The Scottish Naturalist, 69 



THE LEPIDOPTERA OF MONOREIFPE HILL. 



By Sir THOMAS MONCREIFFE, Bart. 



( Continued from page 27.) 



Gelechia cinerella. — Common, and generally distributed. July 

 and August. Among every variety of herbage by day, and on 

 ragweed blossom at night. 



G. ericitella. — Common on dry rocky tops — usupJly where 

 heather grows scantily. Appears in May. 



G. imdinella. — Not common. Have taken a few specimens 

 among rough herbage, and on a dry rocky top in August. 



G. longicornis. — Common on the dry rocky tops, on the short 

 herbage. Appears in April or May, according to the season j and 

 I have obtained it in good condition late in July. 



G. terrella. — Abundant among old pasture and rough herbage 

 in June. I have also taken this species on rhododendron blos- 

 som at night with a lantern. 



G. politella. — This is apparently a local insect here. I have 

 taken it in June among short dry herbage in one place on the 

 face of Moncreiffe Hill, but have not noticed it elsewhere in this 

 locality. 



G. acuminatelia. — Common on the lower levels among rough 

 herbage, from the foot of Moncreiffe Hill to the banks of the Earn, 

 in May and June. 



G. artemesiella. — I took one specimen on Moncreiffe Hill in 

 June 1874, but unfortunately did not keep a note of the locality, 

 and have never fallen in with it since. 



G. senectella. — To be met with in August on one dry rocky top 

 on Moncreiffe Hill. 



G. affinis. — In the same locaHty in July and August. 



G. confinis. — Same time and place as the preceding. 



G. rhombella. — I have only one specimen, which I took in my 

 garden in June 1875. 



G. proximella. — Common among birch in June on the top of 

 Moncreiffe Hill. 



G. notatella. — I have taken this insect occasionally along the 

 foot of Moncreiffe Hill ; but as I am usually absent in August 

 and September, it may be more plentiful than I suppose. 



G. hunter alis {lyellella T) is a common insect at Moncreiffe at 

 all elevations. It is on the wing from October till May. I have 



