234 On Lepidoptera, taken mostly in 1874. 



Melajstippe gaeiata. Not uncommon. 

 Coremia munitata. Moors, among Junipers. 



,, perrugata. Heather, abundant. 

 Cidaeia reticulata. Hawick, Mr. Guthrie. 

 ,, testata. Moors, plentiful. 

 ,, pttlvata. On Rosa canina, common. 

 „ Pyraliata. Hedge-rows and road-sides. 

 Pelurga comitata. Common. 

 Diloba c^eruleocephaea. Woods, Blackadder. 

 Cymatophora duplaris. The only instance of this being taken 



was by Mr. Stevenson, jun., in a garden at Dunse. 

 Mamestra anceps. Policy, Addinstone, rare as yet. 



,, albicolon. Hawick, taken in the High Street by Mr. 



Guthrie. Found in only two other localities in Scotland. 



,, abjecta. The insect thus named in the " Proceed- 



ings " for 1873, p. 123, turned out rubbed specimens of 

 Eadena adusta. 

 Tripilena janthina. Addinstone, at sugar, plentiful. 



,, orbona. Plentiful. 



Nocttja brunnea. Cleekhimin garden. 

 ,, pesttva. Junipers, Longcroft. 

 ,, umbrosa. One or two from Viburnum Opulus. 

 ,, Bubi. One from Urtica dioica, at Addinston. This is as 

 yet the only capture for the Tweed district. 

 Anarta Myrtilli. Moors, plentiful, but not easily caught. 



T^ENIOCAMPA CRUDA. WilloWS. 



Anchochelis rupina. In Aiky Wood [near Hoardweill], four 



specimens. 

 Tethea retusa. Two or three specimens have turned up this 



year, at different stations. 

 Agriopis Aprilika. In the grand old wood (Aiky), at sugar. 



The Dun Bar is also very plentiful there. 

 Hadenda adusta. Addinstone, one, 1872, but now taken freely 



at Dunse, Eyemouth, and Hawick. 

 ,, Proteus. One specimen only of this was obtained in 



1873, but the next year it has been taken in great abundance 



at Aiky Wood. 

 „ glauca. Addinstone, one disturbed from nettles, and 



wishing to obtain some more I sugared the locality freely, but 



glauca could not be tempted. 

 Plusia Interrogations. Dogden Moss, a few specimens. This 



is the only fresh novelty of the season, and was carried off by 



a very young naturalist, Mr. Hunter, jun., Dunse. 



