210 _[ February, 
so long as the weather remains open. There seems to be a constant succession of 
broods—larvee, pups, and imagos occurring at the same time. At present, the 
larve are deyouring the internal parts of the animal.—C. Hates, Grace Street, 
South Shields, 19th December, 1871. 
Note on Incurvaria canariella (E. A. 1872, p. 122).—Mr. Hodgkinson is of opinion 
that this is the same insect as that which he sent me in 1859, and which I then 
pronounced to be Incurvaria tenuicornis. Now, I. tenuicornis is an insect which I 
never possessed, the description in the ‘ Insecta Britannica’ being made from two 
Specimens in the collections of Mr. Edwin Shepherd and Mr. Henry Tompkins; but 
I think in 1859 I could hardly have named as I. tenuicornis so blunt-winged an 
insect as I. canariella, as the very bluntness of the wings struck me directly the 
Rey. R. P. Murray sent me his Manx specimens last summer. Possibly, Mr. Hodg- 
kinson may have had the real I. tenwicornis in 1859, and afterwards meeting with 
I. canariella assumed it to be the same species, as already suggested by me in the 
Ent. Annual. It ‘‘ was at first supposed by its captor to be tenwicornis, Sta., and 
may perhaps have been previously overlooked by collectors under the idea that is 
was that species.” —H. T. Srarnton, Mountsfield, Lewisham, 8.E., January 8th, 1872. 
Captures of Lepidoptera in Morayshire-—The last season for collecting has 
been the very worst I have experienced since my residencein Morayshire. Owing, 
moreover, to an unfortunate accident in the month of May, I have been prevented 
from doing much at sugaring. 
Still the record of a few species may be of interest for comparison with what 
has been done elsewhere. 
During the whole season, instead of hundreds of moths on the trees, the 
result has been not one tenth part of the usual number. 
Agrotis precor.—On the 22nd May I dug up 120 larve, nearly full fed, on the 
Culbin sands. A month later I visited the locality again, going to certain marked 
places (small hillocks covered with the food plant, Salia repens) which had swarmed 
with larves before ; and, although I dug down to two feet in the sand, failed in find- 
ing asingle pupa. I bred a fine series of this moth from larvee obtained in May. 
The larva eat any kind of willow. 
Agrotis agathina.—The laryes swarm on the Califer Hill towards the end of 
May, and in August the moths were flying very abundantly about among the heather. 
A. valligera.—Took a full-grown larva amongst those of precoxw on the 22nd 
May. The moth afterwards only occurred sparingly at sugar. 
G. libatriz.—26th May, took one specimen at sugar: new to the locality. 
C. wmbratica.—Very abundant in June, resting on palings. 
P. v-aurewm.—14th June, on Lychnis vespertina. June 28th, A. corticea, at 
rest. Very rare this season. A. pyrophila, at rest in the house. I took a full 
series of this moth afterwards, all, however within doors. I generally visited the 
various rooms and out-buildings just after dark and took the moths futtering on 
the inside of the glass windows. This propensity to fly into buildings I have 
noticed during previous years, but not to the same extent as this year. I never 
took the moth out of doors but once, and that was beaten out of the “ bents” on 
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