnbull captured a female ; it hybernated, but did not lay 

 eggs. The perfect insects have a great partiality for light. One 

 or two are taken about Lauder every year, at shop windows ; one 

 was found among stable manure ; and another feU from a sheaf 

 of corn, while it was being forked to the cart; others have 

 secreted themselves in holes of walls, A great many of the pupse 



