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THE BRITISH NATURALIST. 



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Bay of Nigg, Kincardineshire. — 27th May, 1893. 



Coast ; wind, S., light ; sky, obscured ; fair until midnight when 

 it began to rain. At dusk I netted 4 Conspersa, 1 Gothica and 1 Dubitalis. 

 Sugar results Adusta 44, Myrica 2, Olevacea 1, Pisi 1, Tenebrosa 1, M. 

 bvassicce 1. A. Home, Aberdeen. 



London, S.W. — 28th May, 1893. 



Wood ; wind N.N.E., light ; sky, clear. Plenty of insects about 

 though not at sugar. Results : H. thalassina 1, A. nebulosa 1. E. H. 

 Taylor, Fulham, S.W. 



Pitcaple, Aberdeen. — 1st June, 1893. 



Mountains, wind N., slight, sky, obscured, heavy mist, cold enough 

 to make the teeth rattle, not an insect on the wing, and nothing came 

 to sugar. Wm. Reid, Pitcaple. 



Marlborough, Wiltshire. — 1st June, 1893. 



Wood of young oak, birch, &c, with undergrowth ; wind, N., 

 scarcely perceptable ; sky, slightly cloudy at first then clear. Results : 

 A. psi, G. trilinea 7, A. exclamationis 1, N.j 'estiva 2, A. nebulcsa 1, H. 

 dentina 1. H. S. May, Marlborough. 



Quantarness, Orkney. — 2nd June, 1893. 



Moorland; wind E., light, sky cloudy, dry. Captured A tomaria, 

 Nanata, Pumilata, Satyvata, was common and varied greatly but I found 

 nothing approaching the Shetland Cuvzoni. Ciliella was abundant and 

 very variable, 1 Cespitalis, 1 Schtdtziana, Ericetella abundant. Light 

 attracted some of the natives but no moths. Sugar results, Adusta 2 i 

 Dentina 11, Glauca 1, very dark. — A. Home, Aberdeen. 



Pitcaple, Aberdeenshire. — 2nd June, 1893. 



Mountains ; wind E., very slight, sky clear, becoming obscured, 

 dry at first, then frosty mist. A beautiful day followed by a heavy 

 frosty dew and dense cold mist, not an insect on the wing. Sugar 

 result nil. — Wm. Reid, Pitcaple. 



Warrington. — 2nd June, 1893. 



A line of Ash trees skirting an osier bed ; wind W., very slight, 

 sky threatening rain. Plenty of Geometers flying, and on the street 

 lamps when returning. Sugar spread at 8.45, went round at 10. 

 Result, Psi 1, Fasciuncula 15, Pisi 1, Olevacea 2. I saw one Thalassina 

 on a tree trunk before I spread the mixture, but the species did not 

 put in an appearance afterwards. — Jos. Collins, Warrington. 



Murtle, Aberdeenshire. — 3rd June, 1893. 



Mixed wood with undergrowth of bilbery and ling ; wind S., light 

 and warm, sky obscured, wet in afternoon with thunder, dry after 

 6 p.m., a little foggy. Found 1 Covyli, 3 Menyanthidis, 1 Rectilinea and 

 several Satyrata at rest on tree trunks, common Gcoemtvce such as 



