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Burghead, Morayshire. — 6th July, 1893. 



Sandhills and moorland ; no wind, cloudy, dry and very warm. 

 Dumetellus, Perlellns, and var. Warringtonellus, and Bilineata flying in 

 abundance among the bent grass, but apart from these I did not notice 

 anything else. At sugar I took Subsequa 2, Orbona var. Curtisii 1, Poly- 

 odon abundant, dark and black vars. common. Blanda 1, Valligera 16, 

 Tritici 4, Cursovia 1, Pronuba 6, Porphyrea 3, Pallens 5, A dust a 2, Corticea 3, 

 F estiva 4, Oculea 3. — Arthur Home, Aberdeen. 



Isle of Man. 



Sugaring up to last night (July 6th) has been, here at all events, 

 practically speaking a failure. In fact all through the month of June, 

 insects at sugar have been conspicuous by their absence. About 9 p.m. 

 last evening, a good breeze from the S. W. sprang up, and artificial 

 sweets up to about 10-30 p.m. proved fairly attractive to the common 

 species of Noctuae. X. polyodon came in countless numbers, some 

 forms being extremely dark, others light and intermediate, whilst 

 Oculea, Striglis, Pronuba, Orbona, Oleracea, Brassicce, Lithoxylca, Putris and 

 Exclamationis all put in an appearance. The same trees have been 

 sugared by me at Sulby every night for the past fortnight or so, with- 

 out success until last night. Honey-suckle has been flourishing for 

 the past month all over the North of the Island, and the insects seem 

 to prefer the bloom of this plant rather than the treacle. I invariably 

 notice that sugar is useless unless there is some breeze blowing, at 

 least as far as my experience goes. Sugar on a calm, still night 

 without some wind produces nothing. 



To-night (6th July) I sugared in the grounds adjoining Sulby 

 Parsonage. Wind S.W., strong breeze; sky obscured, dark clouds, 

 but dry. Very warm, insects flying round trees in numbers. Honey- 

 suckle flowers very attractive to Plusias. At sugar I saw X. polyodon 

 quite 100, PI. oculea 24, M. strigilis 3, T . pronuba 4, orbona 2, H. oleracea 

 16, M. brassicce 8, X. lithoxylea 2, N. putris 1, A. exclamationis 4. — H. 

 Shortridge Clarke, Douglas, Isle of Man. 



Aberdeen. — 7th July, 1893. 



Sand-hills at Old Aberdeen ; wind E. ; sky obscured ; dr} 7 , but 

 heavy dew on the grass. Noctuae were flying abundantly but would 

 not go freely to sugar. I captured Pulchina, Pallens, Exclamationis, 

 Gemina, Arcuosa, Munitata, Occllata, Badiana, Herbosana, Bertrami, &c, 

 I saw at sugar Polyodon common, Fasciuncula abundant, C -nigrum 1, 

 Oculea 2, Pallens 2. — Arthur Home, Aberdeen. 



Marlborough. — 7th July, 1893. 



Oak wood, with birch, ash, beech, &c, cut this year ; wind S., 

 slight, cloudy at times, very dry. Insects were observed coming to 



