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in bad condition. T. orbona ; 22nd July : swarming at sugar, also on ragwort by- 

 night ; as usual, varying much in colour and markings. T. pronuba ; 16th July : 

 very abundant at sugar and at rest, many remarkable varieties. N. glareosa ; 18th 

 August : not uncommon with net, at sugar, also on heather and broom. N. C-nigrum ; 

 31st July : at sugar. N. depuncta; 13th September : one forlorn individual put in 

 an appearance in wretched plight. N. augur ; August 1st : common at sugar N. 

 /estiva; 19th July : not unfrequent at sugar, also on ragwort. N. conflua ; 20th 

 July : frequent at sugar, also on ragwort by day. N. Dahlii ; 10th August ; 

 scarcer this season than usual, also late and badly coloured. N. rubi ; 23rd July : 

 rare, at sugar. N. vmbrosa ; 5th August : on ragwort by day. N. baja ; 28th 

 July : common at sugar. N. neglecta ; 20th August : not unfrequent at sugar and 

 flying over heather. N. xanthographa ; 17th July : common at sugar and on rag- 

 wort by night. T. piniperda ; 18th July : larvae. 0. macilenta ; 15th Septem- 

 ber : common at sugar. A. rufina ; 8th September : abundant at sugar, some 

 remarkably beautiful varieties. A. litura ; 28th August : very common at sugar. 



C. vaccinii ; 13th September : swarming at sugar, varying in colour and markings 

 to a surprising degree. Some specimens have the lines in slate-blue, while others 

 have the wings suffused with black lines and blotches. I fear C. spadicea must be 

 dropped from my last year's list, having mistaken some varieties of this insect for 

 it. S. satellitia ; 13th September : abundant at sugar. X. cerago ; 26th July : at 

 rest. X. silago ; 21st September : beaten from a birch tree. X. ferruginea ; 6th 

 September: in great profusion at sugar. E. fulvago ; 7th September : Mr. G. B. 

 Longstaff took it once or twice at sugar. C. trapezina ; 10th September : at sugar. 



D. capsincola ; larvae abundant on Lijchnis vespertina. D. cucubali ; 8th August : 

 larvae on Silene inflata. P. chi ; 22nd August : very abundant at rest, also at 

 sugar. E. lutulenta ; 18th August : at rest on ragwort and heather by night, also 

 under stones in a barren field, E. nigra; 10th August : very abundant at sugar, 

 also hiding amongst pebbles on the paths. M. oxyacanthoz ; 12th September : 

 abundant at sugar. A. aprilina; 13th September: very frequent at sugar. P. 

 meticuloso,; 31st August: common at sugar. A. occulta; 16th August : taken by 

 my friend, Mr. Longstaff, twice at sugar. A. nebulosa ; 17th July : rare, with net. 

 H. protea ; 21st August : abundant at sugar and at rest ; very variable, H. den- 

 Una ; 19th July : at rest on wall. H. oleracea ; 20th July : at sugar. H. pisi ; 

 3rd September : larvas found by Mr. Longstaff; an addition to the Morayshire list. 

 C. vetusta ; 25th August : common at sugar. C. exoleta ; 7th September : in the 

 greatest profusion at sugar. A. myrtilli ; larvae abounding on heather. P. gamma ; 

 4th September : not so frequent as usual. P. interrogationis ; 22nd August : one 

 flying over heather at night — new to this locality. A. tragopogonis ; 8th August : 

 everywhere, at rest, also at sugar. S. anomala ; 3rd August : very abundant with 

 net, also at rest. 



On my round of some 315 sugared trees, I frequently counted above 500, and 

 on one occasion 846, moths. — Geo. Norman, Cluny Hill, Forres, October 30th, 1869. 



[Some surprise having been expressed at the occurrence so far north of several 

 species mentioned in Mr. Norman's Morayshire list for last year, we beg to say 

 that we have very sufficient reasons for believing that he correctly determined his 

 species, with the exception of the one he has cancelled in this paper. The produc- 

 tions of that district are evidently of a less boreal nature than are those of 

 Rannoch. — Eds.] 



