S84 On some of the rarer Lepidoptera, by Andrew Kelly. 



of the late larvse hybernate, and these commonly do not show 

 face till June. The hybernating moths of the previous year, if 

 the weather is genial, may appear sooner than that. 



Deilephila Galii. — The only specimen that has been as yet 

 met with in Lauderdale was captured by some boys from Blains- 

 Ue School, during the summer, on the bank of the Leader, who 

 consigned it to Mr Tait, the schoolmaster. The " Scottish Na- 

 turalist" records another for the Tweed district. 



ZYG-aENA FiLiPENDTJii^. — I fouud this moth in profusion at 

 Longniddry, either resting on ragworts, or flying in the sunshine. 



Arctia fuliginosa. — In Threepwood moss, a weird-looking 

 spot, full of treacherous moss-holes, and with here and there low 

 willow bushes, birches, and high tufts of heather. I have never 

 seen the imago here, but plenty of the caterpillars. Clostera 

 reclusa can be here obtained in the chrysalis state in willow bushes ; 

 the chrysalis is wrapped up in a wisp of leaves spun closely to- 

 gether. This is a good find. Orgyia fascelina has large settle- 

 ments, farther back, in the neighbouring hill ; the caterpillars 

 far exceed in quantity the perfect progeny. Orgyia pudihunda 

 also frequents that neighbourhood. The whole of the preceding 

 insects have been got in Langmuir moss, with the addition of 

 Chelonia Plantaginis, and I believe Mr Eenton got Euthemonia 

 Bussula there. 



BoMBYx RiiBi. — This is another of our mountain gems. The 

 larvse sometimes swarm ; but the moth, as formerly stated, is 

 never in great strength of numbers. It begins to fly on the hill- 

 sides at sunset, and you may congratulate yourself if you can 

 capture five or six specimens. 



ScoDiONiA Belgiakia. — This flies over our moors in July, a 

 little later in the season than Fidonia atoma/ria. Mr Paterson, 

 Dunse, made the first capture of this insect for Berwickshire. 



Cabsia imbutata (The Manchester Treble-Bar). — Mr Guthrie 

 and Mr Turnbull, years since, saw this singularly rare insect in 

 some profusion hanging at rest amongst the cranberry bogs of 

 Canonbie, during a sunless day in July. A number more were 

 got by disturbing the tufts of long grass. Their attention had 

 been drawn to this locality by some competent observers who 

 knew of their existence there. 



NoTODONTA CAMELINA.—- Occasionally found among the woods 

 of Chapel House. Mr Darling captured one at rest on a beech 

 tyee at the side of the approach, 



