I30 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



LEPIDOPTERA (MOTHS) AND OTHER INSECTS 

 AT SCOTTISH LIGHTHOUSES, CHIEFLY IN 

 THE FORTH AREA. 



By William Evans, F.R.S.E. 



( Concluded from page 88.) 



III.— Records from Butt of Lewis Lighthouse, Outer 



Hebrides. 



Situated as it is on the northernmost point of the island of 

 Lewis, in the north of the Outer Hebrides, any records from this 

 station are of interest whether indicative of migration or not. The 

 present list is a short one, but now that Mr Clyne is keeping an 

 eye on the insects as well as the birds that come to the lantern, it 

 will doubtless soon receive considerable augmentation. Dasypolia 

 templi is, it will be observed, evidently a common moth at this out- 

 of-the-way locality. 



Lepidoptera. 



Hepialus huniuli, L— three (2 c? , i ? ), end of May 1914. 



Hydracia micacea, Esp. — one (?) at lantern on night of 26th 

 September 1913. In September 19 14, five specimens were 

 captured by Mr Eagle Clarke on ragwort flowers near the lighthouse. 



Xylophasia polyodon (L., non Clk.)— one ( ? ), black variety, 

 summer of 19 14. 



Caradrina quadripunctata^ Fb. — one in summer of 19 14. 



Agrotis suffusa, Kb. — one ( ^ ), night of ist October 191 3. 



A. lucernea, L. — one {$), summer of 1914. 



Dasypolia templi, Thnb. — six (4 $,2 ? ) on night of 26th 

 September, and seven (2 (^ , 5 ? ) during first week of October 

 1913 ; six (5 (J , I 9 ) in end of September 1914. 



Epunda nigra, Haw. — one {$), end of September 1913. 



Flusia gamma, L— seventeen (13 c?, 4 ? ). mostly on night of 

 26th September, but a few on ist October 191 3. 



Larentia didymata, L. — Mr Clarke took seven (3 (J , 4 ? ) in the 

 latter part of September 1914; none of them, however, at the lantern. 

 September is somewhat late for this species to be on the wing. 



Emmelesia alchemillata, L. — one ( c? ) in summer of 19 14. 



Cidaria miata, L— one (?) in first week of October 19 13. 



Sciaphila penziana, Thnb., var. colquhounatia, Sta.— one in 

 summer of 1914- 



