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THE BRITISH NATURALIST. 



[June 



Triphaena subsequa. — Very rare, Inverurie, &c. (Tait). 



Triphaena orbona. — Abundant, our most variable species 

 amongst the Noctuae, dark banded varieties not rare. 



Triphaena pronuba. — Abundant and as usual variable. 



Noctua glareosa. — Common; light, dark, and pinkish forms 

 are sometimes taken. 



Noctua augur. — Abundant. 



Noctua plecta. — Common. 



Noctua c-nigrum. — Abundant. 



Noctua triangulum. — Muchalls is the only recorded locality. 

 Noctua brunnea. — Sometimes abundant. 



Nociua festiva. — Always abundant, larva feeding on bilberry 

 and low plants at night. 



var. conflua. — I have occasionally taken the small 

 unicolorous variety on the hills, but it is always scarce. 



Noctua dahlii. — Sometimes not rq^re, local and variable. 



Noctua rubi. — Common. 



Noctua umbrosa. — Very common, generally much worn. 

 Noctua baja. — Abundant. 



Noctua sobrina — Local and always scarce, Derncleugh, 

 Pitcaple, and Burnharvie. 



Noctua neglecta. Widely distributed and not rare. 



Noctua xanthographa. — Abundant, one collector says "in 

 countless thousands," larvae abundant on gfass by night. 



Trachea piniperda. — Local and scarce, smaller and darker 

 than southern specimens. 



Pachnobia carnica, (Alpina).- A few have been taken on the 

 hills near Braemar. 



Taeniocampa gothica. — Abundant, and very variable. 



var. gothicina. — Distributed over both counties, 

 but always very scarce. 



Taeniocampa rubricosa. — Very common, grey form not rare. 



Taeniocampa instabilis. — Abundant, and very variable. 



Taeniocampa munda.^ — Hill of Nigg (Home). 



Orthosia suspecta. — Widely distributed, and not uncommon. 



Orthosia upsilon. — Mr. Tait has taken it at Inverurie. 



Orthosia Iota. — Inverurie, Pitcaple, &c., always scarce. 



Orthosia macilenta. — Generally rather scarce. 



Anchocelis rufina. —Locally abundant, variable. 



Anchocelis litura. — Abundant. 



Cerastis vaccinii. — Abundant, especially in spring. 



Cerastis spadicea. — Once at Pitcaple. 



Xanthia cerago. — Abundant, beautiful varieties, 

 var. flavescens. — Not uncommon. 



