ASH: LEPIDOPTERA AT SKIPWITH IN 1894. 89 
Hydrecia nictitans. Fairly plentiful at ragwort flowers ; Skip- 
our vars. occur, one of them almost identical with the 
Rannoch form. 
Hydrecia petasitis. One specimen ; Skipwith. 
Hydrzcia micacea. At sugar; Skipwith. 
Xylophasia rurea. Skipwith; type only. 
Xylophasia lithoxylea. At sugar; Skipwith. 
hayes polyodon. Very abundant everywhere, but only two 
ark forms seen. 
npc popularis. At ragwort flowers; Skipwith; not 
common. 
Charzas graminis. One specimen at ragwort flowers ; Skipwith. 
Mamestra abjecta. Skipwith. 
Mamestra brassicz. Abundant everywhere. 
Mamestra persicariz. A few at sugar ; Skipwith. 
Apamea gemina. Skipwith ; not common. 
Apamea unanimis. Three specimens ; Skipwith. 
Apamea fibrosa. One specimen at ragwort flowers ; Skipwith. 
Apamea oculea. Abundant, but not very variable ; Skipwith. 
Miana strigilis. Abundant at sugar; nearly all of ethiops form. 
Miana fasciuncula. Plentiful ; nearly all of the red form. 
Miana arcuosa. Skipwith; rare. 
Caradrina cubicularis. At sugar; Skipwith. 
Agrotis suffusa. A few at sugar; Skipwith. 
Agrotis segetum. Common everywhere. 
Agrotis exclamationis. Common everywhere. 
Agrotis corticea. One specimen at sugar; Skipwith. 
Agrotis nigricans. At sugar and ragwort flowers ; Skipwith. 
Agrotis tritici. One specimen at ragwort flowers ; Skipwith. 
Agrotis agathina. Skipwith Common; at heather bloom, rare. 
Agrotis porphyrea. Skipwith Common; abundant. 
Triphzna janthina, Skipwith, at light and sugar. 
Triphzena orbona. T. pronuba. Both common and generally 
distributed. 
Noctua glareosa. A few at heather bloom ; Skipwith Common. 
Noctua augur. Abundant; Skipwith. 
Noctua c-nigrum. One at sugar ; Skipwith ; October. 
Noctua festiva. A few at sugar ; Skipwith. 
Mar, 1895. 
