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exoleta, C. vaccinii, and 8. satellitia. Later on, when the weather became milder, 

 I frequently took out my lantern at night to search the low herbage for larvae. 

 From the broom I took full-grown ones in plenty of T. pronuba, orbona, fimbria, and 

 a few janthina. The moss growing on walls and tree stumps also yielded many pupae 

 of T. orbona, H. thalassina and adusta, R. tenebrosa, X. rurea, and one A. lierbida. The 

 following Noctuw were taken up to the early part of July, when, owing to the dearth 

 of insects, I returned to Forres, in Morayshire. On the whole, the past season 

 has been a very poor one for sugaring; for, on reference to the list of captures last 

 year (vol. vi, p. 201), it will be seen that many good things never occurred at all, 

 while others, which swarmed in 1868, only turned up as odd specimens. Probably, 

 in a better season, Crieff would yield a better result, if diligently worked. 



Noctuce taken at Crieff. — T. batis ; 28th June : scarce at sugar. A. psi ; 

 9th May: several pupa?, also with net. A. ligustri; 23rd May : pupae on ash trees 

 under moss. A. rumicis ; 28th June : rare, at sugar. L. lithargyria ; 7th July : 

 very common with net, also at sugar. L. comma; 27th June : with net. L. 

 impwra ; 3rd July : rare, with net flying over rushes. X. rurea ; 14th May : com- 

 mon with net, also from pupae under moss on stumps. X. polyodon; 25th June: 

 common at sugar, also taken with net. 0. graminis ; 27th June : larvae found 

 under stones at Ferntower. M. anceps ; 23rd June : not uncommon, with net. M. 

 furva ; 25th June : rare, with net. M. brassicce ; 22nd June : common, with net 

 and at rest. A.basilinea; 23rd June: common, with net. A. gemina ; 22nd Juno : 

 not unfrequently with net : one very remarkable variety was taken. A. oculea ; 

 3rd July : common, with net. M . fasciuncula ; 30th June : very frequent, with 

 net. C. cubicularis ; 26th June : common, at rest and with net. R. tenebrosa ; 

 21st May : very numerous at sugar, also bred from pupae enclosed in a tough 

 cocoon attached to stones. A.segetum; 24th Juno: very common, some specimens 

 very puzzling, one indeed, hard to distinguish from A. cinerea. A. exclamationis ; 

 24th June: common, at sugar and with net. A. porphyrea ; 27th May: larvae 

 and pupae near Loch Turrit. T. janthina ; 2nd May : larvae at night on broom. T. 

 fimbria ; 3rd April : bred a fine series from larvae found on broom. T. orbona ; 1st 

 May : larvae on broom with the foregoing. T. pronuba ; 7th May : larvae on dock, 

 &c, very common at sugar. N. augur ; 5th July : with net. N. plecta ; 24th 

 June : rare, with net. N. festiva ; 8th July : with net. N. rubi ; 5th July : rare, 

 with net. T. piniperda ; 14th April : common at sallow blooms. T. gothica ; 31st 

 March: common at sallows, also at sugar. T. rubricosa; 12th April : common at 

 sallows. T. instabilis ; 10th April : common at sugar and sallows. T. stabilis ; 

 31st March: common at sallows. T. cruda ; 14th April: sallows, not common. 

 C. vaccinii ; 22nd March : very common at sugar and sallows. S. satellitia ; 6th 

 March : common at sugar and sallows. X. cerago ; 27th April : larvae swarming in 

 the catkins of sallow. A. herbida; 20th June: bred from pupa found here. A. 

 advena ; 29th June: common, with net. A. adusta ; 10th May: not uncommon at 

 rest, also with net. A. glauca ; 27th June: one, with net. A. dentina ; 29th 

 June : with net. A. oleracea ; 27th June : with net, not uufrequent. H. thalassina ; 

 May 7th ; pupae very common. M. rectilinea ; June 26th : took three very fine 

 specimens of this beautiful moth at sugar. C. exoleta ; 6th March : very common 

 at sugar and on sallows. 0. umbraticoj ; 26th June : rare, with net. 



