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Comparison of the unemerged puparium from Kilpisjarvi, {inland with that from 

 Corrie Fee showed no appreciable differences between them, suggesting them to be 

 the same species. Details of the puparium and larval mouth-parts of the male specimen 

 from Corrie Fee are shown in Figs 1-5. 



Acknowledgements 



I am grateful to Mike Nelson for invaluable assistance with identification and loan 

 of materials, to Graham Rotheray for nursing the Beinn Lawers female through its 

 final critical stages of development, to Derek Penman for assistance with the scanning 

 electron microscopy and to Colin Warwick for preparation of the photographs. I 

 also acknowledge the cooperation of the Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh 

 in allowing use of the Scottish insect records index. 



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from the Fannich Hills, West Ross. Entomologist's Mon. Mag. 120: 162. 

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR 



Recent Lepidoptera papers in the journal. I was absolutely delighted to discover 

 on receipt of the latest issue (Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. 1993, 6(4) ), two papers on British 

 Lepidoptera. These papers, The British Epermeniidae and The British species of 

 Caryocolum are of a similar style and format to their predecessors. Since 1 cannot 

 recall noting any published responses relative to this 'series' I would like to take the 

 opportunity to state that I find such papers extremely valuable as a data source. The 

 Society performs a valuable service to its members in publishing papers of this type. 

 Although my interests are heavily biased towards the Lepidoptera, and thus 1 am 

 not entirely in a position to comment, I can well imagine that similar papers on the 

 other orders are equally valuable. Whilst fully appreciating the amount of time and 

 effort which has to be invested in compiling these accounts I hope we may look forward 

 to further contributions. In addition, in the plates of the latest publication I think 

 the inclusion of specimens from yesteryear is most welcome. I would like to think 

 that if messers Bankes and Ford are looking down on us now they would be delighted 

 that full use is still being made of their collections. 



However, I do have one query. Whilst perusing the accounts of the various species 

 I noted under Caryocolum blandulella that the larva has been found in Britain and 

 in Sweden. But no dates are quoted! I referred to such literature as was within reach 

 from the comfort of my armchair and noted that there was a vacancy for this particular 

 piece of information in all the volumes which were at hand. Information upon this 

 small point would be most welcome as dates are quite often the base from which 

 searches for various species are conducted. — M. H. Smith, 42 Bellefield Crescent. 

 Trowbridge, Wiltshire. 



