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T. firi7iata. — Frequent; not so common as variata, and does 

 not vary. 



H. elutata. — Common, and excessively variable ; more inclined 

 to melanism, I think, than any insect we have. 



Melanthia 7'ubiginata. — Common. The variety pluml?ata oc- 

 curs. 



M. fluctuata. — Common. Varies excessively in size and shade 

 of colour. 



Afiticlea siiiuata. — Rare. I know of only one specimen from 

 Moncreiffe. 



Camptogi-annna tjilineata. — Common. Some specimens have 

 dark bands across the fore-wings. 



Cidaria psittacata. — Common, It is a pretty sight to see these 

 insects gambolling about the standard thorn-trees on an autumn 

 evening. 



C. riissata. — Common, and generally distributed. We may have 

 ii?if3ianata, but riissata is so variable that I cannot feel certain. 



C. testata. — Locally common some seasons. I think there are 

 two insects mixed up under the name of testata. At least those 

 which I take here, and- which come commonly to light in my 

 study, appear to me to be different from those I have taken on 

 the heather hills, far away from wood of any sort. 



C. populata. — Common at about 600 feet among bilberry. This 

 insect varies very much, some specimens being very dark. We 

 take a smaller, finer-looking insect at a lower elevation, where 

 there is no bilberry — is this the usual form of the sallow-fed 

 specimens ? 



Eiibolia mensM'aria. — Common. Varies considerably in shades 

 of ground colour, from pale reddish orange to dark olive brown. 

 Chesias spartiata. — Not common. Comes freely to light. 

 C. obliquata. — Not common, although both these latter insects 

 are common just out of bounds. 



186. Rumia crata^gata ; c 



187. Venilia maculata; c 



188. Metrocampamargaritata; (f 



189. Ellopia fasciaria ; / 



190. Sclenia illunaria; c 



191. ,, lunaria ; / 



192. Odontopcra bidentata ; c 



193. Crocallis elinguaria ; r 



194. Ennomos crosaria; r 



195. Himcra pennaria; / 



196. Phigalia pilosaria; c 



197. Amphidasys betularia;/ 



198. Cleora lichenaria ; c 



199. Boarmia repandata; c 



200. Tephrosia crepuscularia ; c 



201. Gnophos obscurata ; c 



202. Dasydia obfuscata; c 



203. Geometra papilionaria ; f 



