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stages, of which I have heard, in the neighbourhood this year. — Joseph 

 Anderson, Jun., Chichester. 



Ilas/itigs District. — I have found lepidoptera scarcer this season tlmn 

 any during the last six years. Early in June, I went to a small wood 

 near this town, where Epioiie advenajia occurs, but on'y succeeded in 

 taking three specimens. My other captures were Corcmia propugnata, 

 Pauagra petraria (both common), one ? Arctia metidica, Heliodes 

 arbuti, Platypteryx la.ertiiia, etc. At Guestling, I have beaten the 

 following : — EpJiyra porata, E. pendiiiaria, Eupisteria heparata, Acidalia 

 emargiimta, Einmelesia affi?ntata, EupitJiecia plumbeolata (conimon), 

 Melanthia oce/Iata, Cidaria coryiata, C. riissata, Piatyptefjx falada, 

 Ennychia octomaculalis, Botys lanceaiis, B. fiiscalis (common), Peronea 

 sc/ia/ieriatia, Roxana arcuana (common), EpliippipJiora bimaadaua, etc. 

 Argy finis selene and A. euphrosyiie uere both very common. At Camber, 

 on the sandhills, I found Eiibolia lineolata commonly, also a few 

 Cledeobia angiistalis. On June 9th, I went to Btxhill, and took a series 

 of Fido7iia piniaria, (^ , but did not see a single $ , although the^^'s were 

 common, E. afomaria was also common. At Fairlight, I found Tlieda 

 rubi Siwd Satyrus ai^eria^ both common, also a few Lycxna argiohis. I 

 have not seen a single specimen of Colias cdiisa here this season, 

 although the species was abundant in 1888. I also saw a few last year. 

 I found Bryophila perla common on walls, together with a few Acidalia 

 promutata \ I took a nice var. fiavescens of the former. Many species, 

 which are usually common here, I have not seen at all this season. — 

 A. Ford, Alexandra Villa, Braybrjoke Road, Hastings. October, 1890. 



Reading. — The autumn, like the summer, has been poor for insects 

 here Sugaring paid for about one week only, from the 24th to the 

 30th of September. In these few days, I got about two dozen XantJiia 

 auragp, and one or two each of Xanthia gilvago, Apotophyla liittdenta., 

 and Xylina ornitliopus. Since this time I have got nothing. Ivy is as 

 bad, only the commonest things at it, and few of those. I suppose we 

 cannot expect much, seeing how few larvae there were in the earlier part 

 of the summer. I never remember the oaks looking so leafy before. 

 Beating for larvte in September was not much better ; I certainly 

 knocked out most of the species I usually find, but very few of each. 

 Only Demas coryli fell in plenty from beech. A few Eupitliecia 

 corona ta came out during September from flowets of Clematis vitalba, 

 which I had gathered. The most remarkable thing this autumn is the 

 great abundance of Bombyx ruhi larvce. The heath, here, is perfectly 

 alive with them. I picked up 140 the othLr evening, and, next day, 

 when I walked over the same ground, they seemed as plentiful as ever. 

 It is cheering to %q.q something in plenty. In the early part of Sejitember, 

 I came on a colony of Nonagria gcminipuncta in stems of Phragmites 

 communis, most of them were out and gone, but still I got enough to 

 make a good series. — W. Holland, Reading. October, 1890. 



London District. — Like many other amateurs, I have found sugar 

 disappoiniing. Mania typica and Triphcena pronuba (in their season) 

 literally swarmed. As to the latter, as far as my observations go, I 

 consider this " \.\\q pro?mba year." One night there were seventy moths 

 on sugar, in my garden, and, of ^these, sixty were of the species named. 

 I managed to secure a long, fine, and varied series. During the last four 



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