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willow and sallow catkins, T. satellitia, C. exoleta, C. vaccinii, T. gothica, stahilis 

 and instahilis, and T. piniperda ; contrary to my usual experience, the female catkins 

 seemed the most attractive. 15th — C. Jlavicornis at rest on a white wall, afterwards 

 common in similar places. 18th — T. rubricosa, rare, at palms. April 9th — After 

 heayy snow and frost, took my first pair of T. gothicina on sallow blooms on high 

 heather-clad laud. This is the same locality that has in previous years yielded me 

 gothicina, which I never saw in the low country, where gothica swarms : this fact 

 seems worth recording. 10th — Saw fine Tl. versicolor and many JB. parthenias in the 

 Altyre Woods. 17th — Bred the first of a fine series of S. rectilinea from Aberdeen- 

 shu'e larvse. 25th — -Bred A. ligustri ; the moth afterwards was more plentiful at 

 sugar than I ever knew it before. Swept 27 laiwae of A. agathina, and afterwards 

 hundreds more : I can, however, never succeed in getting this species into pupa- 

 The moth in August was veiy scarce. May 4th — Swept 45 larvso of A. agathina, 

 and one N. neglecta. 7th — Larvas of E. nigra very abundant on plantain. 12th — 

 Bred C. umhratica ; the moth later on occurred over flowers and at rest. 24th — 

 Dug out of tufts of Salix repens in the Culbin Sands, 156 larvae of A. j^rcecox, and 

 one A. valUgera. 27th — First Q. libatrix at sugar, afterwards common. 2Stli — 

 C. cubic idar is &i ve&t : very eai4y .'' 29th — X. rurea and H. thalassina, both com- 

 mon at sugar. 30th — Swept a larva from heather which could be no other than 

 P. interrogationis. June 4th — S. adusta, common at sugar. 6th — T. batis and 

 A. rumicis, both common at sugar. 7th — D. coryli at rest ; bi-ed C. Cytherea. 

 9th — D. capsincola over Lychnis. 11th — H. dentina at sugar. 13th — P. gamma 

 over flowers ; many larvae on nettles in August : JV. plecta at sugar. 14th — M. 

 anceps and R. tenebrosa at sugar. 18th — M. brassicas at rest ; M. fasciimcula very 

 abundant at sugar. 19th — j^''. rtibi abundant ; E. lucipara and N. brunnea, both 

 common at sugar (the former much more so than usual) ; A. basilinea and A. 

 suffiisa also at sugar. 22nd — Larvae of A. tritici swarming in the garden. I had 

 hundreds turned to pupae, which, however, yielded me only one moth, the others 

 being all infested with Ichneumon sarcitorius. I only took one specimen of tritici 

 afterwards at rest, instead of hundreds as in former years. First X. polyodon at 

 sugar ; very abundant later on ; both the dark and ordinary forms. 24th — Many 

 H. oleracea at sugar, with M. strigilis, H. adusta, and X. conjlua ; the latter im- 

 usually abundant. 26th — N. augur at sugar ; also A. nebulosa, which has occurred 

 here far more abundantly this year than before. 27th — L. lithargyria at sugar, 

 with A. gemina, A. segetum, N. c-nigrtim, and T. prouuba. 29th — A. exclamationis 

 and N. festiva at sugar. 30th — A. porphyrea with net. July 1st — A. ligustri 

 at sugar ; very common. 3rd— ^i. corticea at siigar ; II. contigua, rare, at Cossus- 

 birch. 4tli — Cossus Ugniperda at rest. Took with net three II. marginata over 

 Ononis; they were plentiful, but past their prime. 6th — T. subsequa at sugar; a 

 month earlier than usual. I only took five or six afterwards, one specimen shewing 

 a remarkable tendency to melanism. C. blanda, rare, at sugar. 9th — X. triangulum 

 was micommon at sugar ; L. conigera. 10th — M. typica at sugar. 11th — A. 

 oculea at sugar. 12th — First dark orbona at rest ; afterwards many at sugar, but 

 not so abundant as last year, although I got some varieties I never saw before. 

 13th — X. baja, common at sugar. 18th — L. impura at sugar, rare. 21st — P. 

 v-aureum over Lychnis, much less common than usual. 22nd — T. fimbria at sugar ; 

 also M. literosa. 25th — A. valligera on Cossus-birch and at sugar; X. xantho- 

 grapha, rare, at sugar. 28th — A. nigricans bred ; larvse of D. cucubali from Silene. 

 29th — First L. pallens at sugar. August 1st— Took P. bractea over knap-weed, 

 but lost it again. 6th — X. depuncta at sugar. 8th — X. cerago at sugar. 10th — 

 X. Dahlii, fii-st at sugar, afterwards plentifid. 13th — E.fulcago, only one at sugar. 



