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the Entomology of the Free Stale and Transvaal, was also 

 very interesting, and gave a list of the butterflies and other 

 insects which Mr. Morant noticed in those republics in 

 certain parts of the year. A hearty vote of thanks was given 

 to Messrs. Erskine and Morant for their very interesting 

 papers.— ' iVtf /a/ Mercury' ofSlst May, 1870. 



[Having invariably maintained that the word Tsetse 

 implied a disease rather than an insect, and was applied 

 indiff'erently to all flies that settled on diseased cattle, or 

 indeed on any cattle, and having incurred an overwhelming 

 amount of ridicule for holding so heterodox an opinion, I am 

 delighted lo find the opinion held also by a resident, who has 

 every means of obtaining the best information. 1 have 

 always protested against the importation of a myth like the 

 tsetse into the domains of science; the mixture of truth and 

 fable in matters of science is always to be deprecated. The 

 cholera fly and the Aphis vastator are banished from the 

 domain of science ; it is abundant time to banish their 

 African congener. — Edward Newman.] 



Lepidopiera of Kircudhrighlshire, — I send you a digest of 

 my doings this season about here, in case you may think it 

 worth insertion in the * Entomologist.' They were all cap- 

 tured within a radius of about four miles of my house, ana all 

 in Kircudbrightshire, and between the end of June and the 

 middle of September : — 



H. Semele. July. Abundant along the rocky coast. 



C. Davus. July. Cloke Moss. Found the habitat too 

 late to get good specimens. 



V. Cardui. August. Not so abundant as last year. 



A. Aglaia. July. Rather common. 



A. Selene. July. Not very abundant. 



A. Euphrosyne. July. Counnon. 



P. Sylvanus. July. The only representative of the 

 skippers seen. 



A. Fili];endul8e. June. Very local, but abundant where 

 it occurs. 



S. Populi. August. Larv.TR. Very abundant on two small 

 poplars. 



C Porcellus. June. Too late to get good specimens; 

 two or three larvaj obtained. 



M. Stellatarum. September. One larva. 



