NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. Ixxvii 



Tliera varlata, Schiff. —Johnstone ; four very dark varieties. 

 This insect is double-brooded in Clydesdale, those eroerging- 

 in autumn being much smaller in size and darker in 

 colour. Entirely black specimens have been taken by 

 Mr. Watson on several occasions. 

 Einmelesia alcheinillata, L.— Johnstone. 



E. unifasciata, Haw. — Rare in Clydesdale ; a remarkable 

 form, having one broad white band in place of the 

 double rivulet-line. 

 Oporabia dllictata, Bork. — Johnstone ; a very dark variety. 

 Cheimatobla brumata, L. — Near Johnstone; a beautifully 



banded form. 

 Eupithecla pygmceata. Hub. — Johnstone ; a very dark form. 

 Peronea hastiana, L.— Johnstone district. 

 P. rufana, Schiff., var. aittuvuiatia.Sa.iidhan'k. 

 Poedisca ritbiginosana, H.-S. — Sandbank ; new to Clydesdale. 

 Coccyx cosmophorana, Fr. — Bridge of Weir ; new to Clydes- 

 dale. 

 C. pi/gr^ifnpa?^^, Hub. — Very rare ; new to Clydesdale. 

 Retlnia titrionana. Hub. — New to Clydesdale, 

 Stigmonota coniferana, Retz.— Johnstone. 

 Dioryctria abietella, Zinck. — Linwood district ; very rare. 

 Cedestis gysselinella, Dup.— New to Clydesdale. 

 Mr. D. A. Boyd stated that he had taken a specimen of 

 EucJielia jacobece, L., at Seamill, West Kilbride, about fifteen 

 years ago. 



Mr. James J. F. X. King exhibited several species of Lepidop- 

 teva showing considerable variation from the typical forms. 

 Among these were included the following : 



Oporabia dilutata, Bork.— Two very striking forms, taken in 



Renfrewshire. These were remark- 

 able for the obliteration of the usual 

 markings, which were replaced by 

 dark basal and anal bands, leaving 

 a light central fascia equal in 

 breadth to fully two-fifths of the 

 wings. 

 Thera varlata, Schiff. — Bridge of Weir. In the example 

 shown the dorsal \y:iYt of the central 

 fascia was awanting. 

 Melanippe inoiitana, Bork.^Taken near Glasgow by Mr. T. 



J. Henderson about twenty 



years ago. Dorsal part of the 



central fascia awanting. 



Mr. A. Somerville, B.Sc, F.L.S., exhibited specimens of 



Oiobanchc rubra, Sm., from the Island of Eigg, where he had 



found it growing in some plenty as a parasite on Thymus 



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