2 [January, 



FURTHER NOTES ON THE TORTUICIBM AND TINEINA OF 

 DUMBARTONSHIRE. 



BY J. R. M ALLOC H. 



Since the publieiitiou of my list of the Tortricidcd and Tineina of 

 Bonhill (Ent. Mo. Mag., 1901) I have added some few species to it, 

 and also to the list of the Micro- Lepidoptera published in the Brit. 

 Association Hand- Book to the Natural History of the West of 

 Scotland, 1901. 8o far the NepticuJcB have been much neglected, and 

 I know that there are many species of this genus that could be easily 

 found were one to devote the time necessary to rear them. I have 

 given some of my time to the rearing of Lithocolletes, and with fair 

 success, and although I can already lay claim to a score of them I 

 think there are some species still awaiting discovery here. The 

 Oelechidce are still poorly represented, but they are slowly increasing 

 in number. The Coleophoridce are so difficult to name without reliable 

 facts regarding their life history, that they are practically at a stand- 

 still. However, taking everything into consideration, fairly good 

 progress may be recorded. In the following list those marked with 

 an asterisk (*) are new to my district list, and those marked (t) are 

 not included in the " Natural History of the AV^cst of Scotland," 

 above mentioned. One or two I have failed to lind recorded from 

 Scotland. 



TORTRICID^. 



Amphysa Gerningana, Sell., not a ver}' coninion species, found on tlie niours in 



the same parts as tlie following, but in August. Walkerana, Curt., verj conmion 



on the moors at the end of April and beginning of May, the females are scarce. 



Peronea mixtana, Hb., this species is very common, and occurs till well on in 

 May ; the method I adopt to obtain good specimens is to turn up the heath where 

 it is to be found in isolated patches, somewhat raised and iiaving a dry bottom ; by 

 searcliing closely underneath, on even a oold day in winter, the moths are not 

 difficult to obtain. The females are less numerous than the males early in the year, 

 but by the end of April good specimens of tlie former are easily obtained, while 

 the males are not worth taking. Do some of the females winter as pupa; ? 



Mixodia palustrana, Zett., does not occur very commonly, but if carefully 



looked for in pine woods on the hills is almost certain to turn up. Bouchardana, 



Dbl., rubiginosana, H.-S., fairly common among pines in July; care should be 

 taken not to pass this species as irimaculana, as they resemble each other closely 

 in some varieties of the latter. 



Capua favillaceana, lib., occurred in fair numbers in Crofthugen last year, 

 but most of the specimens were worn. 



Qrapholitha nisel/a, Clerck, I bred a great number of this species from catkins 

 obtained at the end of May from two sallows in Murroch Glen. 



