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and three the following year were, according to "common report," 

 taken at a lighthouse, either in the Isle of Wight or the Isle of 

 Portland. 



Agrotis obelisca, Hub. Barrett once took several specimens 

 on the railings of the balcony surrounding the lantern of a light- 

 house (in Wales ?). 



Noctua flammatra, Fab. In 1875 a specimen was secured at 

 light at Cromer Lighthouse, Norfolk, and sent on with other insects 

 to W. H. Thornthwaite, for whom the captor was then collecting. 

 The third British record. 



Diantlnvcia luteago v. Barrettii, Dbld. The first specimen of 

 which there is any record was taken by Barrett on 10th June 1861, 

 as it was flying wildly round the lantern of the Bailey Lighthouse, 

 Hill of Howth, near Dublin. 



Diantlnvcia capsop/ii/a, Dup. Taken by Barrett at the Bailey 

 Lighthouse, near Dublin, in July i860. 



Polia xaiithomista, Hub. (uigrocincla, Tr.). The first specimen 

 known to have been found in these islands was captured at a light- 

 house near Padstow, Cornwall, in August 1862. 



Dasypolia templi, Thnb. Many years ago Barrett obtained six 

 specimens from the lighthouse at Howth, near Dublin. 



Heliothis scutosa, Schiff. In 1S75 and 1876 two specimens 

 were secured at the lighthouse at Cromer, Norfolk, by the son of 

 the lightkeeper, and sent with numerous other species to W. H. 

 Thornthwaite, for whom the captor was collecting such insects as 

 came to the light. 1 This species is very rare in this country. 



Heliothis armigera, Hub. No less than twenty specimens of 

 this rare moth were obtained from Cromer Lighthouse in 1875 and 

 1876 by Mr Thornthwaite. 



Ophiodes li/naris, Schiff. The first specimen recorded in this 

 country seems to have been taken in 18S2 at the lighthouse at 

 Lowestoft, Suffolk, by Capt. Chawner. 



1 I cannot find that any list of these captures was ever published. 

 {To be continued.) 



