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vestigialis, some quite fresh, six Koctua (jlareosa, three Stilbia anomala, 

 (one a worn ? ), two Luperina cesjntis (at sugar), three Peridrowa 

 saiicia, many P. ypsilon, and other common things. Altogether I 

 captured some twenty E. Intnlenta, ten E. nit/m, and three E. lichenea. 

 The first insect I took at sugar on the first night was one of the 

 lichenea, and another was the last on the last night, the third came to 

 the acetylene lamp. Light seemed to have but little attraction, and 

 Luperina ceapitis, which usually comes freely to light, was not even 

 attracted, although three or four were taken from the sugar (a most 

 unusual occurrence). On the other hand, the two ^ S. anomala came 

 to light, the ? was sitting on a wire near the sugar. The specimens 

 of E. Intnlenta were nearly, if not quite all, referable to ab. limebur- 

 gensis, all were very dark, and none approached the ab. sedi. The 

 Helotropha lencostigwa captured were all of the ordinary, dull, uniform, 

 brown type. — F. C. Woodforde, F.E.S. October 21st, 1901. 



Autumnal lepidoptera at Skipwith. — The season for At/rotis 

 agathina, which began this year on August 12th promised well, but 

 was utterly ruined by the weather, only four nights proving at all 

 favourable. Of other species usually out at the same time — Cidaria 

 testata was abundant and variable, whilst of Noctna glareosa and 

 Luperina cespitis only two of each were taken. Five specimens of 

 Celaena haworthii were taken between July 30th (the first time I had 

 taken the species here) and August 12th, and although I worked 

 the heather bloom and the cotton-grass patches both in the afternoon 

 and after dark, I only got one more, boxed off the Calluna flowers 

 while after A. agathina. The only visitors to sugar recently have been 

 a few Anchocelia litura, A. pistacina, Orthosia lota, Orrhodia vaccinii and 

 Scopelosoma satellitia. — (Rev.) C. D. Ash, M.A., F.E.S. , Skipwith 

 Vicarage, Selby. September 26th, 1901. 



Lepidoptera in the Scilly Isles. — I spent August in the Isles of 

 Scilly. I sugared regularly, but found that insects would not be 

 attracted, and flowers paid but little better. I did fairly well with 

 Sphinx convolruU, and again found a single Oenistis quadra, and one 

 Pachygastria trifolii, the latter on August 16th, in worn condition.— 

 B. W. Adkin, Brandon House, Morden Hill, Lewisham, S.E. 

 September 20th, 1901. 



LspmoPTERA FROM BuRNLEY, ETC., IN 1901. — I did vcry little 

 indeed in the early spring, and not until the middle of May was any 

 serious collecting attempted ; generally speaking the spring was cold 

 and backward with rather high winds. On May 2nd a few Anticlea 

 badiata were flying at dusk, but very little was out, so on the 11th I 

 ran down to Blackpool, where larvae of Lasiocampa qaercns were rather 

 plentiful, but those of Dasychira fascelina were scarce. On the 18th a 

 single Hadena glanca suggested a further search, so on the 25th I tried 

 the moors, and although a cold, strong wind was blowing, found about 

 twenty, almost all of them on walls, while a few Acronycta menyanthidis 

 were in similar situations ; it was observed, however, that while all the 

 H. glanca were low down near the base of the walls, the A. nienyanthidis 

 were near the top (among the bird-droppings). Hypsipetes implnviata 

 was early, a dozen being found on the 27th, and they continued fairly 

 numerous and in good condition till June 6th ; fully 80% being of the 

 dark almost unicolorous aberration. Larentia salicata was scarce, the only 

 one seen occurring on May 27th. Ennnelesia affinitata andii. deculorata 



