i 4 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



Anthocharis cardamines, Has been taken on the banks of the 

 Findhorn, but rare. 



Pieris napi. Always abundant. P. rapcc, Abundant. P. brassier. 

 Only too common every year. 



Hesperia tages. Occasional on the dry moors and hillsides. 

 Smerinthus popidi. Rare. Willie Scott, Glenferness, 5th July 1887. 



\Cossus ligniperda.- Occurs pretty often in oak woods in Nairnshire, 

 but no specimen has hitherto been taken in Ardclach.] 



Hepialus lupuHnus. Frequent. H. velleda. Frequent. H. humuli. 

 For the most part the ravages of this insect are confined in 

 Nairnshire to the roots of the nettle and burdock. Great 

 numbers are annually caught and devoured on the wing during 

 the fine summer evenings by the black-headed gulls (Lams 

 ridibitndus). 



Chelonia plantaginis. Frequent on the dry moors and hillsides. 

 C. caja. The country people always look on this insect as a 

 butterfly, and often send it to us as a great discovery. 



Arctia fuliginosa. The larvae are oftener seen than the perfect 

 insect, which, being rather sluggish, is frequently caught at 

 rest. A. menthastri. The larvae show great diversity in their 

 colouring, from pure black to light brown. 



Orgy ia fascelina. Occasional on the heaths. O. antiqua.- 

 Occasional. 



Demas coryli. Occasional. 

 Trichiura crattzgi. Occasional. 



Bombyx rubi. Frequent on the moors, but the imago is usually bred 

 from the caterpillar. B. qucrcus. Frequent on the heath, but 

 the perfect insect has usually to be bred. 



Sciturnia carpini. Frequent on the moors, but seldom caught on 

 the wing. Both the insect and its larva are greatly admired 

 when discovered by the country folk. 



Rumia cratxgata. Appears in great numbers throughout the 

 summer, and is esteemed a beautiful creature by every one. 



Venilia maculata. Occasional in Ferness woods and river side. 



Metrocampa margaritaria. Occurs in considerable numbers in our 

 woods, among oak, birch, and elm. 



Ellopia fasriaria.- Plentiful in the fir woods. The perfect insect 

 soon becomes worn. 



Sclenia ilhinaria. Rare. 6". lunaria. Rare, as its food plant, 

 Primus spinosa, is not plentiful. 



Odontopera bidentata. Sometimes only too easily captured. 



