ioo ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



PYRALIDES. 



Aglossa pinguinalis. Tynefield, in house, August 1894. 



Pyralis farinalis. Locally common ; Buckstone Farm, Morning- 

 side, etc. 



Scoparia cembrce. Two, Dalkeith Park, July 1892 ; several, Morn- 

 ingside, July 1895. S. ambigualis. Balerno, Kirknewton, New- 

 park, Blairadam, etc. S. atomalis. Mr. Barrett has referred 

 specimens I sent him from fir woods at Kirknewton and Drum- 

 shoreland to this form, and I believe I have it from other 

 localities, but find some difficulty in separating it from the last. 

 S. dubitalis and S. murana are both abundant. S. mercurclla. 

 Dunfermline, 3oth July; Falkland, i4th August. S. crata- 

 gella. Dean Park ; Manuel. S. angustea ( = coarctalis}.- 

 Aberlady, 1 7 th August, i3th September; Tynninghame, 23rd 

 August. S. pallida. Common, Luffness marshes, July 1895. 



Nomophila noctuella ( = hybridalis). One, Gullane Links, September 



1885. 

 Pyrausta purpuralis. Several, Falkland, Fife, August 1895. 



P. ostrinalis. Two, Luffness Links, August 1896. 

 Herbula cespitalis. Abundant; Pentlands, Arthur's Seat, Luffness 



Links, Lomonds, etc., May, and again in July and August. 



Scopula oltialis. Common, Corstorphine Hill, 26th June ; Newpark, 

 1 8th July. S. prunalis. Aberlady, nth July; Winton, 4th 

 July ; Falkland, August. S. ferrugalis. One, Luffness Woods, 

 nth September 1892. S. lutealis is very common, as are also 

 Botys fuscalis and Pionea forficalis. 



PTEROPHORI. 



Platyptila isodactylal A "Plume" taken off a lamp at Merchiston 

 in October 1894, though too much damaged for certain 

 determination, is probably of this species. P. gonodactyla.- 

 North Berwick, June; Newpark, lyth July; Otterston, 3151 

 July ; Winton, 4th July. 



Amblyptilia acanthodactyla. Common on an open, heathy spot, 

 surrounded by young spruce trees, near Wemyss, Fife, 3oth May 

 1895. A. cosmodactyla ( =punctidactyla).OnQ, off oak, Pease 

 Dean, Berwickshire, 4th October 1894. 



Mimceseoptilus bipunctidactylus. Much the most abundant of our 

 "Plumes." M. pterodactylus (=fnscus). Also common: 

 Braid, Longniddry, Pettycur, etc. 



Pterophorus monodactylus. Gullane Links, October 1893; near 

 Kirknewton, 3oth September 1895; etc. 



