212 MR. HEPBURN ON NOCTURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 



A Letter to the Secretary from Archibald Jerdon, Esq. 



LiKTALEE, May 18, 1847. 



My Dear Sir, — I beg to send you herewith two specimens 

 of the Yellow Star of Bethlehem, {Ornithogalum luteum, Lin.) 

 which I trust will reach you safely. 



The plant grows in two patches, at the roots of trees, on 

 the banks of the Jed, near Ferniherst Castle, about two miles 

 above Jedburgh. The soil is rather sandy, being sometimes 

 overflowed by the river. I have no hesitation in pronouncing 

 the plant wild. It flowers in April. 



The other day I found another rather rare plant, the La- 

 thrcea squamaria, also on the banks of the Jed, near this. It 

 is in full bloom just now, and appears to be growing on the 

 roots of an elm. You have doubtless met with the plant, but 

 it had never occurred to me before. 



I remain, dear Sir, 



Yours truly. 



Arch. Jerdon. 

 Dr. George Johnston. 



Notes on Nocturnal Lepidoptera, by Archibald Hepburn, Esq. 

 In a Letter to the Secretary. 



My Dear Sir, — Amongst the rare moths exhibited to the 

 Members of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, at the meeting 

 held at Grant's House in May last, may be mentioned : — 



1. Euclidia mi., for which Torwood is the only other Scotch 



locality yet named; pretty common in two localities in the 

 neighbourhood of Whittingham, East Lothian, where the 

 whole series exhibited were taken. 



2. Euclidia glyphica, common ; new to Scotland. 



3. Xylophasia combustata ; not uncommon at Pressmenan 



Lake. 



4. Celaena Haworthii, rare ; Traprain Law. 

 6. Eudorea murana, abundant ; Pressmenan. 



