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evening. P. rumicis continued to come out, two putting in an appearance 

 about 7 p.m. We added A'?//ojjAa,sm litJboxylea, C. duplaris, Metro- 

 campa margaritaria and Leucania impura on the 14tli, whilst 

 the next morning a 2 T. hemheciforme, made its appearance in 

 the breeding-cage about 10 a.m., and two S C jyotatoria on tlie 10th, 

 about 5 p.m. On the 14th, too, at 8 p.m., a moth was seen at a bee- 

 hive at Guillart, and, from its description, I suspect it to have been 

 Acherontia atropos. On the 18th, in spite of a cold north wind, we 

 took another fine P. bractea at the honeysuckle, whilst at light, 

 among other insects, we obtained Therajirmata, E. alcliemillata, A. bise- 

 tata, and A. aversata ab. spoliata, whilst others were taken on the 19th, 

 and on this date several larva3 of L. var. callanae, that were captured on 

 May IGth, began to spin up, one having commenced as early as the 14th. 

 On the 20th, M. margaritaria was abundant, Xylophasia polyodon 

 (typical), C. duplaris and T.firmata were captured. On the 23rd, a 

 male and female C'. potatoria emerged, the male with much more 

 yellow on the fore-wings than is usual here in this sex. Porthesia 

 dmilis (three, not native) emerged in the early afternoon of the 25th, and, 

 in the evening we captured Pliisia bractea, P. iota, P. chrgsitis and 

 Geometra papilionaria, whilst the following day seven more P. similis 

 appeared. A walk to Lock Chesnay produced Anaitis pilagiata, C. 

 tiphon (still in good condition), E. ianira, C. pampUilus, ^l. hastata 

 and A. urticae. On the 27tli, P. bractea was again captured, this 

 time at sweet-william flowers, and on the 28th and 2yth, a large 

 number of P. similis having emerged, we set them free to see if they 

 would establish themselves here. On the 30th, L. conigera, C. bilineata 

 and Caradrina quadripunctata were observed, and the following day, 

 Eupitkecia subfulvata ab. coguata, whilst almost fully -fed larvas of 

 Cerura vinula were noticed on poplars. By August 3rd, C. bilineata 

 had become very common. On this date, too, we bred Cerostoma radia- 

 tclla ab., from larvai obtained on elm on July 2nd. The larva is green, 

 whitish-yellow dorsally, with two small anal points ; it spun a cocoon 

 on the 5th, shaped like an upturned boat, fastened at each end to a 

 leaf, and was yellowish-buff in colour ; we also bred a specimen of Ortho- 

 taenia antiquana. At sugar, only X. polyodv7i, P. rumicis and 

 Triphaena pronuba were captured, although six T. orbona were 

 attracted by the light to the window ; A. bisetata, too, was remarkably 

 abundant at dusk. On August 6th, we added Carsia paludata to our 

 local list, and also captured M. sociata. On the 7th, my brother 

 observed Pieris brassicae, P. rapae and P. nap)i abundantly, and in 

 the afternoon Tapinostola fulva and Eubolia mensuraria, whilst, 

 on the 16th, I took a fine 0. sambucata and Halia vauaria, the 

 first observed here, in the garden. On the 12th, we were out on the 

 moors all day and saw great numbers of Plusia gamma, Eubolia 

 mensuraria and G. testata were also common. On the 14th, a fine 

 Charaeas graminis was captured on the window, and on the 16th 

 I again observed large numbers of C. testata, P. gamma and J. urticae, 

 on the heather, whilst P. rapae and P. napi were very common 

 among the rushes. At light, on the 18th, among many other species, 

 Uydroecia nictitans (? hicens), N. xanthographa and *S'. luiealis 

 appeared, whilst on the 23rd several freshly emerged specimens of 

 Pyrameis cardui were seen on White Dyke moor, where swarms of 

 P. gamma and G, testata also occurred. This has been the poorest 



