54 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



Lucania pallens^ Miami liferosa, Noctua avgur^ N. baja, Am- 



phipyra tragopo(:;onis, Mania typica, Calymyiia t}-apezina, Orthosia iota, 



O. jfiaciie?ita, Dianthcecia capsincoia, D. cucubali, Epiuida itigra, 



Agriopes aprilina, Aplecta Jierbida, Hadena protea, Gojioptera iibatrix, 



Eiigoiia ainiaria, Acidalia aversata, Hybertiia nipicapraria, H. 



progemmaria, H. defolaria, Afiisopteryx a^scularia, Eiipithecia sub- 



fuivata, E. cas/igata, E. fraxinata, E. vuigaia, E. absinthiata, E. 



abbreviaia, E. togaia, Meia?if/iia rubiginata, Pyrausta ostrinaiis, 



Botys fofjicaiis, B. Ititealis, Hydrocampa symphcelis, Piatyptilus 



ochrodadylus, P. go?iodactyius, Ambiypiiiiis acanthodactyiiis, A. 



pimctidactyius, ApJiomia socieiia, Pandemis corylana, Steganoptycha 



rameiia, Lit/iographia cifiereajia. 



An exceedingly wet week-end spent at Balmacara, West Ross, 

 in June, resulted in the capture of the following species, in the 

 larva state, all which appear to be unrecorded for that district : — 

 Calymnia trapezium, Amp/iipyrata tragopogo/iis, Agriopes apriiina, 

 Plusia festuccB^ Hypcena proboscidalis, Phigalia pilosaria, Eupithecia 

 abbreviata, Cida7'ia fuivata, Hyberjiia defoiaria. The year before, in 

 June T906, I took one imago oi Phytometra cena. 



At Dornoch, at the end of September, I got larvae (also un- 

 recorded) of the following : — Bisto?t betuiaria, Notodonta dictcEa, 

 EupitJiecia centaureata, E. absiiitJiiata. 



A few days spent in the neighbourhood of Wick in September 

 resulted in the following still more northerly records : — Smerinthus 

 popuii, Notodofita ziczac, Riimia C7'atcEgata, Odontopera bidentata, 

 Cabera exanthemaria^ EupitJiecia fraxinata, Hypsipetes impluviata, 

 Cidaria miata, Cidaria coryiata. 



An afternoon's beating in some oak woods close to Inverness 

 was rewarded with one larva of N'ola confiisaiis, and one larva of 

 Sarothripa 7'evayana, together with many other commoner species. — 

 Dorothy Jackson, Swordale, Ross-shire. 



Amblyptilus punetidaetylus. — On 4th September 1907, the 

 gardener of a neighbouring estate drew my attention to the numbers 

 of this small moth which were resting on the inside of the window- 

 pane in his toolshed. Much puzzled at finding this insect in such 

 a strange situation, I searched round the shed for some clue to its 

 entry, and came upon a basket of cowslips which had been kept for 

 seed, and noticed that the handle and sides of the basket, as well 

 as the withered stalks, had a number of pup^ of this species 

 attached to them. On further examination I found the seed-vessels 

 to be almost all bored through by the ravages of the larva, nothing 

 but the larval excrement being left in its place. Surely this is a new 

 food-plant of this species. Barrett only mentions the flowers of Stachys 

 sylvatica and Salvia gliitinosa, and on the Continent on the seeds 

 of Acquilegia vulgaris. — Dorothy Jackson, Swordale, Ross-shire. 



