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of course, a good deal commoner than L. flavicinctata. It is to be 
obtained in the same way as the latter, but is more difficult to see on 
the rocks, as its grey colour exactly harmonises with the colour of the 
rocks. Besides finding them in this way, we kicked several out of the 
heather as we walked through it. • We were obliged to give up search- 
ing the rocks for these two species owing to the wind, so, as the sun 
came out for a time, we started for another locality with the intention 
(if the sun continued shining) of netting a few E. athiops {blandma). 
This species is very local, and at Rannoch seems to be confined to an 
open space in a wood about four miles to the east, near the banks of 
the Tummel, the locality being about 150 yards long by 20 yards wide. 
On the way to this place, crossing a bog on the mountain side, we saw 
a few CcBnonympha iyphon (davus), and I netted three good specimens. 
These were the only specimens of the insect which I took, though I 
fancy I saw a few more on the road between Rannoch and Pitlochry. 
Having reached the locality for E. CBthiops^ the sun favoured us for a little 
while, and we were able to net a fair number in good condition in a 
short time, the males being the most plentiful. My experience with 
this species coincides with that of Mr. F. H. Wolley Dod with E. 
cassiope {Ent. Rec., vol. ii., p. 205), viz., they will not fly unless the sun 
is shining, but the moment the sun comes out, out comes blandma all 
round you. I took a few larvae of Cymatophora or from some small aspens 
on the banks of the Tummel. These larvae spin up between two leaves 
during the day, very much in the same manner as Asphalia fiavicor?iis, 
except that the latter as a rule spins one leaf folded in half, whereas 
C. or spins two leaves together. On returning to Rannoch I was pre- 
sented with a splendid Plusia chrysitis by a young 4ady, who had found 
it on the hotel wall. In the evening I netted Caradrina quadripujictata 
{cubicularis), Cida^da immanata and C. fulvata in the hotel garden, 
which completed my first day’s collecting at Rannoch. The next day 
the weather was again very unsettled, and I spent most of the morning 
setting my captures of the previous day. In the afternoon I took a 
walk with my brother to the locality for Erebia cethiops, and netted a 
few more specimens of this insect, together with a good lot of Larejitia 
didymata, which was swarming everywhere, and another specimen of 
Cidaria wimanata. L. didymata was certainly the commonest insect I 
observed during my stay at Rannoch, appearing in almost every place 
I visited, and quite oblivious of weather. I did not, however, see many 
females, and those I did see were much paler than the males, and not 
in such good condition. I also took some more larvae of C. or. I 
sugared in the evening, but not a single moth came to the sweets. The 
next day being Sunday, I did not do any collecting, but along the 
southern shore of the Loch we noticed L. didymata in great quantities, 
notwithstanding the rain which was falling steadily most of the time. 
I took a worn specimen of Thera firmata off the trunk of one of the 
pine trees in the Black Wood. Monday was a magnificent day, and I 
was soon out with my net. I walked along the south shore of the Loch 
for about a mile and a half, when I struck across the rough ground on 
the left of the road, shortly before reaching the Allt Druidhe Burn, 
intending to work my way up the mountains along the south of the 
loch. I had not gone very far before L. casiata began to appear com- 
monly among the heather. They were, however, difficult to capture, 
