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14. Trocilium benibeciformis, fairly common in the larval 

 state wherever willows are plentiful. Have only taken 

 the perfect insect by tying- muslin bags over holes in 

 tree trunks, Drumwalt, C. , Dowalton Wood, &c. 



BOMBYCIDES. 



1. Zeuzera cesculi, one female was taken by J. G. Gordon 



flying on lawn, C, about 11.30 p.m., July, /Sg. 



2. Hepialus nechis, one on grass stem in W^ood, C. , 1 1/6/1 1 ; 



another at dusk, side of burn, C, 16/7/ 1 1. 



3. Hepialus lupulinus, common in fields and on roadside near 



C. ; flying at dusk among long grass, 4/6/1 1. 



4. Hepialus sylvinus, found on roadsides among long grass 



near C, 18/7/06. 



5. Hepialus velleda, common on roadsides, and often abun- 



dant among bracken at or just after sunset, June and 



July. 

 Var. gallica is taken along with the type, 6/6/06, 8/6/06. 



6. Hepialus humuli, common and gen. dist. in gardens, fields, 



roadsides, &c. In June, /gy, H. humuli was very 

 numerous in a large grass field near C, and small 

 black-headed gull came in numbers to feed upon them. 



7. Sarothripa revayana, scarce, taken singly on tree stump, 



C, 21/2/10; beaten from oak, C, 21/8/10; on heather 

 bloom, C, 8/9/10; on dead branch of rhododendron, 

 C, 22/3/12; on berberis, 15/4/12. 



8. Chloephora prasinana, very rare ; only two have been 



taken; one at sugar, C, on Scotch fir trunk, 17/7/99; 

 one on hawthorn, Malzie burn, C, 4/6/09. 



9. Nola cucullatella. very rare; a single specimen flying at 



dusk on lawn, C, 16/6/97. 



10. Nola cristulalis, rare; one taken flying at dusk, front 



drive, C, 4/6/06; several in Whitedyke meadow, C, 

 5-6-9/6/10. 



11. Nudaria mundana, common and gen. dist. ; e.d., 28/6/97, 



29/6/04, 15/6/1 1. 



