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Eupithecia vulgata, K. suhumbrafa, lluj^alus piniaria and others were 

 captured at dusk; and on the moors on tlie lUth, Jircnfhis sclcne and 

 Scodiona beUiiaria were netted. At Sunny Braes Woods, on the 20th, 

 we captured ( '. tiphon, Acidalia finnata, Kmmelcsia alchemillata and 

 Kuthemonia russnla, whilst the followin<^" day, nr. Kenual Wood, 

 rjujtometra viridaria, K. russula and C. tiphon were a^^aiu taken. 

 M. bomb>/iiformis was also observed at Loch Eldrig on the 23rd, on 

 which date I obtained some white eggs of Lasiocampa var. callnnae, and 

 imagiuesof 7>rt5//cA/>-rt fascelina. By the 25th, at Sunny Braes, C. tiphon 

 had become abundant, two more M. bombyliformis were observed, and 

 K. russula (both sexes), A. fumata and .S. belgiaria were netted, 

 whilst, in the evening, U. veUeda ab. gallicus, L. mesomeUa, X.jjleda, 

 X. brunnea were captured, although at sugar only P. rumicis and 

 lUisina tenebrosa were attracted. On the 26th, ICunyclda cinyululis 

 was added to the fauna of this district, llypena jjroboscidalis, Lyco- 

 2)liotia sfn'yula, I'lvpiUiecia rcdanyulata and Cerura furcula also 

 being captured ; the latter laid five eggs. On the 27tli, nr. Brunwalt, 

 I observed the first example of //. var. caUunae, and on an island in 

 the centre of a loch, I found the larvre of Trochilium bembexiforme in 

 some willows, all the larvoe obtained being near the outside of a tree, 

 and also captured X. pla)itaginis, whilst my brotlier took a $ S. 

 belyiaria on the way to Loch Chesnay. In the evening, L. var. 

 caUunae emerged, and C. umbratica, II. iirticae, A. fumata, etc., 

 were captured, whilst a dark form of L. camelina emerged the following 

 morning. My brother saw Heliodes tenebrata on Sunny Braes, where 

 also C. tiplion, E. rnssula and A. fumata occurred, and, later in the day, 

 at Doonard, saw the first Ejunephcle ianira. Other captures on this day 

 were M. hastata, E. cinyulalis, A. myrtiUi, L. ouesomella, Cidaria 

 jyrunata, X. plecta, L. strigula, etc. On the 30th, a $ C. p)otatoria 

 was captured flying among the grass, and this laid a large batch of eggs. 

 On July 1st, an examination of the willows by the side of a stream 

 near home resulted in our finding the larva3 and pupjB of T. bembeci- 

 forme, whilst on the evening of the 3rd, Caber a piisaria, Melanthia 

 ocellata, Acidalia dimidiata and Chortodes arcuosa made their ap- 

 pearance in the garden. On the 5th and 7th, several DasycJiira 

 fascelina emerged, and on the 8th, Argynnis aglaia, Enodia hyper- 

 anthus, Scopnla lufealis, I'lusia pulckrina, l\ festucae, worn, /'. 

 chrysitis, (furapteryx sambucata, and a small specimen of (Tnoplios 

 obscurata were all observed for the first time; at sugar, beside /'. 

 J- ?^»»'c/6^ we obtained two j1/. ocfV/a^rt. By the Uth, ('. arcuosa was 

 abundant among grass iu a damp sjjot, whilst ('. umbratica came freely 

 to honeysuckle, CymatopJiora duplaris and Clear a lichenaria were also 

 taken. On the lotii, on (iuillart Moss, A. myrtiUi was abmulant, as also 

 A. fumata and M. hastata, at the same time I saw several //. tenebrata. 

 A 9 T. bembeciforme emerged about 1 p.m., and, in the evening, my 

 brother took the first I'lusia bractea at honeysuckle flowers, Cleora 

 lichenaria nnd I'. ])ulchrina weve idso cai^tuved. On the 12tii, a <y 

 T. bembeciforme emerged before 1) a.m., and in the morning J. aglaia, 

 Tanagra chaeropltyllata, Hydrocampa nymphaeata, and I'amphila 

 sylranus wcYii added to our list of ca[)tures ; Arctia caia emerged 

 al)out 4 p.m., and in the evening I'elurga comifata, Abraxas grossu- 

 lariata, I'lusia chrysitis, I'. pulchrina, M. albicillata, C. lichenaria 

 and L. mesomeUa were netted, whilst ('. imtatoria emerged during the 



