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(abundant everywhere) and Eupithccia virgaiireata (worn). Tafiagra 

 chmrophyllata was abundant, flying amongst bracken, and a few Hepialus 

 hectics and H. velleda at dusk. Fidonia atoiiiaria, Anaitis plagiata and 

 Cidaria siijfiiinata were common on heaths, and I took one Coret/iia 

 DiuniLtta. Tree trunks produced Notodoiita dictcvoides (i) and Bisulcia 

 /tgustri {i), nothing else of note. Larvce were decidedly scarce, but I 

 turned up one each of Notodo7ita chaonia and Amphidasys prodromaria 

 anl a few Polia chi. In one place only, I found larvae of Eupithccia 

 pitlchellata, not only in the spun up bells of foxglove, but, in a younger 

 stage, inside the capsules from which the bells had already fallen off. 

 Sugar was very poorly patronised. — F. H. Wolley Dod, Collingham, 

 Newark. August 2-^rd, 1891. 



Bedford. — I spent the month of August at Bedford, during which 

 time I did a little collecting with my friend Mr. Edwin Gray, who is 

 well acquainted with the locality. The Rhopalocera were very poorly 

 represented, partially owing, no doubt, to the lack of sun, all the warm 

 weather being concentrated into the last wsek. We took the following 

 in fair abundance : Pieris napi, P. rapce. P. brassicce, Epinephele Janira, 

 Pararge 7negcBra and E. iithonus. Occasional specimens of Lyccena 

 icarus, Polyofnmatus phlxas and Gonopteryx rhamni were met with, and 

 tiie total closes with one of each of the following : Vanessa urticiv, V. 

 polychloros, V. io and Pyranieis cardui. We did not have time to collect 

 the Heterocera, hence the smallness of the list, which only includes 

 the following : — Hepialus sylvanus, i ; Lithosia compianula ; Chelonia 

 caja, several (I am now feeding up larvae of the latter on laurel and 

 ivy). Liparis chrysorrhcea ^ occurred in numbers ; one morning early, 

 in a distance of four miles, I counted about 150 pairs, and could have 

 counted many more had I looked. I do not know whether this species 

 has been unusually abundant elsewhere this season, but the larvae 

 swarmed all about Kensington in July. Uropteryx sa/nbucata, several ; 

 Epione apiciaria, i ; Rumia cratcegata, 2 ; Crocallis e/inguaria and 

 E?i?7omos tiliaria, 1 ; Acidalia aversata ; Cabera pusaria, several : 

 Abraxas grossulariata, common ; M'ehifiippe subtristata, M. montanata, 

 M. fluctuata, several ; Coremia ferrugata, 2 ; Eubolia cervitiaria, 6 ; 

 E. metisuraria and E. paluinbaria, common ; Ptilodontis palpina, i ; 

 Notodonta dictcea, 1 ; and several specimens of the following : — Leucania 

 lithargyria, L. inipu?-a, L.pallens, Hydtacia nictitans, Axylia putris, Xylo- 

 phasia polyodon, Cerigo cytherea, Mamestra brassica;, Apamea oculea, Ag?-otis 

 nigricans, Tripha'tia subsequa, T. orbona, T. pronuba, Noctua festiva, 

 JV. xanthographa, Cosmia diffinis, Plusia ganuna and Catocala nupta. 

 We were most successful in pupse digging and larvae hunting, getting a 

 great number of the former, about 200 in three diggings. I took a pupa 

 of Sfncrinthus populi as early as the 9th of August, and several more 

 pupae fell to our trowels in the course of the month, of which the most 

 abundant was Cosfnia diffinis. I also took one of Notodonta dictcea, 

 which emerged the next day, and one oi Agriopis aprilina emerged on 

 the 20th. Amongst the larvae taken were specimens of Snierinthus 

 ocellatus, some of which Mr, Gray took on apple, others I found on 

 willow ; and the contrast in colour of the two lots, strikingly illustrated 



^ For years L. chrysorrhcea has been rather scarce. L. auriflua has been very 

 abundant this year. From the remark re larvce at Kensington, I should say the species 

 is certainly not chrysorrhcea. — Ed. 



