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IJcjdalua velleda. (one), H. Inimxdi (common). Auctiides. — Xvmcophila 

 tilmitaiiinis (common), Arctia caia and Siiilosonin fulinindm (not 

 common). Lasiocampides. — Lasiocaiiijia ijuemis var. rallnnac (common). 

 Satukniides. — Saturnia pavonia (common). Gkomktkides. — < liriina- 

 tobia bnniKitit (connnon), Laroitia ilidi/mata and />. carsinta (common), 

 Eujdtlirria lYnnsatd (one), H. sati/ratii (not common), H. nanatu and 

 K. jiniiiilata (connnon), lli/jisiprtrx iinjtluriata (not common), //. dutata 

 (connnon), Mdantlna ocellata (common), Miicniiji/x' suhtristata and M. 

 jtuctnata (common), M. montanatn (not common), IJori'wia xmnitata 

 (common), Caiiiptiii/ramma biUneata (not common), Cidaria nissata, C. 

 iniiiuniata and < '. pinnata (all common), C. testata and C. popidata 

 (not common). Noctuides. — Triaena fnWfjjs (not common), Hi/dnxrid 

 iiirtitans (not common), //. uiirarra (common), Xi/lojdiasia nirca and 

 its ab. alopccurus (common), A', jiobjodon (common) and its ab. 

 infioscata (not common), Charaeaa (jraminh (not common), Mauirstia 

 fiina (not common), }[. brassirae, Apamea t/i'iiiiua and ab. rcinissd, A, 

 didi/iiia, Miaua fasciuncuU, Caradrina quadri punctata and I'criilroma 

 fiUjfuMi (all common), P. aaucia (not common), Li/cajdadia stiiijula 

 (not common), Tiiphaena pronnba and Xoctua (/lareosa (common). A'. 

 aiKjiir, X. plfcta, A'. c-ni(iiuw, N. confiua, A^ rubi, X. ,cantli(i(irapha 

 (none very common), Taoiiorampa (jothica (common), Sropdin^miia 

 satelUtia (not common), Mdlinia cirrdlaris (common), Diantliorria 

 capnincola (one), Epxinda riiniiialis (one), Bnitidoniiu iin'tivulosa (not 

 common), Hadena adiista (common), //. ilentina (not common), Calo- 

 caivpa vetusta, C. e.volcta, CucuUia uinbratica (not common), llabioxUila 

 urticae, I'lmia prdclirina, P. (/am ma (all connnon). PYRALmES. — Ijoti/s 

 fuscalia (not connnon), Scnpula lutcalh (common), Stenoptvnjx hjbrid- 

 alis (one), Scnparia ceuibiac (common), N. linetda, S. awjustca (not 

 common). Crambides. — Crambus piatdlus, C. tristdlit'i and C. culnidlu.s 

 (connnon), C. niollus and C. bujidnotellus (not common), Apliomia 

 socidia (common). ToRXRicmES. — Tartri.r losaita (common), T. vibnr- 

 niana, Peronea favillacrana and /'. /((<.s^m»rt (not common), /'. varuyana 

 (common), Tcras caudana, T. contaiinnana (not common), Mi.nidia 

 schultziana (common), ( htltotaenia aiitifjiiana, Clcspin ruMicana, Hatodeis 

 an;iustiurana and KphippipJwra cirsiana (not common), h\ scutnhuia 

 (common), Catnptria nUntana, I', scopfdiana, Xijlojioda fabririana and 

 Anpjndqna cnicana (not common). Tineides. — Tinea rmticdla (not 

 common), I'lutdla crurifcraiHni, P. annidatdla, l\ daldla, Dcpn-ssaria 

 applandla, P. bicu.stella, (Ecoplwra fonuosdla and (El. pseudospn-tdla 

 (not common), Kndroaia fmcutrdla (common), Klachiata obscurdla (not 

 common). Pterophorides. — Pteroplunxis inonodartnlus (connnon). 



The following notes on some of the species may prove interesting. 

 Coennniimpha tijdioii : Of the typical mountain form ; plentiful in the 

 Island of Hoy ; I have not met with it on the mainland. I'<ili/niin)iati(s 

 icarus : There only appear to be two broods, the first in the end of 

 May, the second in July. AcJwrontia atropna : Apparently only a 

 visitor ; I have captured one, and only know of two others. Jlijnalns 

 relh'da: I have only seen and captured one in Hoy. //. humidi : 

 Common about June 1st. I have not found the var. int/daudira in 

 Orkney. XiuiropltUa plantaijinis : Common ; last season I bred about 

 70 ; one of these was the ab. hoxpita, 8 J s, with beautiful red hind- 

 wings — ab. lufa, Tutt ; there were also some J s, very dark. Asa 

 whole, they are much darker, owing to the light markings being more 



