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flying from trunks of Pinus sylvestris. L. olivata, singly. L. viridaria, 

 common. Emmeleda amnitata, singly. Thera variata, abundant, 

 flying from trunks of Pinus sylvestris. Yp<ipetes sordidata, singly. 

 Ant idea niqmfa*ciaria (derivata), single specimen in newly emerged 

 condition, June 9th. 1906. Ooremia mumtata, singly. Gamptogramma 

 bilineata, Cidaria corylata, sparingly. C. triuicata, fairly common ; very 

 variable specimens. C. immanata, fairly common. C. siliceata, singly. 

 O. testata, fairly common. C. fulvata, abundant. Eubolia limitata, 

 (mensuraria), sparingly on ragwort ; much darker and richer colouring 

 in fore wings than southern specimens. Chesias spartiata, single 

 specimen to light. Platypteryx falcataria, sparingly ; larvae common. 

 Acronycta psi, common ; larva? frequent on pear. Leucania conigera, 

 L. comma, L. impura, L. pal lens, all common, on ragwort. Hydrcecia 

 mieacea, common on ragwort; very variable colours in fore wings. 

 Xylophasia rurea, common, on ragwort. X. monoglyyha, very common 

 on ragwort. Charaas graminis, sparingly on heaths and ragwort ; all 

 specimens larger and darker than English and Welsh. Apamea 

 unanimis, singly, on ragwort. A. didyma (oculea), Miana strigilis, M. 

 literosa, common, on ragwort. Grammesia trigrammica (trilinea), singly, 

 on ragwort. Carudrina morpheus, C. quadripuuctnta, sparingly, on rag- 

 wort. Agrotis corticea, singly, on ragwort. A. 7iigricans, abundant, 

 on ragwort. A. tritici, Triphana innthina, sparingly, on ragwort. 

 T. comes (orbona), common, on ragwort ; fore wings very variable 

 shades of rich red to brown. T. pronuba, common, on ragwort. 

 Noctua confim, common on ragwort ; very variable. N. ccanthographa, 

 abundant, on ragwort. Costnia trapp.ziua, sparingly, on ragwort. 

 Celcena haworthil, commonly during one week in August, not seen 

 before or after. Agrotis strigula (jporphyrea), singly, on heather. A. 

 simnlans, Noctua glareosa, N. plecta, singly. .V. baja, sparingly. 

 Anchoceiis helvola (rujiwi), Xanthia plavagn (siiago), singly. Dianthcena 

 capsincola, common in larva stage ; sparingly in imago. Folia chi, 

 common, on stone walls ; dark specimens. Epunda nigra, Hadena 

 adusta, sparingly. H. glauca, singly. Plusia chrysitis, sparingly. P. 

 bractea, singly, on phlox in evening. P. jestuca, specimen seen, not 

 captured ; bright sunshine. P. gamma, abundant. P. interrogutionis, 

 sparingly ; in rapid flight over heather, with sudden drops (into 

 heather). Ampkipyra tragopogouis, sparingly. 



Larvae. — Sotodonta dromedarius, common, birch and alder. ^V. ziczac, 

 common, alder. N. camelina, common, alder and birch. Dicranura 

 vinula, singly, birch. Platypteryx lacertinaria, abundant, birch. — 

 M. A. Eollason ; Drummuie, Golspie. 



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Entomological. Society of London. — Wednesday, January 23rd, 

 1907. — At the Annual Meeting of this Society it was announced that 

 the following officers and other members of the Council had been 

 elected for the session 1907-8 : — President, Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse ; 

 Treasurer, Mr. A. H. Jones ; Secretaries, Mr. H. Eowland Brown, 

 M.A., and Commander J. J. Walker, R.N., M.A. ; Librarian, Mr. 



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