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Guernsey and Sark. — Referring to Mr. Luff's note {ante, p. 163) on 

 Ejilwlia peribolata, Mr. Hope Alderson and myself, wishing to make 

 acquaintance with this species, planned to have a few hours in Sark, 

 where, I believe, the species is to be obtained more easily than in 

 Guernsey. Going over by an excursion steamer on September 19th, 

 an unfavourable day, much too cold and windy for any day-flying 

 species to be met with in any abundance, we managed to secure three 

 specimens, of which one was too worn for the cabinet. These we found 

 flying over the common furze, on the sloping sides of the cliffs above 

 the Havre Gosselin, and, had we been a week or two earlier, we should 

 doubtless have secured a good series. During the next few days I 

 secured a very fine series of Polia flavicincta, freshly emerged, at rest 

 on the rough stone walls near St. Sampson's, in the early morning. 

 These specimens are much more richly mottled and generally darker, 

 with more orange markings, than any I have seen in England. 

 " Sugar " was as usual this autumn of very little use, but I was fortunate 

 in securing a very fine Caradrina ambigua on September 22nd, on 

 some sugared flower heads at St. Sampson's. This is the third speci- 

 men of this rarity in my cabinet, the two others having been taken, also 

 at sugar, in the Isle of Wight in August, 1888. — Albert J. Hodges, 2, 

 Highbury Place, N. November, 1890. [The specimens of P. flavi- 

 cincta, taken by Mr. Hodges are particularly fine. Some specimens he 

 gave me are by far the finest examples of the species I have seen. — Ed.] 



Epping Forest. — The season opened on the 2nd February with Phigalia 

 pedaria {pilosaria). A fortnight later, Hybernia niarginaria {progem- 

 viaria) and Anisopteryx iBscularia appeared at light, and continued on 

 the wing until the middle of April. During the first week of April, the 

 sallows were in full bloom, Pachnobia riibricosa, Tceniocampa gothica, T. 

 ince?-ta, T. stabilis and T. pulveridenta {cruda) were abundant. One 

 specimen of T. gracilis was taken on the i6th April. During the last 

 fortnight of the month and the first week of May, the following insects 

 were noticed flying round the sloe blossom : — Eitpithecia pumilata, 

 Aiitidea badiafa, A. nigrofasciaria {derivatd) and Cidaria suffumata, 

 together with an occasional T. gothica and Xylocampa areola {lithoriza). 

 The first brood of Selenia bilunaria {illunaria), in company with Cilix 

 glaucata {spinula) and Hemerophila abruptaria, was flitting about the 

 glades at sunset. Daywork was commenced on the 4th May. The 

 day being rather cloudy Lyccena argiolus was not abundant. Syrichthus 

 malvce {alveolus) was the only other butterfly noticed. One Drepajia cul- 

 traria {iinguicula) was driven out by the beating stick, but that species 

 was not netted till a week later, when it was taken in company with D. 

 lacertinaria {lacerluld), D. falcataria {falcula) and D. binaria {hamuld). 

 The middle of the month yielded, by searching tree trunks, Acronycta 

 {Cuspidia) psi, Tephrosia consonaria, T. biundularia and Corcfnia 

 desig/iata {propugnata), while among other species obtained by beating 

 were Lithosia sororcula {aureola), Spilosoma mendica, Venilia macularia, 

 lodis lactearia., Ephyra punctaria, E. linearia, Acidalia remutaria, 

 Melanthia ocellata, Coremia unideniaria and C. Jerrugata. Euchloe 

 cardamines, Argynnis euphrosyfie, Nisiouades tages, Phytometra viridaria 

 {cenea), Ematurga atomaria and Panagra petraria were flying plenti- 

 fully in the sunshine, and Hepialus lupulinus, Apamea basilinea and 



