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C. populata. Larvae pretty common on heather, in June. 

 I got a good series of moths, very variable. Moths out in 

 beginning of August. 



Anaitis plagiata. Rather common in .Tune. I beat a larva 

 off heather, in June. There was no Hypericum near, and it 

 fed freely on heather in my breeding-cage. It had no trace 

 of a yellow stripe on the sides. 



Xylophasia rurea. Very common at flowers, from middle 

 of May to end of July. 



Chareas Graminis. Two in July, at rest on flowers of 

 ragwort. 



Mamestra Brassicae. Several at sugar, &c., July and Aug. 

 Apamea unanimis. A few at sugar, &c., July and August. 

 Caradrina cubicularis. At flowers, Jiuie and July. 

 Agrotis porphyrea. On moors, at rest on flowers, June 

 and July. Rather common. 



A. agathina. Flying among heather, August. 

 Noctua C-nigrum. Two or three at sugar, &c. 

 N. fesliva. One at flowers, June. 



Taeniocampa golhica. Larvae very common in July, on 

 dock, nettles, &c. 



Phlogophora meticulosa. Two at flowers, August. 

 Hadena adusta. Very common at sugar, &c., June and 

 July. 



Abrostola triplasia. Larvae on nettles, September. 

 A. Urticae. Larvae on nettles, September. 

 Plusia Gamma. Swarming all the summer. 

 P. ])ulchrina. One at flowers of Lychnis dioica. 

 P. lota. Two on slrawberiy-leaves, in July. I also found 

 a number of larvae 1 could not identity, and also some 

 Noctuae 1 could not ascertain the names of 



Acherontia Atropos is occasionally caught, and two speci- 

 mens of Sphinx Convolvuli were caught this summer at 

 Kirkwall. 



I have no doubt the list of Orcadian Lepidoptera might be 

 very greatly increased if there were more observers, as I have 

 this summer found several species that 1 never saw in Ork- 

 ney before. I did not see a single larva of Bombyx Quercus 

 var. Callunae this sunmier, while in the summer of 1806 they 

 were so common that one could hardly walk a step without 

 seeing them on some of the moors. 



