74 The Scottish Naturalist. 



Batrachedra prce'angusta. — Plentiful on the trunks of old 

 willows in August. 



Chaiiliodtis chcerophyllellus. — Xot common here. The speci- 

 mens I have taken appear to be darker than those obtained in 

 the south. 



Laverna hellerella {atra). — I have one specimen, beaten off 

 hawthorn in August. 



ElacJiista apicipunctella. — Not uncommon among birch in May 

 and June. On what does the larva feed ? I have always taken 

 the imago either on or under birch. 



E. albifrontella. — Very local, but where it does occur, it swarms, 

 in June. 



E. luticomella. — I have one specimen, taken in July outside 

 my hall-door, but have failed to find its headquarters. 



E. nigrella. — Not uncommon in May. 



E. obscurella. — Common. The difference in the markings and 

 general appearance of the sexes make it difficult to arrive at the 

 conclusion that they are the same insect. 



E. 7'ufocinerea. — I have as yet obtained this little insect spar- 

 ingly. 



E. cygnipennella. — Not plentiful, and appears to be confined 

 here to the lower elevations. 



Tischeria coviplanella. — Was very plentiful on Moncreiffe Hill 

 in June 1875, but I have not noticed it in any quantity before or 

 since. 



Of the LithocolletidcB — 



Lithocolletis cmmerelia, L. vacciniella, 



L. heegeriella^ L. quenifoliclla, 



L. ulmifoliella, 1 L. jncssaniti/a, 



L. poinifoliella^ ' L. kie/nauella, 

 L. fagijiella, 



are to be found, more or less, commonly, with the exception of 

 vacciniella^ of which I have obtained only one specimen. It 

 was taken among Vaccinium myrtillus, and as no V. vitis idaea 

 grows here, the former is probably also a food-plant of the larva. 



Lyonetia derckdla. — Very plentiful. 



Cemiostoma spartifolidla. — Occurs sparingly in the actual 

 locality of which I treat, as the food-plant is now scarce. 



Biiccidatrix aurimaciddla is plentiful in June among the natural 

 grass near my house, where the food-plant is much too abundant. 



