1892.] 



THE BRITISH NATURALIST. 



95 



Chesias obliquaria. —Widely distributed, but generally rather 

 scarce. 



Tanagra chaerophyllata, — Abundant on waste ground and 

 along the coast. 



CUSPIDATES. 



PSKUDO-BOMBYCES. 



Platypteryx lacertula. — Local, not rare flying at dusk, larvai 

 common on birch. 



Platypteryx falcula. — Local and scarce. 



Dlcranura furcula. — Widely distributed, larvae sometimes 

 common. 



Dicranura vinula, — Common everywhere, larvae on Sallow, 

 Willow and Poplar. 



Pygaera bucephala. — Larvae often abundant. 



Notodonta camelina. — Abundant at edges of woods, flying at 

 dusk, very variable, larvae common on almost all trees, with exception 

 of firs and pines. 



Notodonta dict^a. — Larvae common on poplar. 



Notodonta dictaeoides. — Larva not rare about Pitcaple on 

 Birch, scarce elsewhere. 



Notodonta dromedarlus. — Not scarce, we only get the dark 

 variety perfusca here, larvae often very common on small isolated birch 

 trees. 



Notodonta ziczac. — Larva; common everywhere, unlike 

 dromedarius which is smaller and darker, our ziczac are larger and 

 brighter coloured that any I have seen from England. 



NOCTURE. 



Thyatira batis — Common, flies at dusk by the edges of woods, 

 comes to treacle, and the larvae are found on Raspberry. 



Cymatophora duplaris. — Sometimes not rare, files at dusk, 

 comes to treacle, and the larvae are sometimes found on birch. 



Cymatophora or. -Rare, Braemar, Pitcaple, Inverurie, and 

 near Fyvie. 



Cymatophora fiavicornis. — Not rare at light, and at rest on 

 trees, fences, &c., larvae common between united birch leaves. 



Bryophila perla. — Professor Trail records it from Stonehaven, 

 Old Aberdeen and Dyce. 



Dipthera orion. — Once at Derncleugh, (Horne). 



Acronycta psi. — Common everywhere. 



Acronycta leporina. —The larvae has been found near Fetter- 

 near and Banchory, 



Acronycta ligustri. — Very rare, larvae uncommon, Banchory, 



&c. 



