On Lepidoptera taken mostly in 1873. 123 



Plusia bractea. A perfect gem, and rare ; Cleekhimin garden : 

 very fond of settling on Sweet Williams. 



Mamestra abjecta. I succeeded in boxing three or four speci- 

 mens in Addinstone policy. It is not recorded in the " Perth 

 Fauna." 



Clostera reclusa. Hawick. Mr. Turnbull. 



Celesta Haworthii. There is a flourishing colony in a very 

 bleak bog at the foot of Hog's law, where its food plant is very 

 abundant. 



Notodonta dict^ea. One sheltering during a strong wind on a 

 poplar tree near the Luggy, Lauder. 



,, dict^eoides. Hawick. Mr. Turnbull. 



Dicranura furcula. One caught at rest among sallows ; 

 Thirlestane Castle. 



Platypteryx falcula. One, Dunse Castle. Mr. Paterson. 



Apamea gemma. Addinstone ; not very rare. 



Nemeophila Plant.^ginis. Top of Edgarhope wood amongst long 

 heath. This was long a thriving station for Wood Tigers, but 

 now they seem to have deserted it. Mr. Ferguson found it in 

 Dogden Moss. 



Euchelia Jacob^^e. One in the vale of the Leader, near Thirle- 

 stane Castle, some years ago. 



Saturnia Pavonia-minor. AH over the Lammer moors. 



Nocttta triangultjm. Dunse Castle, very rare. Mr. Paterson. 



Hadena Pisi. Addinstone policy, rare. 

 ,, dentina. Ditto. 



Himera pennaria. At gas-lamps, Dunse. 



Boarmia rep and ata. In policies, plentiful. 



Geometra papilionaria. Near Hawick. Mr. Turnbull. 



Strenia clathrata. Ditto. 



Larentia GffisiATA. Hills, plentiful. 



Emmelesia decolor ata. East Waters (Lauder). 



Anticlea badiata. One ; Addinstone. 



Cidaria cortlata. East Waters. 



,, SILACEATA. Ditto. 



,, popttlata. Longcroft Moors. 

 Anaitis plagiata. Ditto. 

 Chesias spartiata. Garden, Cleekhimin. 



III. — Eyemouth. By William Shaw. 



Smerinthus Populi. Not common. 

 Acherontia Atropos. Rare. 

 Sphinx Convolvuli. Eare. 

 Chjerocampa Celerio. Eare. 



,, Porcelltts. Not common. 



Maoroglossa Stellatarum. Not common. 

 Hepialtjs stlvinus. Not common. 



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