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away, where the ground began to rise and the undergrowth was com- 

 posed of bilberries, seemed to produce the same species. A/decta 

 occulta was fairly abundant, but none of the specimens were in good 

 condition. The same applies to A<jrotu auijur on August 12th. Per- 

 haps they had emerged before the wet weather, during which we did 

 not sugar. One A. canddarnm came to sugar on the 16th (we caught 

 another at light on the 11th). Dyschoricta {()rtho)iia) suspecta var. 

 grisea and var. niijrescenn occurred on August 12th ; also Xantltia 

 fulvago var. flavesceits, and var. cercujo on August 16th. Xoctna baja 

 was one of the commonest moths, some clay-coloured, others rufous, 

 others dark red. Aiiiphiin/ro tiaiiopocicnia and Xi/lopJiasia niondfih/pJta 

 also occurred sparingly in typical forms. Hydroecia niicacea occurred 

 at sugar and also at light on August 20th ; Xantltia liitea [flara(/o), 

 Atjroperina lateiitia, Hufn., and one (Jalocampa solidayinis came to 

 sugar on August 20th, and one Charaeas (jravmm to light on August 

 16th. (For Hydroecia crinanenais, vide Ent. Rec, vol. xxv., p. 283.) 



Butterflies were not common in the valley. One Krebia liyea, one 

 An/yiinis aylaia ( 5 , worn to shreds, August 22nd) a few Aylais articae 

 (not var. polaris) and Pieris brasm-ae ( $ , August 23rd) were all that we 

 saw. We also took'the following moths at rest, A'a;;t/(?rt hitea (flara(io), 

 Cabera piisatia (one ^), Melenydiia {Larentia) didyiiiata (one ^) on 

 August 16th, Mesoleuca (Melaiithia) bicolorata (one) on August 5th, 

 and Epione apiciaria on August 19th. 



On the Vacci)iin)ii under the pines up the sides of the valley 

 were quantities of larvc^ of Onjyia autiqua. Some had already 

 pupated, while others were still quite small. Females emerged at 

 the end of August, males were on the wing a week or two earlier. 

 As was to be expected, they were somewhat darker than examples from 

 the south of England, especially a small one that emerged on 

 September 1st. We found two larvae about 1,000ft up, but they were 

 far commoner much lower. L'idaria intmanata rested in large numl:)ers 

 on the pine trunks in these lower woods. There were still some 

 specimens in fine condition on August 23rd, but most were worn by 

 then. Kntephria (Larentia) caesiata was also very abundant. On 

 the whole it was over earlier than C. initnanata. Lyt/ris [Cidaria) 

 popidata was perhaps commoner than either of these, resting in 

 the Vacciniitiii during the day. Females were very scarce till 

 the third week in August, and even then not as common as 

 the males had been. In most cases the ground colour was pale 

 straw-colou)', with the darker markings sometimes very much 

 reduced, sometimes covering the forewings almost entirely. A few, 

 mostly g s, were suffused all over with a vinous or reddish-grey 

 tint, which greatly obscured the usual markings and left the wings 

 nearly unicolorous (ab. iinisanaria). One specimen is almost the form 

 Linne described as dotata (L. B. Prout in iitt.). L. (C) testata was 

 much less common '; two S" s appeared on August 11th. None of the 

 forms of C. immanata were at all striking, though there was a great 

 deal of variation along the usual lines. C. iiriata, one <? on August 

 20th. Mesoleuca [Melantliia) bicolorata also occurred in the woods, 

 where alders grew, perhaps up to 1,000ft. The specimens varied but 

 little. Most belonged to ab. parvnla {= nibiyinata) ; a few had no 

 traces of the central band on the inner margin of the forewings ; none 

 had this band complete and none approached var. fumosa. Hydrioiitena 



