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also captured. Hesperia sylvanus, Lycccna agesfis, Acidalia aversata, and 

 A. reftii/taia were in more or less abundance, whilst other captures in- 

 cluded Cidaria si/aceata, Hecatera serena, Plusia pulchrina and Phyto- 

 metra cenea. Amongst larvae a few Niidaria mundana were found, whilst 

 the larvffi of the two plumes Pterophorus phceodadyla and Aciptilia 

 galadodadyla^ were in great abundance. — G. C. Griffiths, Clifton, 

 Bristol. Jut^e 25//?, 1890. 



I have found the commonest NoctU/E very plentiful at sugar, but 

 Geometers have been very scarce. I have obtained a good series of 

 Agrotis ripce, but I was late in finding them, and half those I looked 

 over were too worn to be worth settmg. I found Mamestra albico/on, 

 too, at the same time, rather plentifully, but almost all worn ; I took 

 several pairs in cop. however, and have ova, so that I hope to breed it. 

 — E. W. Brown, Portland. June 2\sf, 1890. 



Orgyia fascelina has been very abundant in Aberdeenshire this 

 season. Mr. Esson and myself have taken large numbers, both of 

 larvce and pupas, the former being much more abundant in the evening 

 than in the daytime. I have never known them to be so abundant in 

 this locality before. — J. NicOL, .A.berdeen, N.B. June 27//;, 1890. 



Channel Islands. — On May 29th I left London for a week's stay in 

 Guernsey on business, hoping, however, to do a little collecting. This 

 1 did, but found few species in any abundance, with the exception of 

 Alelihca cinxia, wliich seems so fairly established in the Channel Islands 

 that I trust it may never become so scarce as it has become in the 

 Jsle of Wight. On my arrival at Guernsey I found the winds very 

 cold, and the weather looking anything but promising, so I made up my 

 mind to do my business first. On the following Monday I started for 

 Sark, where I stayed a few days. Whenever there was a little sunshine 

 I invariably found abundance of Diurni, of which the most abundant 

 were M. dnxia, Pararge ege?ia, tnccgcEra, Lyccena alexis, and Theda 

 rubi, the last-named being very abundant but much worn. Lyccena 

 argiohis was unusually scarce ; Aspilates citraria were fairly plentiful 

 oae afternoon on the cliffs ; but the following night was wet, after 

 which I found this species had completely disappeared. As regards 

 M. cinxia, although distributed all over Sark, yet it is far more plentiful 

 in certain small localities than in otheis seemingly similar ; in Guernsey 

 it is very local indeed, and, excepting in one or two spots, is, I believe, 

 becoming rarer there. I am indebted to the courtesy of Mr. Luff for 

 my knowledge of one locality in Guernsey where it abounded. As far 

 as my observation goes, there seems to be a continuance of emergences 

 from middle of May till nearly the end of June, so that fresh speci- 

 mens are almost always to be had. The ^ seems, as a rule, earlier 

 than the ? . Owing to the great lack of sunshine, I could not observe 

 the flight of this species as much as I could have wished, but noticed 

 that early in the day the males seemed particularly fond of leaving the 

 upper steep flowery slopes of the cliffs, which are their usual haunts, 

 and frequented the hottest parts of the hollows, especially delighting 

 to settle upon the dusty road, and were easily caught. Later in the 

 day they return to the cliffs and fly about the flowers, often settling and 

 expanding their wings. Towards evening they were especially partial 



^ Specimens reared from larvae sent from Reading, by Captain Robertson, were off 

 the boards at this date. — Ed. 



