'66 THE entomologist's record. 



result of the visit is the series selected of this species. Each night I 

 •carefully selected good forms from the thousands on the patches, and 

 my series, picked from two or three hundred that I set, are a very 

 beautiful and interesting lot. Maine.stra albicolon was nearly over, but 

 Prodenia Uttnralis was very abundant and fine. Tapinoi^tola el;/nii was 

 scarce and did not come to treacle, but a few were found at rest on the 

 Elyimis and Marram grasses with one or two A;/rotis ripae, which was 

 nearly over. Other species taken on treacle included Xcnria saponariae, 

 Thyatira derasa, Acronycta tridena, Peridroma .siiff'i(sa, Axylia juitn's, 

 Mainestra ancepsi, Dipteri/gia pinastri, Miana literosa, TetJiea suhtitsa, 

 and to my surprise Lcucania pndorina, and Herminia cribmlis, two 

 species I had never before connected with sandhills. In the orchard 

 several Enpithecia rectanytdata came to treacle each night, and of 

 course were found at rest by day. This being a family holiday, I did 

 little day collecting, but very hard work from a boat on Barton Broad 

 resulted in some Xouayn'a cannoe larvae (I was too early tor pupre), 

 from which I succeeded in breeding seven specimens. When one takes 

 into consideration the labour of working from a boat (especially in 

 the half a-gale that I had to endure each time), the immense numbers of 

 misleading iV. anoidinh (typliae), the ravages of moorhens, and the 

 difficulty of rearing the larva?, the man who gets a good series of N. 

 rannae deserves them. Of course I can understand that the labour 

 would be reduced in working for pup^is, as the rushes containing 

 them are distinguishable at a glance, by the faded round disc covering 

 the emergence aperture. On breaking this disc, moreover, the species 

 is at once determined ; if the burrow runs downwards it is .V. cannoe, 

 which pupates head upwards, and if the burrow run upwards it is N. 

 ariindini>i (typhae), which pupates head downwards. On the other 

 hand, however, there is nothing to distinguish stems containing larvie, 

 from those where the larvte have been, and an immense amount of 

 time is wasted splitting up empty stems. 



The week-end after my return, found me again in the North Berks 

 locality, especially for IJtluma roinplana on the heather. A nice lot 

 were taken by this means, also two on the wing and two on treacle. 

 They appear to continue crawling up from the heather roots to the top 

 until at least 11 p.m., as specimens were frequently found on clumps 

 of heather that were not there a few minutes before, and had they 

 arrived by flight we must have seen some Hying. As it was, the only 

 two seen on the wing were at late dusk. L. romplanida was pre-ent 

 in about 25% proportion, and was readily distinguished at rest by the 

 broader appearance of the closed wings. Enpithecia nanata and /'.'. 

 ininiitata were very plentiful — nearly all in pairs — and Ayrotis .striyida 

 {porphyrea) were all over the place. A surprise for heather blossom 

 was a large female Hylophila quercana, and other species taken 

 included Triphaena janthina and T. interjecta. On treacled posts close 

 by, moths still abounded, the best species being H. (jiteirana, A'ylnphaaia 

 sculopacina, Triphaena I'liiihria, Ayrotis tritici, A. niyricans. (in numbers), 

 A. vestiyialis {ralliyera) [nearly o\er), t'osinia affinis, Hydroecia nictitann, 

 and Xiidaria )iuindnna. 



Being twice in GlasgOAv during August and September, I, on each 

 occasion, contrived to get a night's collecting at Garelochhead. The 

 numbers on treacle had diminished, but were still considerable, and 

 the results to a southerner most interesting. The ground worked was 



