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trepidaria occurs at Rannoch, and other Geonietrina are the green Pseudo- 

 terpna cytisaria, the Large emerald (Geometra papilionaria), the bright pale 

 green Iodis vernaria, which may be beaten out of Clematis, the Purple and 

 Gold (Hyria, auroraria), the little local Acidalia rusticata, the small Blood- 

 vein (A. imitaria), the local A. degenaria, the beautiful Hook-tip iAvenfia 

 Jlexula), the Y-moth [Halia wauaria), the common Magpie [Abraxas grossu- 

 lariata), the local Yellow-ringed Carpet [Larentia flavic'mctata), the Beech 

 Green -carpet Larentia olivaria, the local grey Eti/melesiatceniata, the greyish 

 brown silky Thera conifer ata, the pale grey Thera fir maria, the very variable 

 July High-flyer llpsipet&s elutata), the whitish Melanthia rv.biginata with 

 dark central band interrupted beyond the middle, the Wood Carpets Melanippe 

 rivata, and the uncommon Scotosia rhamnata, to be looked for among 

 buckthorn, it is brown with blackish central band. Besides these there are 

 Scotosia rhamnata, Cidaria sagitta, C. immanata, C. pninata, C. populata, 

 G. testata, the pretty little yellow C. fulvala, common about rose bushes, 

 the dull straw coloured C. pyraliata, which may be beaten everywhere out of 

 white thorn hedges, C. dotata, Pelurga comitata, Carsia imbutata, and the 

 whitish grey chalk carpet {Eubolia bipunctaria, the "central shade"" of 

 whose wings is double, and the " central band ,; edged with white. 



I have only space for the bare mention of a few of the noctuhia, but 

 others will be found enumerated in the last volume of the Y.X., pp. 179-180 . 

 The only ones I have room here for are Tliyatira derasa, Bryophila per la, 

 B. glandlfera, Leucania Uthargyria, L. pudorina, Eydracia nic- 

 titans, the grey-brown Cerigo cytherea, Mamestra abjecia, If. furva 

 the pale brown Apamea unanimis, the variable and common A. oculea, Agrotis 

 corticea, ISoctua C-nigrum, N. rhomboidea, N. brunnea, Cosmia trapezina, C. 

 diffinis and C. affinis. 



Of the Deltoides we have in July the greyish brown Hypena rostvalis, 

 which is a quarter of an inch less in size than the common II. proboscidalis, 

 and should be looked out for in hop gardens, the rare little SchraaJcia turf- 

 osalis, and the local Herminia cribralis. This last has whitish grey fore 

 wings, and the lines represented by two rows of spots running transversely 

 across the wing, and a small black spot in the centre. 



Of the Pyralides flying now, I will just mention Odontia dentalis, which 

 should be looked out for on the South Coast, where vipers' bugloss [Echium 

 vulgare) grows plentifully, and the little rosy grey Pyralis fimbrialis, which 

 having yellow fringes to its wings, is known as the Gold Fringe Moth, 

 together with the uncommon Diasemia literalis, the rare gray Botys terrealis 

 and Pionea estivalis. The latter moth is the same size as the Garden 

 Pebble (P forficalis) , but has the lines represented by brownish dots only. 



