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24. Pcecilocampa populi, common at light, C. ; lo on 8/12/10 ; 



e.d., 6/11/98, 30/10/10. 



25. Macrothylacia ruhi, common and gen. dist. on all moors. 



LarvEe abundant among white grass in autumn. My 

 brother and I collected over 400 one afternoon on Glen- 

 elrig Moor (Mochrum), 15/9/03; e.d., 21/5/01. 



26. Lasiocampa quercils, var. callunce, not so common, but 



occurs on all moors and in meadows. Larvae common 

 on heather in May; e.d., 23/6/05, 1 3/6/1 1. 



27. Cosmotricke potatoria, locally common in the larval state. 



Perfect insect rarely seen. A female was taken on a 

 rush stem after dark, C, 14/6/97. In a large bred 

 series the females show considerable variation in 

 ground colour, from pale yellow to orange, and brown. 

 Two have underwings as dark as the males. 



28. Saturnia carpini, common and gen. dist. on the moors ; 



males most plentiful on the wing from 3 to 4 p.m. 

 One female taken at C. approaches, the ah. rosacea. 

 Counted 19 nearly full-fed larvae on a patch of heather, 

 C, 18/8/10; e.d., 25/4/97, II/4/99) Q/s/h- 



PSEUDO BOMBYCES. 



1. Drepana falcataria, rare; one on high road, C, 1 1/6/96; 



another beaten from hazel, C, 3/7/05 ; one in garden, 

 C, 6/6/11; one at light, C, 17/6/ 11. Specimens 

 vary from light to very dark. 



2. Cilix glaucata, very rare; seems to be now extinct; one on 



high road, C, at dusk, 1 1/6/96; another near Kennel 

 Wood, C, 19/6/11. 



3. Cerura furcula, scarce. J. G. Gordon took one on his 



bedroom window about midnight, 26/6/98. The 

 larvse are not uncommon on sallows near the Malzie 

 burn, C. ; Dounon Moor, C. ; and on Drumscallan 

 Moss, Monreith. 



4. Cerura vinula, larvae much scarcer than formerly in the 



neighbourhood of C, many of the young poplar trees 



