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myj^i/idajia, Schi ff. ; E. arhiitella^ L. ; SciapJiila virgaure?ia, Tr. ; 

 Pkoxopteryx ifior?iatana, H.-S. ; F. /inida?ia, Fb. ; GrapholitJia sub- 

 ocellana, Don; G. /rimaai/ana, Don; G. naevivia^ Hb. ; G. 

 gem i nana, St. ; Jlypcrmecia a?igustana, Hb. ; Paedisca corticana, Hb. ; 

 EpJiippiphora simi/ana^ Hb. ; Coccyx argy?'a7ia, Hb. ; C. vacciniana^ 

 Painplusia ?/iercuria?ia, Hb. ; Stigmonofa perkpidana, Haw. ; S. 

 ififer?ia;ia, Gn. ; Dicrorampha herbosa?ia, Bar. ; Catoptria cana^ 

 Haw. ; Trycheris aicrana^ Fb. ; SinicEt/iis pariana, L. 



H. 'J'he following Tineas have not been recorded so far north in 

 Meyrick's " Handbook of British Lepidoptera " : — Diurnea fagella^ 

 Sta. ; Semioscopus avellanella^ Hb. ; Tinea semifiilvella^ Haw. ; 

 Cerostoma vittella^ L. ; C. parejithesella^ L. ; Phibalocera quercana^ 

 Fb. ; Depressaria ocellami^ F. ; D. ci/iella, Stt. ; Z>. heracliafia, De 

 Geer ; Ge/echia 7iigra^ Haw. ; Chelaria hubnerel/a, Don ; Chauliodus 

 chcerophyllelliis^ Goze ; LWiocolletis jiinoniella, Z. ; Bucculatrix 

 nigrocomella^ Z, ; Gracilaria alchiiniella^ Scop. 



HI. The following species unrecorded for so far north were 

 taken in the neighbourhood of Stirkoke, Wick, in the beginning of 

 September 1908 : — Notodonta d7'07?iedarms, L. ; Thyatira batis^ 

 L. ; CyDiatophoraor^ Fb. ; Asphaia fiavicornis, L. ; De77ias coryii, 

 L. ; Taphwstola fulva, Hb. ; T7'iphcB7ia jaiithma^ Esp. ; XaTtthia 

 flavago^ Fb. ; Seleiiia bilu7iaria^ Esp. ; Hypsipetes rube7'ata, Frr. ; 

 Botys lutealis^ Hb. ; PeroTiea sp07isa7ia, Fb. ; Pcedisca ophthahiiica7ia, 

 Hb. ; Halo7iota si77iila7ia, Hb. 



It may be worth mentioning that 36 specimens of Dasypolia 

 te77ipli^ Thnb., were taken at hght in Caithness between the middle 

 of September and 22nd of October, forming the greatest proportion of 

 moths taken at that time, even Phisia ga77i77ia, L., being far inferior 

 in numbers. Epunda jiigra \vas also taken. — Dorothy Jackson, 

 Swordale, Ross-shire. 



Hystrichopsylla talpse, Ctcrt, in Forth and Tweed. — In my 



notes on ' Siphonaptera ' in the "Annals" for 1904 and 1906, I 

 recorded this large flea from Moles' nests in several places in Mid- 

 lothian, Fife, and Peeblesshire. Since then I have found it 

 commonly in nests of the same animal in other localities in these 

 counties, and also in East Lothian and Linlithgowshire. During 

 the twelve months from February 1908 to February 1909, I 

 examined 100 moles' nests in the above five counties, and found 

 Hyst7-ichopsyUa present in about three out of every four, the number 

 in a nest ranging from two up to six or seven. The nests were 

 examined in January, February, March, April, May, and November, 

 and the flea was observed in each of these months, to which may be 

 added August, for which I have already recorded it ; so that it 

 probably occurs throughout the year. Larv^ were also found on a 

 number of occasions and were specially noted on 6th February last 

 near Bathgate. The small yellow flea Typhlopsylla gracilis was also 



