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caught ; one solitary type of Eubolia palumbaria, and several Dictyop- 

 teryx uliginosana, D. Iceflingiana and Tortrix ribeana were taken. 



On Thursday afternoon we climbed one of the hills which look 

 down on the lock ; though the ascent was fatiguing, the toil was well 

 repaid by a scene of loveliness — the extensive prospect, the wild 

 mountain passes, and the little streams that gushed and sparkled 

 among the rocks. Below us lay the Kyles of Bute calm as glass, the 

 islands of Bute and Arran, and still further the pale blue coast of Ayr- 

 shire vanishing into distance. After having rested we commenced the 

 descent on the south side of the hill. In one corner we came across 

 Larentia ccesiata and L. didymata, but they were easier seen than 

 captured, as the hill at this part rose nearly perpendicular ; therefore, 

 to chase them was entirely out of the question, notwithstanding a good 

 number were netted as they rose from the rocks. Argyresthia brochella 

 was yery common on the birch ; single specimens of Gracilaria alchi- 

 miella, Ortliotcenia antiquana, and Crambus pinetellus were beaten from 

 the undergrowth, and Sericoris lacuana was common everywhere. 



In the evening we collected by the roadside near the house. A 

 goodly number of Noctuae were on the wing ; a couple of Plusia pul- 

 chrina came first, then single specimens of P. chrysitis, Epunda 

 viminalis, Agrotis segetum, and Eupithecia fraxinata : Leucania 

 impura was for ever trying to get into the net ; and Miana arcuosa, and 

 Mamestra brassier were common. 



On Friday forenoon I went up Ard-a-Chapnill glen. A few Erebia 

 blaudina were flying about; here I boxed a worn Plusia • interrogationis. 

 I then commenced beating among the stunted bushes and heather 

 which overhung the stream ; this produced two fine Coremia munitata 

 and a few Eupithecia nanata, Larentia olivata, Cidaria fulvata, and 

 Larentia ccesiata. 



In the evening, with my cousin, we started for Glendaruel ; but, 

 rain coming on, we got no further than the bridge at the foot of the 

 glen. On a wall I noticed a little insect fluttering in a spider's web ; 

 going to the rescue I found it was a nice little specimen of Nudaria 

 mundana which. I boxed, and thus deprived Mr. Spider of a dainty 

 meal. Insects were scarce this evening, all I took was a single Noctua 

 brunnea. My brother caught a fine specimen of Cucullia umbratica 

 as it hovered over a flower in the garden, 



