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Cnephasia politana ( = lepidaua). Locally common; Pentlands 



above Silverburn, 27th May; Aberfoyle 5th and 6th May. 



C. muscidana. Rather common ; Kirknewton, Newpark, 

 Wemyss, etc. 



* Sciaphila conspersana. Mr. Barrett refers a specimen reared from 

 a larva found on Petasites, banks of Water of Leith, Gorgie, 

 2 5th June 1 895, to this form. S. virgaureana. Very abundant ; 

 occasionally nearly black. 6". octomacnlana. Newpark, Elie, 

 Falkland. S. penziana. A few, Arthur's Seat, on rocks, loth 

 August 1892 ; and again, 22nd July 1895. 



Clepsis rusticana. Locally common ; Kirknewton, Silverburn, Drum- 

 shoreland, Wemyss ; May and June. 



Bactra lanceolana. Common. B.fiirfnrana. Common : Dudding- 

 ston Loch, on Eleocharis, 2gth June ; Drumshoreland Curling 

 Pond, on same ; Luffness Marshes. 



Phoxopteryx unguicella ( = unguicana) and P. lundana. Both 

 common. P. biarcuana.--Qi\.Q, Aberfoyle, 26th May. 

 P. myrtillana. Not uncommon; Pentlands (Boghall and 

 Swanston), 5th and loth June; Newpark, yth June; etc. 



Grapholitha raniella ( = paykulliana). Falkland, 8th August; Press- 

 menan, 25th August. G. nisella. One, wood at Gladsmuir, 

 1 2th September 1896. G. nigromaculana. One, Longniddry 

 Links, 2nd July 1895. G. subocellana ( = campoliliana). 

 Locally common ; Drumshoreland, Kirknewton, Crawhall, and 

 Bowhouse, etc. G. trimaailana and G. penkleriana. Both 

 abundant. G. ntzvana. Common. 



Phlixodes tetraqmtrana. Common, near Kirknewton, 28th May 1895 > 

 Drumshoreland, 8th June. 



Hypermecia cruciana, L. non Zett. Common near Kirknewton, July 

 1894; and at Newpark, July 1895. 



Batodes angustiorana. Common on yew hedge, Morningside, July 

 1896; Aberlady ; Tynefield. 



P&disca ratzeburgiana ( = Mixodia ratzeburgiana). Common, West 

 Wemyss, on spruce, i4th August 1893; a few, Falkland, on 

 silver fir, 4th and yth August 1895. P. rubiginosana ( = 

 M. bouchardana). Common in young fir plantation, Drum- 

 shoreland, 8th June 1895 ; Kirknewton 23rd May, etc. P. 

 opthalmicana. One, Luffness Woods, nth September 1892. 

 P. occultana. Morningside, Midcalder, Falkland, on conifers. 

 P. corticana and P. solandriana. Both common ; Lothians 

 and Fife. P. sordidana. Less so; near Torphichen, 3151 

 August ; Kirknewton, Biel, Tynefield, September. 



