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grease having all evaporated. This happened in the case of geo- 

 meters where the grease was spreading through the wings. When 

 the body is fairly attacked, especially in the thick-bodied insects, 

 I always have recourse to benzin and French chalk, which soon 

 cures them, if carefully brushed off with a camel's - hair brush 

 when dry. 



Ephyi'a pendidaj'ia. — This beautiful and delicate-looking insect 

 is to be met with every season, but not commonly. I have usually 

 taken it at rest on the boles of birch-trees, sometimes on the 

 herbage beneath. 



Vemisia cavihrica. — Rare. I only know of one specimen of 

 this insect being taken at Moncreiffe. This was at an elevation 

 of nearly 600 feet, and was a perfectly fresh specimen. I hunted 

 the place carefully for some time afterwards but never saw an- 

 other. 



Acidalia scutulata. — Common locally. These small Acidalice 

 are very liable to be overlooked, as we meet with them usually 

 during the evening flight, when no number of hands and eyes are 

 sufficient for the occasion ; and I have no doubt several of the 

 species are passed over as bisetata, which is a perfect pest. 



A. incanaria. — Frequent ; and usually if one waits patiently 

 after capturing one specimen, more will follow in the same line of 

 flight. Indeed, this is a good general maxim when watching the 

 evening flight for almost any lepidopterous insect. 



A. aversata. — Common and generally distributed. This moth 

 varies very much both in size and shades of colour. Those which 

 I take at an elevation of about 600 feet, and which I usually beat 

 out of the birches, being much less tawny than those I capture 

 among the rough stuff on the open bank by the river-side, at an 

 elevation of 30 feet. 



A. inomata. — Not so common as the preceding, but probably 

 often overlooked. I have usually beat it off birch. 



Timandra amataria. — Rare. I only know of one specimen 

 occurring at Moncreiffe, which was taken flying in the evening at 

 the back of an old thorn-hedge (bulfinch) in 1872. 



Cabera exanthemaria. — Frequent, local. I have one specimen 

 in which the first and second lines seem to be amalgamated into 

 one dark smoky band, which is continued as intensely, but more 

 narrowly, across the posterior wings, giving the insect a peculiar 

 appearance. 



Macaria lituraia. — Frequent among the Scots firs near the top. 

 Phasiane petraria. — This is another curious instance of the 



