MACRO-LEPIDOPTERA COLLECLED AT RANNOCH. 107 
Asteroscopus nubeculosa is another “ Rannoch” species; it is 
one of the earliest to appear, and may be found at rest even while 
the snow is still upon the ground; a long series was taken, 
including many very fine examples, some of them being consider- 
ably lighter in colour than others. 
Owing to the failure of “sugar” throughout the season, the 
nocturnal species are very poorly represented. Cymatophora or 
calls for no special remark, but C. duplaris furnished some 
exceedingly dark examples, while Asphalia flavicornis exhibits 
the forms of variation peculiar to Scotland. Acronycta myrice, 
Tapinostola fulva, and Agrotis strigula (porphyrea), are all repre- 
sented. Noctua glareosa and N. augur exhibit both light and dark 
forms; N. festwa is small in size and variable in ornamentation, 
but shows no very extreme forms; a few specimens each of N. 
baia, N. sobrina, N. castaneeé and its variety neglecta, complete 
the list of this genus. 'riphena comes is disappointing both in 
number and variety ; while Pachnobia rubricosa, of which a long 
series was taken, is distinctly greyer in tone than the more 
southern specimens. The T'eniocampe include some fine 
examples of J’. gothica var. gothicina, pale forms of T’. stabilis, 
and a variable series of 7’. incerta ranging in colour from a deep 
reddish brown to pale grey. Aplecta occulta are all of the dark 
form, the larve of which are said to feed on Myrica gale, while 
those feeding on birch are said to produce the ‘silvery’ type. 
A. tincta, a long and very uniform series, is, as compared with 
Sussex specimens, somewhat brighter in appearance. The 
Hadene are represented by very ordinary forms of H. rectilinea, 
H. adusta, H. contigua, and H. dentina, while H. pisi is prettily 
mottled. Anarta cordigera, of which there is a large number, 
shows some amount of variation in the comparative depth of 
the ground colour and that of the dark central band, as well as 
in the size and form of the white reniform stigma. A. melanopa, 
on the other hand, was exceedingly scarce; and a few specimens 
of that constant species Huplexia lucipara, and Brephos notha, 
bring the Noctuz to a conclusion. 
‘he Geometre form a very interesting part of the collection ; 
many of the species taken are represented by long series that 
exhibit widely divergent forms, but with one exception they 
cannot be accounted rare. Perhaps the one most closely associ- 
ated with Rannoch is Phibalapteryx lapidata, of which a con- 
siderable number were taken; it appears to be a very constant 
species, showing no real variation, but the tone of colour of the 
females is lighter than that of the males. Hala brunneata 
(pinetaria) was met with in some abundance, and a series secured 
in better condition than is usual with this species. Psodos cora- 
cina (trepidaria) exhibits some striking modifications of the 
central band; in some few this is completely severed beyond the 
middle, in others much attenuated, while in others, again, it is 
