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THE NATUEALIST. 



A LIST OF THE MACRO-LEPIDOPTEKA WHICH OCCUR 

 IN rEKTHSHIEE. 



By F. B. W. White, Esq., F.B.S., Ed. 



Part II.- 



SPHINGINA. 



Smerintlius populi. 



Acherontia Atropos, widely distri- 

 buted. 



Sphinx convolvuU, abundant in 

 some years, as 1846 ; a specimen or 

 two nearly every year. 



Deilephila galli, fifteen larvae of 

 this were found on Galium verum, 

 near Perth, in 1859. 



Chccrocampa celerio, one male, by 

 Mr. Trotter, in 1862, near Perth. 



[C. Elpenor, I have seen this re- 

 corded as found near Perth, but I 

 think it doubtful.] 



G. porcellus, not uncommon. 



Macroglossa stellatarum, not un- 

 common. Larva on Galium verum. 



Sesia bombyliformis, rare. 



S, bembeciformis, round Perth, 

 not rare. Imago seldom seen. 



BOMBYCINA. 



Hepialus hectus. 



H. Lupulinus, rare. 



H. humuli. 



H. velleda, common, but local. 



var. carnus. 

 H. sylvinus, local, but common. 

 Cerura furcula, not common. 

 C. vinula. 



Notodonta dromedarius. 

 N. ziczac, not common. 

 Leiocampa dlctcBa, rare. 

 L. dictaoides, rare. 

 Lophopteryx camelina. 



Heterocera. 



Diloba ccBruleocepliala. 



Petasia nubeculosa, Rannoch. 



Clostera reclusa, rare, there are two 

 broods of this. 



PygcBra bucephala. 



Dasychira fascelina, not very com- 

 mon. 



Demas coryli, not uncommon. 



Orgyia antiqua. 



Lithosia complanula, Bridge of 

 Allan. 



Gnophria ruhricollis. 



Nudaria mundana, local. 



N. senex, rare. 



Euthemonia russula, Heaths, com- 

 mon. 



Arctia caja, two broods. 



Nemeopliilaplantaginis, not uncom- 

 mon, I have found a variety in which 

 the yellow is replaced by white. 



Phragmatobia fuligiiiosa, three 

 broods. 



Spilosoma menthastri. 



Callimorpha jacobcea, used to be 

 found near Perth, but seems to have 

 disappeared. 



Lasiocampa rubi, larvae common. 



L. calluncB. 



Pacilocampa populi, not rare. 



Endromis versicolora, Rannoch. 



Saturnia pavonia-minor, tubercles 

 of the larva of female, yellow. 



Platypteryx lacertinaria, Dunkeld. 



Drepana Jalcataria, KinnouU, &c. 



