178 Macro-Lepidoptera of Wigtownshire. 



from pale to deep reddish ochreous ; at sugar among 

 rushes and on ragwort; e.d., 1/7/01, 26/7/05. 



16. Tapinostola fulva, very variable, from whitish to deep 



reddish ochreous ; abundant in damp, rushy hollows, 

 C. ; e.d., 19/7/05, 22/7/06, 16/7/11; latest, 28/9/97. 



17. Chortodes arcuosa, gen. dist. ; often common, flying in 



damp places at dusk; e.d., 3/7/98, 5/7/05, 6/7/06. 



18. Dasypolia templi, frequently taken on the lantern at the 



Mull of Galloway Lighthouse. 



19. Hydroecia nictitans, gen. dist. ; often abundant ; very 



variable. 

 Var. lucens, equally common. The Rev. C. R. N. 

 Burrows and Mr F. N. Pierce regard this as a distinct 

 species; e.d., 30/7/05, 4/8/05, 10/8/05. 



20. Hydroecia micacea, gen. dist.; often common; e.d., 



30/7/05, 29/7/11, 2/8/11. 



21. Axylea putris, several bred from larvae taken by Mr J. 



Garraway on nettle and dock, Alticry Glen, Luce Bay, 



/7/02. 



22. Xylophasia lithoxylea, common and gen. dist.; e.d., 



30/6/95, 20/6/99, 25/6/05. 



23. Xylophasia rurea, abundant and gen. dist. ; very variable. 



Var. combusta, equally common; e.d., ^I^lf^7, 12/6/06, 

 4/6/1 1. 



24. Xylophasia suhlustris, 3 taken at sugar by Mr J. Garra- 



way at end of Drumblair road, Luce Bay, 27/6/03. 



25. Xylophasia polyodon, abundant everywhere and very 



variable. 

 Vars, infuscata and oethiops also plentiful; e.d., 13/6/97, 

 15/6/99, 22/6/06. 



26. Xylophasia hepatica, very scarce; a few at sugar, C. 



Has been taken by Mr W. S. Brocklehurst at Park 

 Place, Glenluce, 20/6/96, 12/6/97. 



2^7. Heliophohus popularis, one taken near Stranraer by Mr 

 A. A. Dalglish, /8/00. 



