LEPIDOPTERA COLLECTED IN THE EDINBURGH DISTRICT 97 



also taken near Linlithgow in 1895 by Mr. A. Duncan. Bos- 

 well Syme has recorded it ("Scot. Nat.," i. p. 42) from Balmuto 

 in 1868, and from near Kirkcaldy in 1869. 



Agriopis aprilina. This beautiful moth is not uncommon on oak 

 trunks in September and October ; I have taken it at Dud- 

 dingston, Dalkeith Park, Kirknewton, Dalmeny, Biel, Kiel's 

 Den near Largo, etc. 



Enplexia ludpara. Two, Meggetland, July 1881 ; one, on window 

 of the Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh, 5th July 1884; one 

 reared from larvae got at Tynefield, September 1894; two, 

 Merchiston, June 1895. 



Hadena pisi. Penicuik, Bavelaw, etc. ; the beautiful larvae were 

 very common on bracken and buckthorn on Hedderwick Hill 

 Links in August 1894. H. adusta. Near Balerno, Silver- 

 burn, Newpark. 



Calocampavetusta. Several, Callander, at "sugar," 3oth April 1892 ; 

 two, near Kirknewton, at "sugar," 3oth September 1895. On 

 the latter occasion C. exoleta was in great abundance, as was 

 also Xanthia circellaris ( =ferruginea), Anchocelis litura, Scopelo- 

 sorna satellitia, Miselia oxyacanthce, Phlogophora meticulosa, etc. 



Gonoptera libatrix. Rare ; Tynefield and Penicuik. 



Habrostola tripartite, ( = urticce}. Aberlady, North Berwick, etc. 



Plusia chrysitis. Near Slateford, Longniddry, Aberlady, North 

 Berwick, etc. P. festucce. St. Andrews, July 1890; Dalmeny, 

 July 1893. 



Anarta myrtilli. Moor near Thornton, larvae common in Sep- 

 tember 1893 ; Bavelaw Moss, common in June 1895 ; etc. 



Charidea umbra ( = marginata). Two at Silene, North Berwick, 

 July 1884; a good many reared from larvae got on rest- 

 harrow at Pettycur and Biel in August 1894. Taken at Bal- 

 muto by Boswell Syme in July 1874 ("Scot. Nat.," iii. p. 265). 



Phytometra viridaria ( = anea). Common at Aberfoyle in May last. 

 Pentlands (Logan, "Naturalist," 1853, p. 70). 



Eudidia mi. Abundant, Gosford Links, 28th May 1881 ; one, near 

 Burntisland, 3oth May 1895. 



GEOMETRY. 



Ellopia prosapiaria ( =fasciaria). Fir woods near Balerno, Falkland, 

 etc. 



Crocallis elinguaria. Tynefield, Aberlady, Falkland, etc. 



Himera pennaria. Aberlady, 1892; several reared from larvae off 

 oak, Aberfoyle, May 1896. I have seen specimens in Miss 

 Balfour's collection at Whittinghame, which were taken there 

 in the seventies. 

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