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dant ; Venilia maculata was represented by the type and by a very pale aberration ; 
Selenia lunaria, $, which laid a batch of eges to prove that it was only single- 
brooded in that district; and S. illwnaria came to light in August to show that it 
was double-brooded ; Panagra petraria asserted its claims to be put upon the Scot- 
tish list; the larva of Abrawas grossulaviata was found feeding—not for the first 
time—upon one of the Crassulacew, Sedum 'Velephium; Emmelesia affinitata and 
alchemillata, both occurred, as well as a few specimens of unifasciata, hitherto 
doubtfully Scottish. Of the genus Hupithecia the following were found : venosata, 
larvee in capsules of Silene, not before, I think, recorded from Scotland ; pulchel- 
lata (a species which seems always to accompany Digitalis), centaureata, succentu- 
riata, subfulvata, castigata, nanata, subnotata, vulgata, absynthiata, assimilata, and 
pumilata. One specimen of a Thera, possibly a variety of variata, was found far 
from any fir trees; Melanippe hastata occurred on Cloak moss, and galiata near the 
sea. The genus Coremia was represented by propugnata, ferrugata, and wniden- 
taria. 
The larvee of Eubolia cervinaria devastated Malva sylvestris, and Chesias obli- 
quaria and spartiata were common on broom; the larvee of the former, however, 
were offen ichneumonized. 
Platypteryz lacertinaria was beaten out of atree at Kirkennan, and Ciliz spinula 
occurred rarely near the sea. Of the Pseudo-Bombyces, furcula, vinula, reclusa, 
camelina, and dromedarius were found, as well as a mouldy pupa of trepida, the 
latter near Orchardton. 
Sugaring produced a good many species, and a prodigious number of specimens 
of Noctuwe. On one sugared tree I counted at one time no less than 200 specimens, 
half of them being, probably, Ayrotis exclamationis, the remainder being divided 
among 26 species. 
Of the genus Acronycta the best were: liyustri, several varieties of rumicis 
(one of them larger than the type and nearly altogether black), and the larvee of 
menyanthidis upon its (according to my experience) favourite food-plant, Myrica. 
Of the species worth noticing were, Mamestra furva, Apamea unanimis, Agrotis ex- 
clamationis, several aberrations having the stigmata coalesced and malformed ; A. 
porphyrea and Noctua neglecta in a locality were there was very little heather; Noctua 
conflua, one decided specimen, Dahlii and wanthographa with dark hind-wings ; Xan- 
thia cerago, var. flavescens, and Dianthecia carpophaga, cucubali, and conspersa. I 
worked hard to try and find some of the Manx Dianthecie, but, though to no effect, 
I yet think that they may occur there. Conspersa lays its eggs inside the calyx, 
and sometimes on the stamens, of Silene maritima and inflata. Hadena suasa, an un- 
recorded Scottish species, came to sugar rarely, but contigua was not uncommon. 
T also found a few larva of contigua, the imago of one of which is nearly unicolor- 
ously greyish-ochreous. On Cloak moss Mr. Douglas Robinson caught in my pre- 
sence Hydrelia wnca, a species regarding whose occurrence on this side the Tweed 
there were some doubts. Stilbia anomala rewarded a careful search of ragwort 
flowers at night, and also, with 11 other Noctue, came to light. 
Of the Deltoides, Herminia tarsipennalis, and of the Pyralides, Botys terrealis 
and Scopula ferrugalis, may be noticed as additions to the Scottish list; B. terrealis 
may have been common, but I passed it over at the time as fuscalis, which also oc- 
