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casional driving showers of snow and hail. Slight misgivings as to 

 the possibility of our being able to do anything began to force them- 

 selves unpleasantly upon us, especially as on tackling our first trees — 

 willows — we found the wind so boisterous that we had to strain every 

 nerve to hang on with the left hand, while we worked with the right. 

 I should explain here that we were working especially for Hypsipeics 

 ruberatu, whose favourite places of concealment are the angles caused 

 by the junctions of the arms of the tree with the trunk. But, not- 

 withstanding the difficulties of the situation, we obtained three or four 

 at these trees. This success caused our spirits to rise, so we tramped 

 along the road and in about half-an-hour came to a row of willow trees, 

 and set to work. After a time, the sun shone out brilliantly, and after 

 luncheon we took to the trees again, and had only just recommenced 

 when a blinding snowstorm overtook us. It was the fiercest and 

 heaviest storm of a stormy day, and the fields were soon covered with 

 snow. We stuck to the trees, working the sheltered sides as well as 

 we were able under the circumstances, with an occasional pause to 

 scrape the snow off the bottoms of our trousers with our trowels. 

 The storm left one side of the trees covered with snow, which made 

 them very cold and unpleasant to handle. But we stuck to our work for 

 three or four hours longer, with varying success, in a hurricane of wind, 

 and amidst alternate snowstorm and sunshine; then we returned, and 

 reached home about 5 plni., having passed — if not a very pleasant 

 day — at least an eventful and profitable one. A good wash, a change 

 of clothes, and a cup of tea, soon put us right again. Forty-three 

 Hypsipetes riiberata and eight miscellaneous pupae was the result of 

 the day's work. — George Balding, lluby Street, Wisbech. 



KifigsUmin, Ireland. — So far, February has been remarkable here 

 for the early emergence of Laretitia multistrigaria., which I saw on the 

 19th, flying in fair numbers, on a cold night with S.E. wind. Larvae of 

 Stilbia anoviala are now nearly full-fed, and by no means rare if 

 searched for in the right localities, larvse of Epunda lichenea are about 

 three-quarters of an inch long, those of Nodua xantliographa a pest. 

 Endromis versicolor also has been emerging with me since February 

 25th, kept outside an E. window, and several species of Depressaria 

 {costosa and others) are now flying. — W. F. de V. Kane, Kingstown. 

 February, 1891. 



Pitcaple. — In Scotland we have also been taking Lare?itia )imltisiri- 

 garia in February. Larvae are abundant, and several ot the hybernating 

 Tortrices and Tineina are flying. — W. Reid, Pitcaple. March, 1891. 



Winchester. — Until the heavy snow, my things were emerging nicely 

 in a cool conservatory, Selaiia illunaria led the way. February 26th or 

 27th I caitured one Anisopleryx cescidaria on palings ; March 5th saw 

 three Asphalia flavicoi-nis and one. Eriogaster lanestris emerge ; 6th, one 

 Tceniocampa instabilis, followed by more of the two last-named species ; 

 they then stopped, which is strange, as there are se\eral more of each 

 species to emerge. Endromis versicolor on March 13th. My larvae of 

 supposed Trichiura era /cpgi and Geonietra papilionaria are feeding, and 

 having been exposed to the full severity of the weather, it appears that 

 a hard dry winter suits them, — G. M. A. Hewett, Winchester. March 

 ^^th, 1891. 



York. — At the end of February Hybernia rupicapraria and H. pro- 



