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Symcethis oxyacanthella ( =fabriciand). Everywhere. 



Eupoecilia nana. A few, Aberfoyle, among birch, 23rd May. E. 

 dubitana. Abundant, Pettycur sea braes, 4th June 1895. E. 

 atricapitana. One, Luffness Links, on hound's tongue, i2th 

 June 1894. E. maculosana. Several, Aberfoyle, among broom, 

 25th May. E. angustana. Abundant. E.'ciliella. Common, 

 Bavelaw Moss, 2yth May ; Boghall, Pentlands, 5th June ; Aber- 

 foyle, yth May. 



Xanthosetia hamana. One, Pettycur, 26th June; two, Ormiston, 



5th July. 



Argyrolepia hartmanniana ( = baumanniana). A good many, near 

 Kirknewton, 25th May and i3th June. A. Indiana. Half a 

 dozen, Luffness Links, on burdock, middle of July 1895. 



Conchylis straminea ( = straniineana). Common and wide spread. 



Aphelia osseana ( = pratana). Abundant, both on inland moors and 

 on the coast. 



Tortricodes hyemana. Abundant in oak coppice, Callander, April 

 1892. 



TlNE^E. 



Exapate congelatella. Males common on the Pentlands, iyth and 

 3oth October, and 6th November; one, Comiston, on wall, 

 3oth October. 



Dinrnea fagella. Common on tree trunks in April. 



Solenobia, sp. ? In March 1895, at Mr. Barrett's request, I went in 

 search of Solenobia cases on rocks on the Pentlands, and found 

 a good many, some of them containing living larvae, none of 

 which reached the perfect state, however. Others were obtained 

 on Arthur's Seat and near Fairmilehead in October. Possibly 

 the species is S. triqnetrella, but until we rear or otherwise 

 obtain a male imago the point will be hard to settle. 



Ochsenheimeria bisontella. Common; near Kirknewton, 3ist July 

 and 8th August; Tynninghame, 22nd August and 2nd Sep- 

 tember ; Lomonds, 6th August. 



Tinea tapetzetta. Local ; common, Tynefield, in stable, August 

 1894; Morningside, August 1895. 



*T. pallescentella. One, Morningside, July 1891, identified by Mr. 

 Barrett. T. granella, T. cloacella, T. pellionella, T. lapella, and 

 T. rusticella, are all more or less common. Specimens of the 

 last named taken in woods at a distance from houses seem to 

 me to have the purple tint on the wings more pronounced. 



Phylloporia bistrigella. Rather scarce ; woods near Kirknewton, 

 28th May and yth August; Newpark, yth June and i8th July, etc. 



