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Macroglossa fuciformis, South's list (tityus, L.). Mr. Woodcock has 

 shown me a specimen of the Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth, 

 which he found at rest outside of a window at Linkfield 

 Cottage, Musselburgh, 26th July 1900. 



Trochilium crabroniforme. Seven moths and several larvae taken 

 on willows at Luffness and Aberlady, July 1898; larvae from 

 which moths reared, common in willows, near Kirknewton, 

 April 1899, and Newpark 1901 (see my note in " Ent. Rec.," 

 1903, p. 23). Have also seen old borings in dead or aged 

 willows at Braid Burn, Dreghorn, etc., and feel sure the insect 

 has long been not uncommon in the district, but overlooked. 



BOMBYCES. 



Cossus ligniperda. In March last, W. Renton showed me borings 

 in old willows at Luffness from which he obtained Cossus larvae 

 in 1904, and he kindly gave me a moth he had reared. 



Bombyx quercus, v. calluntz. Larva, Cowie Moss, near Bannockburn, 

 1 8th June 1904; pupa, Kelphope, Lammermoors, October 

 1902. 



Drepana lacertinaria, and D. falcataria. Larvae of both were 

 obtained at Aberfoyle in September 1897. 



Notodonta dictceoides. Larvae off birch, Aberfoyle, September 1897. 

 N. dromedarius. One moth, Dalmahoy Hill Moss, 6th July, 

 1903; larva, Oakley, Fife, August 1898; larvae, common, 

 Aberfoyle, September 1897. N. ziczac. Eight larvae off 

 willows, Heriot, 2gth July, 1897. 



Phalera bucephala. Larvae off alder, Aberfoyle, September 1897. 

 Cymatophora or. Larvae off poplar, Luffness, 1904 (Renton). 



NOCTU^E. 



Acronycta leporina. Larvae, off birch, Aberfoyle, September 1897. 

 A. tridens. Larva, Luffness, 1904 (Renton). 



A. menyanthidis. Larva off willow, Aberfoyle, September 1897. 

 A. rumiris. Larvae not uncommon on Rumex acetosa, Strathyre 

 and Balquhidder, August and September 1902. 



Apamea fibrosa, Hb. ( = leucostigma, Staud. cat.). One, among bog- 

 myrtle, Aberfoyle, i3th September 1897. This is the speci- 

 men referred to in Barrett's " Lepid. Brit. Isles" (iv. 59), as 

 taken by me "in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh." 



Caradrina morpheus. Luffness, 1904 (Renton). 



Agrotis obeHsca. Aberdour, one, ist September 1900; Kinneil, 

 one, August 1901. 



