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LEPIDOPTERA (MOTHS) AND OTHER INSECTS 

 AT SCOTTISH LIGHTHOUSES, CHIEFLY IN 

 THE FORTH AREA. 



By William Evans, F.R.S.E. 

 {Continued from page 233.) 



Caradrina quadripunctata, h. = cubicularis, Bork. 

 (Mottled Willow). 



Isle of May: 1 one (3), 30th July 1909; two in first week, 

 eight about the 20th, and one (?) on night of 28th July 191 1; 

 eight (5 J, 3 $) on night of 22nd June, two on night of 3rd July, 

 and one in end of Sept. 1912; for 1913 the records are, one ( ) 

 8th July, two (c) 26th July, two 13th August, one (?) 15th 

 August, one 15th Sept., and one 26th Sept.; and for 1914, two 

 ( , ? ) on night of 6th June, two ( 6* , ? ) on night of 7th July, and 

 three in second week of July. 



St Abb's Head : one on night of 29th October 191 r. 



Inchkeith : two in end of July 1913; one (o*), beginning of 

 July 1914. 



Rusina tenebrosa, Hb. 



St Abb's Head: one (<$), night of 27th July 191 1; two (3), 

 night of 1st July 1914. 



Agrotis suffusa, Hb. 



Isle of May : two ( $ , ? ), night of 23rd Sept. 1908 ; one ( $ ), 

 Sept. 1909; one (?) on 14th and one (S) on 17th August, and 

 one (6) on nth Sept. 191 1 ; in 1912 captures were made on the 

 following nights, namely, 1 $ and 3 ? on 4th October, 1 ? on 

 3rd November, 6 6" and 7 $ on 4th November, and 4 ? on 7th 

 November; in 1913 the captures were, eleven on 26th, two (6% ? ) 



1 In the case of some of the commoner species the records from the Isle of 

 May lighthouse have not all been preserved. The following, however, were 

 inadvertently omitted from the previous instalment of the paper -.Leucama pallens : 

 one ( (J), about 12th August 1912 ; and two in third week of July 1914. Hydroecia 

 micacea : one on 1 1 th Sept. 1910; one(<J) on 7th and two (4) on 26th Sept. 191 3. 

 Charceas graminis ; eight (5 J, 3?) on 9th August, twelve (both sexes) on 17th 

 August 1911 ; and one (6) on 14th Sept. 1912. Mamestra brassicce : one (c$) in 

 first half of August 1912, and two on 2lst June 1914. Apamea didyma : two on 

 28th July and one on 24th August 1911 ; two on 12th, and five about 20th July 

 1914. Miana fasciuncula ; three in first week of August 1913. Miana arcuosa : 

 four ((j) on or about 12th July 191 1. 





