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Marlborough list last year. — M. Kimber^ Cope Hall, Newbury. 

 October 6th, 1891. 



North London. — I have not much of interest to record since my 

 last note. Aniphidasys betularia, which was very easy to rear, showed 

 itself sublimely indifferent as to its manner of pupation, a large propor- 

 tion especially of those reared under a fern case turned on the surface 

 of the earth, others dived into the earth and there changed ; in no case 

 was a cocoon spun. I have found the larvte of Hadena pisi commoiser 

 than usual at Hampstead this year. I should think, from the number 

 of pupae of different kinds I met with in digging at Chingford recently, 

 that any member, who is in a good pupa-digging locality, ought to have 

 a rich harvest. I find a fern trowel the best to use, the long narrow 

 blade will explore corners and angles, into which an ordinary trowel 

 will not go. During the hot close weather, from September 6th to 12th, 

 insects were very plentiful. I sugared at Wimbledon on the 9th (the 

 day had been bright and very hot, afternoon somewhat hazy, night 

 clear, wind S.W., very little of it), and never saw sugar so attractive, 

 although a worn TriphcBna fimbria was the only thing out of the 

 common. Light was very attractive during the same week. — F. J. 

 BucKELL. October, 1891. 



St. Anne's-on-Sea. — The weather during the holidays has been 

 simply dreadful here, nothing but wind and rain ; but, notwithstandmg 

 this, we have managed to get some moths together. We took several 

 well marked Agrotis cursoria on the ragwort, at the beginning of August, 

 a few A. prcecox, two A. van aquilina and the common moths, but 

 none in abundance ; also, Gelechia terrella, Coleophora arteniisiella, etc. 

 I had a (ew days on the Moors at Longridge, near Preston, but as the 

 weather was so bad I did not do much. We took, however, Cidaria 

 populafa, Pxdisca occultana, Grapholitha geniinatia, Penthina sauciana, 

 Peronea caledofiiana, Tortrix viburniana and a few others. At the 

 Salt Marsh, at Fleetwood, I managed to get a nice series of Coleophora 

 tripoliella, and some very darkly marked Peronea schalleriana in a lane 

 near. Also Eupxcilia vectisana, Crambus sallnellus and others. I 

 was late for Gelechia instabiliella, there were plenty, but most of them 

 worn. I have tried sugaring lately but have seen nothing except the 

 relics of the past summer, the September moths not having yet put in 

 an appearance, with the exception of Hydmcia nictitans, which seems 

 very abundant. II. micacea is an absentee tliis season, I have not seen 

 a single specimen. Anchocelis litura, A. lunosa, Orthosia lota, not yet 

 out. Peronea hastiana seem very scarce this season. I have been out 

 several times but have not succeeded in getting many larvae ; I fancy a 

 great many were killed during the storm we had the third week in 

 August, which shrivelled all the heads of the sallows as if they had 

 been frozen, and made them go black. — T. Baxter, St. Anne's-on-Sea, 

 September \^th, 1891. 



Wisbech. — On the whole, the present season has been a very good 

 one. Sugar appears to have been more attractive than usual, though 

 the majority of things taken at it have been of a very common order, 

 Cnspidia leporina being about the best. Nonagria typhee has been 

 abundant during the past month, but Cala/nia lutosa scarcer than 

 usual. Hydrcecia micacea has been taken sparingly, as also has Trichiura 

 craticgi at street lamps. Gortyna flavago quite common on lamps, as 



