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by the necessary impedimenta for a week's collecting, but, in spite of 

 the fatigue, we took lenilia maculata, Drepana falcataria, and Brenthis 

 selene on the way, finally reaching our destination by 8 p.m. After a 

 good meal we set out to collect in a wood about a mile away, and 

 unexpectedly met Mr. Thwaites, who was also collecting here. We 

 found Abraxas sylvata plentiful, and in good condition, and many 

 insects occurred at dusk, the best being Ci/niatop/iora jinclHosa and C 

 duplaris. We left Mr. Thwaites applying sugar to the trees, and this 

 was the last we saw of him during our stay. The locality around 

 Seathwaite proved to be a very good one for many of the mountain 

 species. We made two ascents to Sprinkling Tarn, but both days were 

 unfavourable, and, after a long search among the grass, only one 

 Crawhna furcatelhai was taken. At Styhead a better state of things 

 existed, this place being rather sheltered, and we took a few dark forms 

 of Coenonympha pamphilus, and further down the mountain, at various 

 times, captured among the rocks Larentia salicata and Mdanippf 

 galiata, also the pretty little Fi/rausta piirpuraiis and Ennijchia cin- 

 gulata. Fortunately, we came across a man who assured us that we 

 might get any quantity of M. ciiiphron in the Honister Pass. Accord- 

 ingly, we went there, and found it very common, and although it was 

 only the second week in June they showed unmistakable signs of 

 wear. The species proved to be extremely common in various places 

 above a certain altitude, not confining itself altogether to boggy places 

 on the mountain-side, as some writers assert, e.g., we found it common 

 on very dry ground at the top of Honister Pass, yetiwdplnla planta- 

 gmis ab. Im^ipita and Crambiis fiitratcUiis were also taken, as well as 

 a few larv8e of Characas //raininis, on our return, and a fine specimen of 

 (JuculUa unihratira. Two or three excursions were made later to Honister 

 Pass, and on two occasions we had the company of Mr. Mousley, of 

 Bradford, and Mr. Glenny, of Wisbech, Avho came specially to take il/. 

 epiphron ; they were lucky enough to get two fine days, and made a 

 good haul. We had a few fair nights at sugar, when we took the 

 following species : T/u/atira bati.^, t'lpiiatophora jiid-tiiosa, Triaena psi, 

 Pharetra ruwicis, Crairiophora Ivjustri, Hadoia tJialassina, II. cunticjua, 

 H. oleracea, H. dentina, H]ipi>a rectilinea, Aplecta pramia, Xi/lophasia 

 rurea, Enphwia liicipara, Noctna jilecta, and liimina tenehrom. The best 

 night I ever remember at sugar was the Friday night of this week, when 

 moths literally swarmed, the predominating species being Kuplexia liici- 

 para ; even the sugaring brvxsh, which was stuck up in a stone wall, was 

 covered with this species. We filled our boxes on the first round and 

 had to go back to the farm to empty them into ammonia bottles. On 

 our return the same lively state of things existed. Having gone 

 round half the trees, an unfortunate accident happened — Mr. Malcolm 

 stumbled over a stone and broke the paraftin stable-lamp, which we 

 had borrowed from the farm, and abruptly ended the most successful 

 night I ever had at sugar. We returned home on the following 

 Saturday with our spoil, and on our walk to Keswick took An/ynnis 

 aylaia and a nice lot of Aylah urticae, and also Spihmnna nient/ia.itri, 

 which were in evidence all along the road. Towards Keswick we took 

 a few webs containing larva of IJypimoinciita padclla, which form very 

 conspicuous objects near the main road. On the whole, we had a 

 fairly successful week, considering how noted the place is for rain. — 

 Malcolm Dixon, Carlisle. January 9th, 1902. 



