LEPIDOPTERA COLLECTED IN THE EDINBURGH DISTRICT 99 



Tynninghame. E. fraxinata. Reared from larvae got at 

 Kirknewton and Tynefield, 1894. E. indigata. Common 

 about fir woods in June. E. nanata. Common among heather 

 on all our hills and moors. E. absinthiata. A few, Luffness 

 Links, on Ballota^ July 1895. E- mimitata. Reared from 

 larvre on heather, West Wemyss, September 1893; Hedder- 

 wick, 1894; Kirknewton, 1894. E. laridata. A few yearly 

 since June 1887 in fir wood near Kirknewton; one, near Fushie- 

 bridge, 6th July 1895. Not given for "Forth " in Buchanan- 

 White's list. E. abbreviata. --Common in oak coppices, 

 Aberfolye, April and May. E. sobrinata. Reared in abund- 

 ance from larvas off juniper on Pentlands, beginning of June 

 1895 ; moths there September 1890 ; Merchiston, on lamps, 

 July and August. E. pumilata. Abundant near West Wemyss, 

 Fife, flying about young spruces in afternoon, 3oth May 1895. 

 Not marked for " Forth " in Buchanan-White's list. E. 

 vulgata, E. assitnilata, E. exigitata, and E. rectangulata are all 

 more or less common about gardens and hedges. 



Thera siinutafa, Hb. ( = coniferata, Curt.). Reared from larvae off 

 juniper on Pentlands, loth June 1895. T. firmata. Not 

 uncommon on Scotch fir ; Bavelaw, Mortonhall, Gladsmuir, 

 Tynefield. 



Hypsipetes trifasciata ( = impluviatd). West Wemyss, Stenton, etc. 



Melanthia bicolorata ( = rubiginata). Polmont, Otterston, Wemyss, 

 Falkland. 



Ant idea badiata. Colinton, Tynefield. 



Coremia munitata. Colinton, Swanston, Bonaly Hill, Kirknewton, 

 Lomonds. C. designata ( propugnatd). Falkland, June 

 1888. C. ferrugata. Aberfoyle, 24th May. 



Phibalapteryx vittata ( = lignafa). Abundant at Luffness marshes 

 on the evenings of loth and isth July 1895. 



Cidaria siterata ( = psittacata.} - - One, Tynninghame, 6th 

 September 1894; Whittingharae (Miss Balfour). C. iniata. 

 Biel ; Merchiston, iyth October 1894. C. corylata.- Aberfoyle, 

 22nd May. C. silaceata. One, Dalmeny Park, June 1880. 

 C. dotata ( = pyraliata). Far from uncommon have taken it 

 in many localities. 



Pelurga comitata. A few, Aberlady, July 1895. 



Eubolia ceruinata. Two, Aberlady, 6th September 1886, and 

 another 23rd August 1892. 



Anaitis plagiata. Two, Pentlands, July 1880. 

 Tanagra atrata ( = chtzrophyllata). Biel, June 1863. 



