LEPIDOPTERA COLLECTED IN THE EDINBURGH DISTRICT 95 



Lophopteryx camelina. One, Aberlady, 25th July 1883 ; one reared 

 from larva off beech, Lundin Tower, Fife, 9th September 1893 ; 

 one, Swanston Wood, 5th June 1895; larva off alder, near 

 Falkland, i4th August 1895. I n Stewart's 1809 List of Edin- 

 burgh Insects ; but supposed by Lowe and Logan to have been 

 erroneously inserted. 



Notodonta dicfcea. Larva, Newhall, Carlops, 22nd October 1887 ; 

 several larvae, Aberlady, September 1892 ; common in larval 

 state, West Wemyss, Fife, September 1893 > tne moths emerged 

 July 1894. JV. dromedarius. Several from larvae, Micklerig 

 Wood, East Lothian, many years ago ; one from larva off birch, 

 Tynefield, 2ist August 1894. 



Thy at ir a batis. Tynefield, July 1863; two, Muirhouse, near 

 Granton, about 1870 (G. Hutchison); two, Corstorphine Hill, 

 9th June 1875 (W. A. Forbes, "Scot. Nat," iii. 264). 



Cymatophora duplaris. Several larvae off birch, West Wemyss, 

 August 1893. 



Asphalia flavicornis. Common, in pairs, on the twigs of tiny 

 birches, near Kirknewton, 6th April, and one, West Wemyss, 

 8th April, 1895. I had previously discovered the larvae at 

 both places. Miss Balfour has kindly shown me specimens 

 taken at Whittinghame in 1872. Not "F." in " Lep. Scot." 



NOCTU/E. 



Bryophila perla. Arthur's Seat, Longniddry, Aberlady, Falkland, 

 Crail, etc. 



Demas coryli. One larva near Temple, 27th July 1893 > two off 

 alders, Blairadam, 2oth July 1895 moths emerged 6th May 

 following. 



Leucania lithargyria. Pettycur, June 1895, etc. L. comma. Com- 

 mon on damp spot, Luffness Links, July 1883, and a few in 1892. 



Gortyna ochracea ( =ftavago). In the end of September 1892 I 

 found empty pupa cases in stems of burdock, near Aberlady, 

 and in July 1895 I obtained numbers of the larvae in the same 

 neighbourhood, the perfect insects emerging in end of August 

 and beginning of September. On 2nd October 1894 I cap- 

 tured a specimen of the moth at Tynefield. 



Axylia putris. Three, Meggetland, near Edinburgh, July iSSi ; 

 one, from larva, Tynefield, September 1894. 



Neuronia popularis. One, Tynefield, at light, 3oth August 1894. 

 Mamestra furva. Arthur's Seat, Morningside, Aberlady, July 1895. 



Miana strigilis. Aberlady, July 1883. M. literosa and M. arcuosa 

 both fairly common. 



