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as I was able to get at sallows they were unproductive of anything but 

 Taniocampa gothica, T. stabilis and T. cruda. — W. Macmillan, Castle 

 Gary. July, 1891. 



Liticoln. — I have not had time to do more than a few hours' collecting 

 on two or three days ; but have found most insects on the whole 

 plentiful, I think this promises to be a good season. During a short 

 expedition on June ist, I saw or took the following: — Pieris napi, P. 

 brassiccB, Macroglossa fuciformis, Cabera piisaria, Lomaspilis marginaia, 

 Coremia unidetitata, Argynnis eiiphrosyne, Hesperia paniscus, Thanaos 

 tages, Nola cristulalis, Eudidia mi and Tephrosia biiaid/ila?-ia. Most of 

 these seemed recently emerged and were not at all plentiful. I only 

 saw two AT. fuciformis. A. euphrosyne seems exceptionally scarce this 

 year, as does N. cristulalis ; E. mi, later on, was fairly common. On 

 June nth, besides the foregoing, mostly in increased numbers, I took 

 El/pi thecia lariciata, Hiiiodes arbuti, Ephyra pe/idu/aria, and one 

 Numeria pulveraria. The next day I took T. biimdularia, one, where 

 last year I had taken some nice dark varieties. Anarta myrtUli were 

 too nimble for me to catch. Eidonia aomaria swarmed ; the females 

 were numerous, last year I could hardly obtain anv although the males 

 were common. Of Tephrosia piinctulata and M. fuciformis I saw none, 

 although I made the expedition for them especially. The former, I 

 think, could not have been out, as it is usually common here. I have 

 seen nothing of it earlier this year. On June 20th, I found H. paniscus 

 almost over, it has been niore plentiful this season than for the last few 

 years (which does not say much), but I did not find it common. I also 

 took several E. mi, H. arbuti, E. lariciata, a few Cidaria corylata, two 

 N pulveraria, one Plusia pulchrina, one Melanippe hastata, one 

 Melanthia albicillata, a i&w N. cristulalis ; lodis lactearia was beginning 

 to come out. I took two or three Emmelesia albulata, and one Asthena 

 luteata. On June 19th, I found Eidonia piniaria and Chelonia plantaginis 

 pretty common at another wood, besides E. lariciata, a few E. atomaria 

 and one Anaitis plagiata. I also got a beautiful Cha^rocampa porcelliis, 

 one Ampliidasys betularia, and one Smerinthus ocellatus, all freshly 

 emerged. There were several A. myrtilli, but I only succeeded in 

 capturing one. — A. Mackonochie, Lincoln, fune 26th, 1891. 



Winchester. — Common insects have been plentiful, Nola cristulalis on 

 the tree trunks, always head downwards — conspicuous — like a little 

 white triangle. 0^<r//^/a /^-Z m immense numbers everywhere. A fair 

 lot of Xylophasia hepatica at sugar. In a little lane in the suburbs I 

 have sugared every evening since the middle of June and taken Hadena 

 dentina, C. psi, X. hepatica, Noctua augur, X. polyodon, X. sublustris, X. 

 lithoxylea, Gonoptera libatrix (hybernated), C. megacephala, C. aceris, 

 Mi ina strigilis, M. fasciuncula, M. literosa, Rusina tenebrosa, Triphoena 

 pronuba, 2 Gonophora derasa, Leucania pallens, L. iinpura, JVcenia typica, 

 Caradnna blanda, i Heliothis marginatus, i Smerinthus tilia I and 

 I Chcerocampa porcellus I The latter rushed like a hawk at my brush, as 

 I took it out of the pot to sugar a tree, and began feeding. I managed 

 to change hands and slowly put the brush against the tree, and I luckily 

 bottled him as he continued to hover. I had no net. Is it not very 

 unusual to see this class of moths at sugar ? 6". tilice. was sitting on a 

 tree. Is it any good trying assembling with a female Lasiocampa 

 quercifolia ? I am inclined to. — G. M. A. Hewett, Winchester College. 



