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than in the second brood. April, Scotosia dubitata, additional, 
only was taken. I was absent in Scotland from the 8th of April, 
returning on the 4th of May. During May I took A. car- 
damines, P. rape, P. napi, Satyrus megera, L. alsus, Cherocampa 
porcellus, Nola cristulalis, Arctia menthastri, A. lubricipeda, 
Demas coryli, Rumia crategata, Odontopera bidentata, Lodis 
lactearia, Cabera pusaria, C. exanthemaria, Numeria pulveraria 
(very rich dark specimens), Lomaspilis marginata, E. venosata, 
EH. vulgata, Melanippe subtristata, MJ. montanata, M. fluctuata, 
Coremia unidentaria, Cidaria corylata, C. russata, C. suffumata, 
Hubola palumbaria, Cymatophora duplaris, Xylophasia rurea, 
Noctua plecta, Abrostola urtice, Gonoptera libatrix, Botys fuscalis, 
Pyrausta ostrinalis ; C. porcellus was unusually abundant, two or 
three falling to my net every evening, and nearly all at the flowers 
_ of some kind of vetch. In June appeared Pieris brassice, Vanessa 
urtice, C. davus, and C. pamphilus (some specimens of the latter 
with the outer half of the fringe bright yellow); S. egeria, 
L. alexis, Hepialus lupulinus, H. humul, and H. velleda very 
abundant, and in variety both of marking and size; Nudaria 
mundana still more abundant; Huchelia jacobeea, Metrocampa 
margaritaria, Boarmia repandata, mostly a very pretty pale 
variety, quite unlike any I have seen elsewhere ; F%donia atomaria, 
Aspilates strigullaria, Emmelesia albulata, HK. castigata, E. con- 
strictata, Thera simulata, Ypsipetes elutata, Camptogramma bili- 
neata, C'. populata, Pelurga comitata, Acronycta rumicis, A. putris, 
X. sublustris, X. lithorylea, X. polyodon and black var., this year 
much less numerous than usual; Mamestra brassice, M. furva, 
Apamea basilinea, A. gemina, Miana strigilis, Caradrina cubicu- 
laris, Agrotis segetum, A. corticea, A. exclamationis, Tryphena 
pronuba, Noctua c-nigrum, Hecatera serena, Euplexia lucipara, 
Ligdia adusta common at sugar, Hadena dentina, H. pisi, 
H. oleracea, H. thalassina, Cucullia umbratica, A. triplasia, Plusia 
gamma, P. chrysitis, P. v-aureum, P. wmterrogationis, Scopula 
olivalis, Crambus culmellus, C. hortuellus, C. pascuellus, P. trigo- 
nodactylus ; one specimen of P. imterrogationis was taken at 
flowers of sweet-william in my own garden, making the eighth 
species of Pluside so captured. In July the fresh arrivals were 
S. jamra and S. hyperanthus amongst the Diurni; Zygena 
filipendule absolutely swarmed on the sandhills; Chelonia caja, 
Bombyx quercus, the larvee of which were very abundant on the 
sandhills in May, feeding on the dwarf sallow; Ouwrapteryzx 
