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June 1st has always been a red letter day with me, and this year 

 it proved no exception. I had determined to give Niederneundorf a 

 visit, as it Avas at this place the previous year that I had taken 

 Melani/ipi' unan(jHlata and Colli.v sparsata, both very good insects in 

 Germany, and much sought after. I, however, made a start from 

 Spandau, so as to work the bilberry. The first alder wood produced 

 fine freshly-emerged specimens of Hypdpetes inipluviata, in my 

 opinion, one of the most beautiful carpets. After boxing several from 

 tree-trunks, and passing over worn and fresh Tephmaia piinrtiilaria in 

 numbers as unworthy of notice, I arrived at the pinewoods, with their 

 undergrowth of bilberry, and immediately set to work collecting a fine 

 long series of Acidalia finiiata, which I had overlooked the previous 

 year, taking it for A. remiitata : the latter Avas also in evidence, but 

 not nearly so common as A. fnmata ; besides these, A. aversata (rather 

 early), Timandra aniata, Zunosoma pendularia, Z. pimctaria, Lythria 

 jiiirpuraria, and Thalcra putata were fairly frequent, and Eiielidia mi 

 and E. glyphica a perfect nuisance. On getting out more into the 

 open, Erastria deccptoria was found flying about in the sunshine, and 

 four hne specimens boxed, lUijialiis piniarins and Ematiirfia atouiaria 

 were as abundant as usual, the former already worn. In a piece of 

 swampy alder wood, where the yellow iris was in bloom, Pliasiane 

 pctraria, Cahera piimria, C. e.vanthemaria, Eupisteria lieperata, and 

 Asthcua liiteata were not uncommon, Melanippe sociata and M. 

 montonata perfect pests. Here also a solitary specimen of EnpitJiecia 

 trimfinaria was found. Various additions were made to the bag before 

 Niederneundorf was reached, amongst others Boarmia consortaria, 

 Tephrosia lioidata, T. crepuscularia, Mama orion, Acronycta aceris, 

 Enrymene dolabraria, etc., but the most noteworthy incident occurred 

 in a small clump of hornbeam and birch, numbering altogether about 

 40 trees. The trunks were simply smothered with moths, chiefly 

 Ciilaria rorylata, Eupitheria dodnneata, Teplinma Inridata and Hyp^ipetes 

 implnviata, and on one trunk alone I counted 27 specimens of ('idaria 

 rorylata, 3 Enpithccia doilonrata, and 1 Hypt^ipetes impliiviata. It 

 would have been easy to have taken 500 specimens of (.'. corylata from 

 this plantation. 



Arrived at Niederneundorf I found Herr Zobel, who had come by 

 boat, and who was busily engaged in capturing Cydopides t;ylviiis, but 

 they were mostly over. I captured thirteen specimens in the course 

 of half-an-hour, but none were worth keeping. The famous strip of 

 wood was, as usual, so full of moths that one did not know what to 

 catch ; however, my particular quarry was Melanippe unanyulata, but 

 it was not as common as the previous year, and I had to work hard to 

 get fourteen specimens. Perhipnyon barbalis was in grand condition, 

 and. amongst the countless profusion of common Geometrids, I found 

 several Macaria alternata, Lobophora viretata, etc. It is quite im- 

 possible to give any idea of the boundless profusion of small moths in 

 this wood. At every step one takes, the vegetation is alive with them. 

 Every treetrunk has them dotted all over it, and it is difiicult to follow 

 one particular specimen owing to the numbers that get in its path. 

 Owing to this, many Melanippe unanyulata escaped a premature death. 

 The chief species are Melanippe sociata, M. mnntanata, M. unanyu- 

 lata, (Jidaria trunrata, Coremia ferrvyata, C. unidentaria, Melant/iia 

 albicillata, Melanippe tristata, Eupisteria obliterata, Asthena luteata, 



