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been published of late years concerning the insects of the county, 

 I feel that the following list may possibly .be of some interest and 

 value : — 



DiURNi — Gonepteryx rhamni, Pieris brasdcae, P. rapae, P. najii, 

 Leptosia siiiapis, Euchlne canlawines, Kpinephele janira, Enoclia 

 hyperanthiis, Hesperia vialvae, Nhnniades tayes, Adopaca flora, Aiu/iades 

 sylrcniis, Coenonympha painphilvx, Pyra)neis atalaiita. 



Sphingides — Kiimorpha elpenor, Sesia stellataruiii. 



Hepialides — Hepialits lupulimi'i. 



Arctiides — Niidaria senex, N. mimdana, Arctia caia, Spilowma 

 menthastri. 



Anthrocerides — Anthrocera filipendulae, A. lonicerae. 



Lachneides — Ecitricha querci folia. 



Cymatophorides — Thyatira derasa, Asphalia dihita. 



NocTuiDBS — Tapinostola fiilra, Gortyna ochracea, Bryophila perla, 

 Heliophobits popularin, Miana striyilis, Apamea oculea, Afiroti.t seffetinn, 

 A. exclamationis, Peridroma sujf'itsa, Graphiphora augur, Noctua 

 c-nigrum, N. plecta, N. umbrosa, Triphaena interjecta, Matnestra 

 brassicae, Xylophaaia lithoxyUa, X. sublustris, X. monoglypha, ('aradn'na 

 quadn'piinctata, Mellinia gilrago, M. circellarh, Anc/iocelis pistacina, 

 OrtJioxia lota, Aplecta advena, Polia fiavocincta, P. r/ii, Taeniocampa 

 gothica, Hadena oleraeea, Scopelosonia satellitia, Xylocampa areola, 

 Orrhodia ligiila, Miselia oxyacanthae, Habrostola tripartita, Plusia 

 gauiuia, P. chrysitis, P. iota, P. nioiieta. 



Geometrides — Urapteryx saiiibticata, Angerona prunaria, Bamia 

 cratargata, Selenia biliinaria, Boarniia repandata, Kpione apiciaria, 

 Abraxaa grosfiiilariata, Corycia tenierata, Panagra petraria, Asthena 

 Inteata, Heiiiithea strigata, Hybernia inarginaria, Acidalia dimidiata, 

 Emmelesia decolorata, Fhipithecia vulgata, Melanippe sociata, M. fJuctuata, 

 M. bicolorata, Oporabia dilutata, Anticlea nigrofasciaria, A. badiata, 

 Triphosa dubitata, Larentia didyviata, Cidaria innnanata, C. truncata, 

 C. asftociata, C. fnlvata, C. prnnata, C. miata, Tanagra atrata. 



The list is at present very tentative, but is, I think, sufficiently 

 good to justify the inference that this is an excellent locality for 

 collecting. If any species are worthy of special note they are Leptosia 

 sinapis, Plii.va tnoneta, and Polia chi, of which the last is probably 

 quite new to this part of England. 



J^OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



LiMENiTis SIBYLLA IN HEREFORDSHIRE. — I have been asked to record 

 the occurrence of this butterfly in Herefordshire, as it appears to be a 

 new county record. I saw a single example on the wing on August 

 29th last, close to Kilpeck Church, about a mile from St. Devereux 

 Station, on the Great Western Railway. As the district is well wooded, 

 no doubt the L. sibylla was near its native haunts, but I had no chance 

 of following the matter up, as I was only paying a hurried visit to the 

 old Saxon church, and had a train to catch. — J. R. le B. Tomlin, 

 M.A., F.E.S., " Stoneley," Reading. January lit/i, 1910. 



Abundance of winter moths at Wimbledon. — The evening of 

 January 2nd being more like early June than early January, I went 

 for a stroll through the wooded portion of the Common. I found 

 Hybernia defoliaria and Cheimatobia britmata in almost incredible 



