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part of the County ; and Wallis (Hist. Northd. published in 1709) 

 attributes their scarcity to the eagerness with which they are sought after 

 and preyed upon by Rooks : after remarking that " the Chestnut Brown 

 Beetle or Hedge-chajTer in very warm summers appears in shady vales by 

 the side of brooks and streamlets," he goes on to say " the many rookeries 

 with lis is partly the reason why we have *o few chaffers even in the 

 hottest summers." 



It may not be out of place to mention here that Mr W. II. Johnson tells 

 me that he has not unfrequently dug up in his garden in llelugas Road, 

 Edinburgh, grubs which from his description I think must belong to this 

 species. 



He however promises to send me specimens next time they occur so that 

 the matter maybe satisfactorily settled. 



Additions to the Lepidopterous Fauna of the District, with 

 notes on the capture of some of the rarer species. By 

 George Bolam, Berwick-on-Twecd. 



Colias edusa (The Clouded Yellow Butterfly). 



Although it has not appeared again in anything like the same numbers 

 as in 1877, it may be interesting to record a single sti'aggler which I saw 

 upon the road between Bamburgh and Glorornm on 14th July 1884. 



I saw two males flying together near Weetwood Hall, on 4th October 

 1877, and one of them which was captured is still in my collection. 



Satyrus rnegcera (Wall Butterfly). 



From records in our ''Proceedings" this would appear at one time to 

 have been pretty general in the district, but it is now very rarely seen. 

 One was observed by myself and others upon the rocky banks of the 

 Tweed near Mackerston on the visit of the Club to that district on 

 31st August 1881. 



Avctia lubricipeda (Buff Erjiixe). 



Is quite common and abundant in several gardens in Berwick and the 

 larvae, which are general feeders, may be found in plenty on various food- 

 plants in the autumn; the perfect insect appearing towards the end of May 

 and in June. 



I first noticed it in September 1881 and the following spring had a fine 

 series of moths from larva; then taken. 



This is an addition to our lepidoptera and does not appear to have been 

 elsewhere noticed in the district, nor indeed in Northumberland save in 

 the extreme south of the county. 



