THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Vol. XXI.] 



FEBEUARY, 1888. 



[No. 297. 



LEPIDOPTERA OF THE OUTER HEBRIDES. 

 By Richard South, F.E.S. 



Mr. McArthur, who was last year (1887) in the Island of 

 Lewis from May to September, has added considerably to our 

 knowledge of the iepidopterous fauna of the Outer Hebrides. 

 Eighty-eight species of Macro- and thirty species of Micro- 

 Lepidoptera are represented in the collection he has brought 

 from Lewis. 



Checked by Mr. Jenner Weir's list of the species captured 

 in the island by Mr. Meek's collector in 1881 (Entom. xiv. 218), 

 I find that Mr. McArthur's captures comprise seventy-three 

 species not named in that list ; while, on the other hand, some 

 thirteen species taken in 1881 do not appear to have been 

 observed in 1887. 



The additional species are : — 



Pleris hrassiccr. Rare. 

 Eplnephele ianira. Not common 

 Spilosonia fuU(jinosa. Rare. 

 Hepialus hectus. Not common. 

 Bomhyx nihi. Very common. 

 B. qiiercus var. calluna;. Rare. 

 Saturnin pavouia. Very common. 

 Dicrarmrn vinula. 



only. 

 Tapinostola fulva. 



only. 

 Hydrcecia nktitans. 

 H. miciicea. Rare 

 Chanvas gramiiiis. 

 Mamestra furva. Rare. 



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Apmnea hucost'ujnia. One specimen 



only. 

 Celana hravortJiii. Rare. 

 Caradrbia quadripunctata. Rare. 

 Ayrotis vestirjialis. Common. 

 A. cursoria. Common. 

 A. tritici. Common. 

 One example A. aquilina. Not common. 



A. acjatliiiia. ,, 



One example A. lucernea. Rare. 



Noctua fjlareoaa. Common. 

 Rare. N. neylecta. Not common. 



N. xanthoyrapha. Not commcm. 

 Rare. Xanthia citrayo. Only one specimen. 



Dianthcecia nana. Very rare. 



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