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Insects, 



Aplecta tincta. June. At sugar, and blossoms of Silene inflata. 

 Hadena contigua. Juue. At sugar. 



Xylina rhizolitha. April, October. Not scarce at sugar and ivy-bloom, and on 

 tree- trunks. 



X. petrificata. October. At sugar and ivy-bloom, not common. 

 Cucullia Asteris. July. Flying at night. 



Stilbia anomala. August. A specimen occurred when looking for A. agathina. 



Madopa salicalis. June. I beat several specimens out of oak and beech-bushes 

 in a wood where sallow abounded. 



Hypenodes albistrigalis. July. At sugar, and common at rush-bloom. Second 

 brood in October. 



H. costsestrigalis. J uly, common at sugar ; October, scarce. 



Hypena crassalis. May, June. In woods, among Vacciuium Myrtillus, not 

 scarce. 



Scopula ferrugalis. October. At sugar and ragwort-bloom, and beaten from 

 hedges, common. 



Eudorea crataegalis. July, August. Common in hedges. 



E. resinalis. Mr. M'Lachlan took a specimen when visiting here in July. I have 

 not met with the species. 



E. coarctalis. September. Abundant on mossy walls. 

 E. pallidulalis. June. In a damp meadow. 



Crambus hamellus. August. In grassy places among heath, not common. 



Halias quercana. July. At sugar. 



Sarrothripa Revayana. October. By beating hedges. 



Tortrix crateegana. July. In woods, not common. 



Dichelia Grotiana. July. Beaten from hedges. 



Peronea Schalleriana. July to October. Very abundant in hedges, — a nuisance, 

 in fact. 



P. cristana. April ; August to October. Beaten from hedges. Some good 

 varieties. 



P. hastiana. April, July, October. Beaten from sallow hedges. 

 Teras caudana. July to October. Abundant in hedges. 

 Ditula semifasciana. Beaten from sallow hedges. 



Sericoris conchana. June, July. On some marshy meadows, not very common. 

 S. micana. In the same place and at the same time as the last, but very abun- 

 dant. 



Phoxopteryx siculana. May, June. Common. 

 P. uncana. May, June. Not common. 

 P. biarcuana. June. Beaten from sallow, scarce. 

 P. diminutana. June. Beaten from sallow, scarce. 

 P. derasana. May, June. Not common. 

 Grapholita obtusana. May, June. Not common. 

 Olindia ulmana. June, July. Common in hedges. 

 Carpocapsa grossana. Beaten from a hedge. 



Eupicalia ambiguana. May, June. I took a fine series of this species among 

 Rhamnus Frangula. I do not think it is attached to the birch. 

 Argyrolepia cnicana. June, not common. 

 Diplodoma marginepunctella. June. Beaten from hedges. 



