186 FAUNA OP GALASHIELS AND DISTRICT 



NoTODONTA. cnAONiA, lunar marbled brown, is sometimes 

 taken here, and the larva is an Oak-feeder. 



Phalera bucephala, the buff tip, is very common in some 

 localities. It is rather a fine moth, and the larva feeds 

 on Sallow or Poplar. 



Clostera reclusa, small chocolate tip, is a rare moth here, 

 only got at Threepwood moss, and its larva feeds on 

 Sallow. 



Thyatira batis, the peach blossom, is an exceedingly pretty 

 moth, and is taken on Gala hill. The caterpillar feeds 

 on Brambles. 



Hylophila prasinana, green silver lines, and Cilix spinula, 

 Chinese character, are also of frequent occurrence. 



NOCTU/E. 



TDhere are some three hundred and twenty species of 

 Noctuae peculiar to the British Isles, and of these the fol- 

 lowing one hundred and nineteen have been taken in this 

 district. Owing to their number, it will be impossible to 

 describe them in detail, space permitting only of a statement 

 of their Latin and English names, and whether they are 

 common or otherwise. 



Bryophila perla, inaibled beauty, common. 



Demos coryli, nut tree tussock, very scarce. 



AcRONYCTA psr, grey dagger, common. 



AoRONYCTA LIGU3TRI, coronet, fairly common. 



AcRONYCTA RUMicis, kuot grass, common. 



AcRONYCTA ME.VYANTHiDis, light kuot grass, common. 



DiLOBA ccEauLEOCEPHALA, figuxe of eight moth, common. 



Leucania conigera, brown line, bright eye, common. 



Leucania lithargyria, the clay, common. 



Leucania comma, shoulder striped wainscot ; Leucania impura, 



smoky wainscot ; Leucania pallens, common wainscot ; 



Tapinostola fulva, the small wainscot, are all fairly 



common. 

 Hydrcecia NICTITAN8, ear moth, common. 



