336 The Scottish Naturalist. 



Semasia woeheriana. — Locally frequent on apple-trees in my 

 garden in June. 



S. 7zanana. — Not very common, and local. July. 



Ephippiphora regiaiia. — Frequent on the bark of sycamore- 

 trees in June. Between 9 and 10 a.m. is the best time to look 

 for them. 



E. argyrana. — Common in June. To be found on the trunks 

 of oak-trees, or beaten off the branches. 



Stigmo?iota compositella. — Flies freely in June of an afternoon 

 among the natural hay in front of my house. 



S. perkpidana. — Frequent, but lo.cal. Attached to Lathyrus 

 prate?isis, the meadow vetchling, among which it may be found 

 in the end of May and in June. 



Asthenia conifera?ia. — Abundant on the trunks of old Scots fir 

 in August, at an altitude of 500 feet. 



A. strobilella. — Easily reared from spruce- fir cones, if gathered 

 when fallen and thrown into a box. The perfect insect appears 

 in March. 



A. spleiididula7ia. — Not uncommon on Moncreiffe Hill. Have 

 beat it off oak in May, and taken it at rest on pine-trunks in 

 June. 



Reiifiia pinivorana. — Rare, or is probably more or less con- 

 fined to the tops of the pine-trees. I have one specimen, taken 

 at rest on a Scots fir trunk in July 1874. 



R. occulta?ia. — Plentiful in August among larch, at all altitudes, 

 especially about 500 feet. 



Pa7nplusia 7no7iticolaiia. — Frequent among heather in August. 

 To be taken flying over the plants or at rest on the foliage. 



Heusemine fimbria7ia. — Not uncommon, but local, and difficult 

 to capture. I have taken it at all altitudes, beaten off oak in 

 April. I have also a specimen taken by lamplight from sallow- 

 blossom when shaken over a sheet for Tce7iioca77ip(B. 



E7idopisa satur/ia7ia. — This is one of those insects which is 

 rather puzzling to determine. I have one or two specimens 

 (named by Mr Barrett), which I have taken here, some, at an 

 altitude of 500 feet, among wood-sage, others among rough her- 

 bage by the river-side. They fly in the daytime in the month of 

 May. 



E. 7iehrita7ia (pisa7ia). — Common among rough herbage and 

 natural hay in July. This is not the 7iig7-ica/ia of Herricli 

 Scha:ffer, which is found only in Germany and Greece. Ncbritana 

 Treitschke is the prior name, according to Staudinger. 



