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beat it oft" various trees, and have netted it in tlie dusk of the even- 

 ing in March flying about the cupressi in my garden. Numbers of 

 them hybernate in the reed-thatch of an old summer-house which 

 stands under oak-trees in my garden. There is no doubt the 

 oak is the food-plant of the larvcT in this country; and it is to be 

 hoped that before long we may have an interesting article from 

 Mr Stainton on this subject. 



G. fiigitivdla. — By no means common, but frequently to be 

 met with in July and August at all elevations. 



G. seqiiax. — One specimen in 1S78 among rock-rose {Helian- 

 thcmum vulgare) in August 1878 — probably not uncommon, but 

 easily overlooked. 



G. dodccella. — I have beaten this insect out of Scots fir in July, 



and have no doubt it is fairly common among its food-plant, but 



I have neglected to look for it of late years at the proper season. 



G. teneb?-ella. — Common in July among natural grasses near 



Moncreifte House. 



G. teuebroseUa. — Less frequent than the preceding species, 

 but may be taken in July among rough herbage near the 

 river-side. 



Chelaria hiihnerella. — A common insect at all elevations, and 

 may be beaten oft* any forest-tree at the end of July and in 

 August. 



Plcurota bicostella. — Common on the dry rocky tops in June 

 and July. 



CEcophora subaquilea. — The specimens I have taken of this 

 insect have been invariably on old Scots fir trunks at an ele- 

 vation of upwards of 500 feet in June — one on old sugar. 



Qi. fusccsccns. — Common near Moncreifte House in July and 

 August ; and also on an old wall on the top of Moncreifte Hill. 

 On what does this insect feed ? 



CE. pseudospretcUa. — A common insect wherever the destructive 

 larvre can find food. I once took a large number of this moth out 

 of a jar of preserved rose-leaves, which was also full of empty 

 chrysalis cases.^ 



Endrosis fenestrella. — Common everywhere. It ds curious 

 where insects secrete themselves. Early last spring I beat a 

 specimen of this insect out of a mummified carcass of a rabbit, 



^ Messrs Dandie, Newby, & Dandie, druggists in rerth, once gave me a 

 number of the larva; of this insect feeding upon "horse-ball," in the compo- 

 sition of which aloes forms a large part— not a very palatable food, one would 

 think.— Ed. 'be. Nat.' 



