tree trunk, and on Habrostola tripartita, Apamea basilinea, and X. rurea, 
all taken at other flowers. 
There were great numbers of Noctuse at honeydew, chiefly rurea 
and basilinea, with a good many C. pectinataria. I also caught one 
Noctua plecta. On the way home I took a Boarmia repandata and 
Cidaria truncata, and saw three II. humuli. 
On Friday I found a beautiful white specimen of Aeronycta leporina, 
immaculate but for the black discoidal spot, high up on a rowan, and 
in the evening took a C. munitata. Examining my captures in the 
house I found I had taken a remarkable aberration of C. pectinataria. 
In this, the wing area along the costa from base to apex is normal, 
though faded to the usual pinkish colour. The rest of the wing looks 
silvery-grey with pale grey marks representing the usual black areas. 
Microscopically it is perfectly fresh, but the scales are unpigmented 
and thinly scattered, so that the membrane shows between. The 
grey marks are due to black scales, natural in character and position, 
but much reduced in number. Amongst others of this species is one 
with unusually black markings. 
In the hotel garden H. tripartita was abundant every evening, 
visiting all the flowers, but on a cold night appeared twenty 
minutes later than on the warmer ones. I also took seven 
pidchrina at pink campion on different evenings. It is curious 
that neither of these species visited the orchids only 200 yards 
away. Amongst other insects obtained at dusk on July 7th, 8th, 
and 9th, were" H. dentina, C. fluctuata (dark forms), one Cidaria 
prunata ('? new), one Caradrina cubicularis, Apamea yemina, Emmclesia 
alchemillata (new : Moray and Hebrides), Kupithecia pulchellata, E. 
asrimilata (new: Perth and Ross), E. fraxinata (new: S. Scotland 
only, Edinburgh, Clydesdale and Solway), E. subfulvata var. coynata 
(new), and a worn specimen of what may be E. constrictata. (new). 
Fraxinata was only taken at the end of my visit, and I had no oppor¬ 
tunity to follow up the capture, but there are big ash trees not far 
away. 
July 8th was showery and windy, and I noted that cambrica was 
shyer and inclined to fly off the trees. On the 8th, I took L abera 
exanthemaria (new: Ross), one with first and central lines coalescing, 
and Eupithecia castiyata (new: Moray) near the Kinloch river. On 
the 9th I took Ellopia fasciaria in Tongue Wood, and another later in . 
An-garbh-chnoc (new: Moray). 
One night, seeing a good many Pieris brassicae at rest, I took 
notes at the time, and give them practically verbatim. All were 
sitting fully exposed, one on a white flower of tradescantia, a large 
plant with only five flowers ; one on the flower of a crucifer, a plant 
with few leaves but many loosely arranged masses of white flowers ; 
two on upper side of leaves of other plants of the same species near 
flower heads j one three-cjuarters of the way up the stem of an oxeje 
daisy, a big plant, covered with flowers and buds of different heights ; 
one "on a leaf of lily plant, which has no flowers. Next night, 
July 8th, I saw four more all near white flowers. There were many 
other flowering plants, and those they were on were not near one 
another. Amongst others were tiger lily, forget-me-not, yellow 
daisies, larkspurs, blue polemoniums, and pink campion, all of which 
were examined without result. 
