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THE entomologist’s KECORD. 
been so cold in this neighbourhood, and vegetation so backward, that 
few insects are to be found, and larvae are not so plentiful as usual at 
this time of the year. — John H. Still. 
LiverpooL — The weather during the past month has rendered all 
searching for insects futile. I was at Hartford at Whitsuntide, but the 
only proceeds were a few Panagra petraria and pupae of Celcena ha- 
worthii^ both scarce. Nyssia zonaria has turned up in good numbers 
at Crosby. It was almost impossible to walk on the sand hills without 
stamping on them. TcEfiiocampa gracilis, too, has been fairly common, 
and T. opima exceedingly scarce, one male, which I took myself, is the 
only imago I have heard of, though several batches of eggs were 
found. — G. A. Marker, Liverpool. 
Aberdeen. — I sugared on the coast here on June 12th, and found 
the sweets very productive. Some very nice vars. of Hadena de 7 itina 
turned up ; H. adusta was abundant ; a few each of Vimmia inyriccE, 
H. thalassma, H. pisi, and Noctua plecta completes the list. On June 
13th, I tried the moors, but it was rather windy, and moths at sugar 
were consequently scarce. I succeeded, however, in taking a few each 
of Vwimia me?iyanthidis, H rectilmea, Rusma tenebrosa, and H. adusta. 
I netted Bo7?ibyx rubi, Chesias obliquaria, Anarta 77iyrtilli, Eupithecia 
satyraia var. callunaria, E. lariciata, E. piwiilata, E. na7iata, De77ias 
coryli (one at rest), Coremia fer7'ugata, Fido7iia piniaria, Mela?iippe 
fluctuata (several nice vars.) and F. ato77ia7'ia (as usual in swarms). On 
the heather, I found larvae of Noctua 7ieglecta, Plusia i7ite7'rogatio7iis, 
Bo77ibyx calhmce, Lare77tia ccBsiata, Triphce7ia orbo7ia, Scodonia belgiaria 
and Crocallis elmguaria ; on bilberry, Hypsipetes elutata (in swarms), 
Cidaria populata and C. russata ; and on broom, Noctua glareosa. 
— Arthur Horne, 31, Watson Street, Aberdeen. 
Forres. — The season in the north of Scotland, so far as my expe- 
rience goes, is not a very good one, at least so far as sugaring is con- 
cerned. On the coast it has been and is doing fairly well, but inland 
almost a complete blank. Many species that were common last year 
are very scarce this season, notably Hadena rectilmea, H. adusta, 
Plusia inter 7‘ogationis, Triphcena subsequa, etc. I took a fine specimen 
of the latter at Burghead on June 29th, and went specially to Forres 
for this insect about the middle of July, and sugared where I found 
them last year, but not one single specimen fell to my lot. Ni the 
same time last year I met with some beautiful forms of Agrotis corticea 
along with T. subsequa, but it also was absent. The only Noctua that 
turned up in quantity was Mia7ia fasciu7icula, very dark red forms 
and rather different to the Aberdeen specimens, on which I took 
revenge and secured a long series. Lycce7ia artaxerxes has been very 
common along the coast south of Aberdeen this season, more so than 
I ever remember seeing before. Aplecta occulta is putting in an ap- 
pearance at sugar on the sand hills, also A. cursoria and A. tritici. I 
took a long series of Cra77ibus du77ietellus near Aberdeen, an insect that 
had hitherto escaped my notice, as I often collect on the ground where 
1 found them. — Id. 
Kingstoivn. — In the middle of July, I was in King’s County on the 
borders of the Shannon. The hot weather brought out a quantity of 
insect life. I was fortunate enough to capture one Carsia paludata on 
the 15th ; and so on the next day I worked some hours in the heat of 
