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SUFFOLK LEPIDOPTERA IN 1902. 

 BT THE REV. E. N. BLOOMFIELD, M.A., F.E.S. 



Mr. A. E. Gibb.s, F L.S;., of St. Albans, has again collected in the 

 same Eastern district as in 1001, and has met with some very in- 

 teresting species. His visit was dnring the greater part of July and 

 the first few days of August. He has furnished me with a full list of 

 the Macros taken by him, and sent me nearly all his Micros for con- 

 firmation or identification ; these have also passed through Mr. T. G. 

 Barrett's hands, to whom I am indebted for the names of the more 

 difficult species. 



The Bhopnlocera which were so abundant in Bentley Woods in 

 1901, were last season scarce or absent ; and comparatively few moths 

 of any kind were met with there, but insects were far more plentiful 

 at the seaside localities, Orford and Felixstowe, and the most notable 

 capture perhaps was that of nine specimens of Sphinx pinastri, L., 

 taken on the trunks of Scotch firs. 



O^ \he Bnmhyoex — Porthe.iia chryxorrhaea, L., wa.s taken holli at Orford and 

 Felixstowe, Litho/tia aureola, Hb., at Bentley Woods, wliile a specimen of Zeuzera 

 cBseuli, L. (pyrina, L.) eanie to liijht at. Felixstowe. 



The NoctufB were in abiindaneo both at Orford and Felixstowe, and most of the 

 species met with last year and recorded in Ent. Mo. Mag., 2nd series, vol. siii, p. 6 

 were again taken. Of Ar/rotis riprp, Hb., about 30 specimens; of A. vnlJigera, 

 W. V. (veatigialh) a fine and varied series, and a very beautiful variety of Miana 

 furuncula, W. V. {hicolaria), light, with dark markings. Of species not met with 

 last year, Cymatophora ocularis, L. {octoqeximn) came to light, and Agrotis corticea, 

 Hb. to sugar at Felixstowe. In September several specimens of Aporophyla 

 anstralis, Bdv., were taken at Felixstowe, and sent to Mr. Gibbs. 



Of OeometrcB I would only mention Acitlalia emntaria, Hb., Macaria littirata, 

 Jj., Eupit/tecia suhfuhiaf a, Unw., E. lariciata, Frr , E. siibnotata, Hb., Coremia 

 quadrifasciaria, L., and Pelurga comitafa, L., which were all taken at Orford ; and 

 Chesias obliquaria, W. V. {nifata) at Bentley Woods. 



The only Pyralides wortli mention were Scopnria hasistrigalls, Knaggs, 

 Orwell Woods; S. lineola, Curt,., S. truncicolella, Stn., and S. pallida, Stph., at 

 Felixstowe. The Cram Ji furnished several interesting species. *Cramhusfascellnellus, 

 Hb., was taken at Felixstowe both by Mr. Gibbs and Mr. Pyett, but only singly ; 

 this species has not before been recorded from any county but Norfolk until last 

 year from Essex (Ent. Mo. Mag., Oct., 1902, p. 247) ; Myeluphila cribrum, W. V.. 

 was fairly abundant on thistle heads, both at Orford and Felixstowe, and came to 

 sugar; to these may be added Ilomaeosoma sinuella, F., H. elnriella, Gn , and 

 Rhodophma tumidella, Zinck., at Orford, the latter also at Bentley, and Nyclegretes 

 achatinella, Hb., at Felixstowe. 



In 1901, but few Tortrices were taken, but for 1902 we have a good list ; I 



