256 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



Noctua c-nigrutn, L. 



Isle of May: one ( $ ), night of 20th July 191 1 ; one ( $ ) on 

 or about 12th July, and another ($ ) in beginning of September 

 1912 ; one ( ), night of 13th July 1914. 



St Abb's Head: four (, $), 29th October 191 1; one (), 

 12th July 1913. 



Barnsness : two (0% $) on or about nth October 1911. 



Inchkeith : one (<$) in July 1913; one ( ) in beginning of 

 July 1 9 14, and six (4 <$, 2 $) about middle of month. 



Noctua /estiva, Hb. 



Isle of May: one (?), night of 28th July 191 1; one (?) on 

 night of 1 2th July 1914, and three (, 9) on or about the 18th. 

 All seem to belong to var. conflua. 



Noctua rubi, View. 

 Isle of May : one (?), latter part of July 1914. 



Noctua baia, Fab. 



Isle of May: one (), beginning of August 1913; and 

 another ( ), night of 12th July 19 14. 



Noctua xanthographa, Fb. (Square-spot Rustic). 



Isle of May : of this abundant species specimens were taken 

 at the lantern on the following dates: 1911, on nights of August 

 6th, 9th, 14th (116% 1?), 17th (seventeen, mostly ), on or about 

 24th (310*5 23?), an d 10th Sept.; in 191 2 the only records are, 

 five (4 , 1?) and four () in August, and seven in Sept.; 191 3, 

 on the other hand, was a prolific year, as the following data show : 

 3rd August (two), on and about the 13th (fifty-three, mostly 6), 15th 

 (31 ^,8 ?), 25th to 27th (105, mostly on latter night, and 86 of them 

 ), on and about 3rd Sept. (forty), 7th (i<$, 2?), 9th (30*, 1?), 

 latter part of Sept., but chiefly on night of 26th (146% 5?)? 27th 

 (2^); in 1914, thirty-nine (23^, 16 ?) were taken in the beginning 

 of August, and thirty-five (14^, 21 $) in first week of Sept. 



St Abb's Head: four on night of 29th August 191 3. 



Fidra : one in August 1913. 



Inchkeith : five taken in first half of August 191 3, and four on 

 night of 26th September. 



(To be continued.) 



