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etc.), the following amply attest its frequency: 191 1, 1st July (2), 

 13th (1 J), 28th (4 J); 6th August (1 <J ), 14th (11, J 2); while 

 on the nights of 20th and 21st September 19 were caught : 1912, 

 22nd June (16); 3rd July (1 6), 12th (5 J, 3 ? ), 22nd (2); 

 14th August (1 S), 24th (1 ? ); 9th September (2) : 1913, night of 

 20th June (1 $); 9th July (2 ), nth (2, <J 2), 26th (2, J 2 ) ; end 

 of July and beginning of August (19 J , 6 2); on and about 13th 

 August (18, two-thirds $ ), 27th (9 <$ , 2 2 ) ; 3rd September (4), 7th 

 (1 ), night of 25th (2 S , 1 9 ) : *9*4, 7 th July ( 2 )> rright of 12th, 

 chiefly after midnight (10 <$ , 6 2 ), second half of July (16 $ , 14 9 ) ; 

 and beginning of August (10 _$ , 6 2 ) Among the above specimens 

 a wide range of colour variation occurs, some being very dark while 

 others are quite pale. 



St Abb's Head: one (0*), 27th July 191 1 ; eleven, 29th August 

 1 913, four on night of 25th September and two on 27th; four ( 2 ), 

 12th July 1914, and seven on 1st August. 



Barnsness : one in third week of August 1911; two in July 

 191 2, three on 4th August, and two in September; ten in July and 

 beginning of August 1914. 



Bass Rock : one in summer of 1907 ; and one in August 1912. 



Fidra : two in 1909; three in 191 2; and two in 19 13. 



Inchkeith : two (3 2 ) m l 9 12 ', twelve (majority ) in 

 beginning of August 1913; one (2), July 1914- 



North Carr Lightship: one ( $ ) in end of August 19 13. 



Amphipyra tragopogonis, L. (The Mouse). 



Isle of May: three on 14th, and two ( $ 2 ) about 11 p.m. on 

 17th August 191 1 ; two on 9th, and one at end of September 

 1912; two {$ 2 ) on 27th August, one (2) on 3rd and another 

 ( 2 ) on 7th September 1913 ; two about the middle of August 1914. 



St Abb's Head : one ( 2 ) on 29th August, and another ( $ ) on 

 9th September 1913. 



Barnsness: eleven in third week of August 191 1; eight 

 (5 $ -> 3 ?) m middle of August 19 14. 



Bass Rock : one ( $ ) about middle of August 19 14. 



PacJuiobia rubricosa, Fb. 

 Barnsness: three {$ ) in April 191 2. 



Tceniocampa gothica, L. (Hebrew Character). 



St Abb's Head: one ( 3 ) in April 19 14. 



