10 [January, 



l^ho nest was situated on the border of a large wood three 

 quarters of a mile from a village, the cavity in the earth containing 

 it was clean and healthy, there being no damp putrid deposit at the 

 bottom. The cells did not appear to be more numerous than those of 

 other completed nests, one of which, close by, I counted, numbering 

 7000 cells. 



It would be interesting to know to what extent the cells served 

 for a second brood, whether the cells of males and females, as well as 

 those of the workers, were re-occupied. The fact that eggs and small 

 larvae were present in an upper layer of females' cells, from which 

 apparently the early females had emerged, while the two lower layers 

 were completely occupied by imagines, pupae and spun larvae, would 

 seem to point to the coDclusion that the queen is capable of using 

 not only the cells vacated by workers, but any available ones for a 

 second brood, whether there is a sufficiently high, temperature to hatch 

 out these late ones or not. 



Leigh ton Buzzard : 



December, 1904. 



LEPIDOPTERA TAKEN I>f A MOTH TRAP AT DITCHINGHAM, 



SUFFOLK. 



BY MRS. H. E. MANN. 



At the suggestion of Mr. C. G. Barrett I send a few particulars 

 of a moth trap which I have been working with some success sine© 

 June, 1901. The trap, which we have named the " Mandair," Is 

 similar in construction to the American moth trap mentioned by Dr. 

 Knaggs in his " Lepidopterist's Guide," but with several alterations 

 in the angles of the glasses, &c. In the plan and alteration I have 

 been greatly assisted by Sir F. Adair, F.E.S. 



The special points of the "Mandair" are— Insects, when they 

 have once entered the trap, do not escape ; and as no stupefying 

 drawer is used, all specimens that are not wanted can be released un- 

 injured. The trap is fitted into a grooved stand about twelve feet 

 high, and is raised by means of pulleys to the required height. Most 

 of the " Micros," as well as many " Macros," mentioned in the list 

 below were taken about six feet from the ground, but for Notodontidm 

 I think the trap should be raised as high as possible. 



It stands facing about north-west, with a background of foliaf^e, 



