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P. Puvpuralis. Common, July. 
P. Ostrinalis. One, July 25, on hills 
east of Folkestone. 
I also took a larva of Cerostoma Ne- 
morella, on honeysuckle, in May. Our 
Regiment came to this Camp on the 2nd 
inst. Since then, on the 23rd (when out 
before her Majesty), I caught a glance 
of two specimens of Colias Edusa . — 
B. Rogers, 19t/» Regiment , Aldershott 
Camp ; August 27. 
Captures at Light. — Since the hot 
weather has again set in, several good 
things have come to light ; amongst 
them I may enumerate C. Gemmaria 
(all females), Macaria, Notata and Aller- 
nata, S . Illustraria, E. Erosaria, &c. 
By the bye, I think there must be a 
second brood of Eupilhecia Centaureata. 
I met with the insect in May and June 
last, and now, after the lapse of a month 
or six weeks, it (as well as Pumilala ) is 
again common, and in beautiful condi- 
tion. Colias Edusa is more plentiful 
than ever this year. — W. G. Raweinson, 
Taunton ; August 29. 
A Raid in the North-West. — During 
the past summer we had the pleasure of 
making a short tour in the Highlands of 
Scotland, and availed ourselves of the 
opportunity to make entomological ob- 
servations and capture specimens. We 
left Glasgow, on the 23rd of May, by 
steamer, for Loch Goil head, which place 
we reached at 12.30. The distance to 
St. Catherine’s, on Loch Fyne, is seven 
miles; a coach was in waiting, but we 
preferred walking. Having committed 
our knapsacks to the tender mercies of a 
wayside acquaintance who was about to 
coach it, we set off. The road for half a 
mile lies through a hazel-wood, where, as 
we hurried along, we had the pleasure of 
capturing a line female M. Hastaria, and 
a specimen of E. Poraria. B. Fuscalis 
was plentiful on the road-side, as also a 
variety of common species. Having 
reached Inverary,aud surveyed the castle 
and grounds, we turned our steps to 
Cladich, on the banks of Loch Awe, — an 
expanse of water which, in our opinion, 
surpasses even Loch Lomond in beauty. 
Next evening we found ourselves at Bun- 
awe, on the shores of Loch Etive, having 
passed Dalmally on our way and “ the 
copse on Cruachan Ben.” Next day was 
devoted to the ascent of Ben Cruachan, 
which proved rather laborious ; but the 
magnificent view which we had from the 
summit amply repaid all toil to obtain 
it. The hill, however, is rather barren, 
entomologically speaking ; it is covered 
with short slippery grass ; “ brown moun- 
tain heather” makes no part of its cloth- 
ing. Lepidoptera were very scarce ; 
indeed, we only observed a few P. JEnea 
and P. Ccespitalis. Coleoptera were more 
numerous, but in no such profusion as on 
Ben Lomond (see Intel. No. 138). Next 
day we determined, before deserting our 
quarters, to have a hunt in a birch and 
hazel copse we had seen about a mile off, 
and as we commenced beating w’e were 
agreeably surprised to find M. Hastaria 
in tolerable abundance. But, hilloah ! 
what is that yellow affair fluttering among 
the bushes? Sweep goes the net, and 
we have him. Ou examination it proved 
to be nothing less than V. Macularia, a 
species which, we believe, has only once 
previously been taken in Scotland. We 
had only a short time to remain, but 
before leaving the spot we had captured 
nearly a dozen, along with the fol- 
lowing: — A. Euphrosyne, M. Artemis, 
P. Lacertula , M. Tristaria, L. Muscu- 
lana, H. Scutulana, &c. We now di- 
rected our steps to Oban. We chose the 
road over the hills. On our way we took 
a number of S. Bombyliformis, evidently 
newly emerged from the pupte : their 
great attraction was the flowers of the 
Lotus corniculatus, over which, during 
bright sunshine, they delighted to hover, 
occasionally inserting their trunks to sip 
the nectar, while on the wing. Late in 
the afternoon we reached the residence 
of our kind host, over whom many an 
