THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



their record serves only to remind us of what " once was, but not likely again 

 to be." Neither of these species has occurred, to my knowledge, North of 

 Glasgow for a considerable period, although they were frequently met with 

 when the summers were believed to be more pleasant than they are now. I 

 do not know to what species Mr. Paterson refers as the "Oak" butterfly, 

 unless it be Thecla rubi, which occurs in some parts of the Highlands. Can 

 ny of our older entomologist friends inform me ? They seem to have 

 had common names for each species, about which we of a younger generation 

 know next to nothing. In an article which appeared in an Helensburgh 

 paper sometime ago, seemingly written by an entomologist of the " Old 

 School," a list of local butterflies was given, and among other queer names 

 applied to the Diurni appeared that of the " Devil ! " Will anyone who had 

 the good (or bad) fortune to effect his capture give us an idea of his appear- 

 ance ? Did he, in one state, feed on thistles ? But to return to my subject. 

 The Painted Lady may still be met with in Arran and other favoured locali- 

 ties, but not commonly. V. atalanta, I am inclined to think is becoming in 

 this district more common each year. It has been seen fliting about even 

 in the centre of the city. Two or three years ago I remember collecting on 

 the outskirts of the town, and while so engaged, was interrupted by a gentle- 

 man asking me questions. In the course of his remarks he said that he had 

 seen a specimen of V, atalanta captured at Rutherglen, a most extraordinary 

 capture he thought, as also did the entomologist who effected it. So that 

 this and other facts point to this species at least being on the increase, while 

 other species are rapidly becoming rarer. I suppose this district is not the 

 only place where this process of extermination among the Diurni is taking 

 place. I expected that some correspondence would have taken place on this 

 subject in the columns of the Herald, but, unhappily, none replied to Mr. 

 Paterson's letter. I wait with interest to hear from some of our older en- 

 tomologists what species enjoyed the names of the " Oak " and the " Devil ! " 

 Glasgow. 



NOTES ON THE EUPITHECLE OF 

 CLYDESDALE. 



(Read at a meeting of the Clydesdale Naturalists* Society) 



By T. J. HENDERSON, President, Clydesdale Naturalists' Society, 



In these notes there is no pretence to an exhaustive list of the Eupithecise 

 of this district, and they aim at little more than a record of my own experi- 

 ence. The Eupithecise, or " pugs" as they are familiarly called, is generally 



