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On Lepidoptera, taken mostly in 1875. 



I. — Preston. By John Anderson. 



Vanessa polychloros. A specimen of this buttei fly was got here 



by George iStrachan, Primrosehill. 

 Smerinthus Populi. Several specimens were got here last sum- 

 mer. 

 Poscilocampa Populi. One got fluttering among some dead elm 



leaves. 

 Bohbyx Rubi. This and B. Querctjs were pretty common on 



Drakemire Moor, last summer ; but very difficult to capture. 

 Phigalia pilosaria. Caterpillars are common on birch, at 



Hoardweil. Newman gives "oak" as its food plant. 

 Cleora lichen aria. This was a common moth nearly every- 

 where, last year. I do not remember seeing a single specimen 



for two years before. 

 Scodonia belgiaria. This was got on Hoardweil Moor by Geo. 



Strachan. ( 



Anticlea badiata. Only a single specimen. 

 1)icranura vinula. From the number of old cocoons on willow 



and poplar, this seemed a common moth ; but after a careful 



search, I have only found one perfect ; a great many of the 



others being stung. 

 Acronycta Ligustri. Larvae of this were pretty common on ash, 



in Blackhouse dean. 

 Calamia lutosa. I got a specimen sitting on the trunk of a tree 



here ; the nearest reeds are those at the " Hen Poo," Dunse 



Castle, 

 Agrotis stjffttsa. One at sugar. 

 Nocttja Dahlii. I got a pupa of this under moss on a dyke at 



Grant's House. 

 Orthosia lota. Two or three at sugar. 



hactlenta. Very common at sugar. 

 Xanthia silago. This occurred at Bunkle wood, Preston, and 



Primrose hill. 

 Plusia interrogations. A few specimens of this moth were got 



on Drakemire moor, last summer, by G. Strachan. 



II. — Broomhouse. By A. Anderson. 



Vanessa Io. I failed to capture a specimen of this butterfly, on 

 the side of the Whitadder. It flew towards Preston, where my 

 father saw one in the garden, which also pursued a northern 

 course. 



Macroglossa Stellatarum, One was got in Cumledge mill. 



