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24. N. RUMicis, Fall. 



= caiweae, Htg.; flavifcnnis, Cam. 



Not common. Imago in June and August. Larva on JRumex obtusi- 

 folius. It is dark-green, paler on the lower half of the body; the head 

 pale-yellow. (?) Double brooded. 



Bishopton. 



Rannoch, Kingussie, Altnaharra, Berwickshire. 



25. N. OBDUCTUS, Htg. 



Not very common. Imago in May and June. Larva unknown. 

 Cadder, Possil, St Germain's Loch, Bishopton, Kintail. 

 Schiehaliion, Braemar, Kingussie, Sutherlandshire, Berwickshire. 



26. N. coNDUCTUs, Buthe. 



= graminis. Cam. 



Common. Imago in June and August. Larva in July, August, and 

 September. Double brooded. Food plant — grasses. 



Cadder, Milngavie, Kilsyth, Ardlui, Cambuslaug, Touch Hills, Arran. 



Rannoch, Kingussie, Strath-Glass, Bonar Bridge, Dornoch, Glen 

 Moriston, Kintail, Aberdeen, Braemar. 



The larva has the head green, a little smaller than the second segment, 

 flat in front, with a fuscous tinge, and a darker stripe down the centre; 

 the eye-spots black, mouth brownish-black, the legs glassy-white; body 

 cylindrical, grass-green, and covered with long hairs. A pale line runs 

 down the sides. Pupates in the earth. 



27. N. LEUCOTROCHUS, Htg. 



= pimctulatus (Dbm.) Thoms. 



Not uncommon. Imago in June and July, among sallows. Larva 

 unknown. 



Possil Marsh, Cannisburn, Bishopton, Kintail. 

 Rannoch, Braemar, Bonar Bridge. 



28. N. PALLiPES, Fall. 



Not common. Imago in June. Larva unknown. 



Braemar, Rannoch; on mountain tops, at an elevation of upwards of 

 3,000 feet. At Rannoch, where I first discovered this species, I found on 

 the mountain, on the spot where I caught it, a number of Nematus- 

 cocoons, in moss and grass, which may have been spun by ijallipes. 



29. N. WHiTEi, Cam., sp. n. 

 Rare. 



Braemar (Dr White). 



I only know the male of this species, but it is very distinct from any- 

 thing described. It closely resembles pallipes, but the head is scarcelv so 



