Lepidoptera of the Hawick District. 333 



LYCiENA ICARUS. Common. 



MINIMA. Common on Hardie's Hills and Whitlaw 



Banks. 



HETEROCERA. 



AcHERONTiA ATROPOS. Occurs Occasionally. 

 Sphinx convolvuli. Of frequent occurrence. 



LiGUSTRi. One on a doorstep in Howegate. 



Deilephila galii. One on the bole of an ash tree, Wello- 



gate. 

 LivoRNiCA. One on the lawn in front of Kirkton 



House. 

 CH.ffiROCAMPA cBLERio. One was brought into a house in 



Slitrig Crescent by the cat. — A. Elliot. A curious, but I 



not uncommon, way of obtaining the larger moths. • 

 PROCELLUS. Three or four at honeysuckle bloom, 



Ladylaw and Wilton Dean. 

 Smerinthus ocellatus. One at empty sugar barrel, Howe- 

 gate. 



popuLi. Common. 



Macroglossa stellatarum. Common ; larvae at seeds of 



lady's bedstraw {G. Verum.) 



puciFORMis. Eare ; Goldielands. 



BOMBYLiFORMis. Rare; Goldielands. 



Ino Statices. Not common; Hardie's Hills, etc. 

 Hylophila (Halias) prasinana. Not common ; Wilton Dean, 



etc. 

 NuDARiA MUNDANA. Abundant. 

 Gnophria rubricollis. Pupa under moss on tree stump, 



Denholm Dean. 

 Deiopeia pulchella. A pair found drowned in a tan pit 



at Melgund Place. 

 EucHELiA JACOB^^. One on the road at Lynnwood. 

 Nemeophila russtjla. Not common ; Muirfield and Hassen- 



dean. 

 PLANTAGiNis. Not uucommou ; Euberslaw, etc. 



Ah. hospita (white instead of yellow) occurs with the type. 

 Abctia caja. Not so common as formerly. 



