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Cidaria tesiata on the 8th May ; Ino statices on the i6th May ; Abraxas 

 ulmata on the i8th May. — A. Nesbitt, Llandago. 



Winchester. — This year has so far been extraordinarily good here. 

 Almost everything has been commoner than usual. Trunk hunting 

 has been especially productive, yielding Nola cristulalis, Tephrosia 

 crepuscularia, T. consonaria and T. punctulata va. plenty, while a few 

 Noiodonta chao/iia, Demas coryli, Stauropus fagi, Bistdcia ligustri, 

 Eurjinene dolabraria and Boannia consortaria have turned up. Acojitia 

 luctuosa, Dianthcecia conspersa, D. carpophaga, JVotodonta dictcea have 

 been taken by other means. On the wing, Lyccena argiolus was locally 

 common, and Nemeophila planiaginis is now swarming ; CalUnwrpha 

 dominida is hardly out yet, but the larvae were not quite as common as 

 usual. Sugar has been excellent, producing Cuspidia alni (a few), 

 plenty of Bistdcia ligustri, a good many Cymatophora or, several 

 Chariclea marginata, and a few each of Hadena thalassina, Thyatyra 

 batis, IP. pisi, Agrotis cinerea, Euplexia lucipara, Apamea basilinea 

 etc., most of which have fallen to the bag of Rev. G. M. A. Hewett. 

 Of larvae, Scotosia rhamnata, S. vetulata, lodis vernaria, and Dyschorista 

 ypsilon, have been common, while a few Catocala sponsa, Geometra 

 papilionaria and Lasiocampa quercifolia, and one Trichiura cratcngi 

 have also been taken. Hybernated Cynthia cardui are remarkably 

 abundant. Has any one noticed this elsewhere? Last, but by no 

 means least, two specimens were taken (on the 30th and 31st of May) 

 of that prize of prizes, Deiopeia pidcheUa. — A. W. S. Fisher, Win- 

 chester. 

 The Lepidoptera of Epping Forest.^ — {Continued from page 115.) 



In June a few good larvae have been met with. Several full-fed 

 Halias bicolorana have been found crawling over oak trunks in the 

 Monks wood section. Last year, on the 20th, one larva of Thecla 

 betuhe was beaten at the very first stroke from a sloe bush, but 

 though a great many bushes were beaten afterwards, the only further 

 result was a good sprinkling of the larvae of Nola cucullatella. The larva 

 of Diloba cxruleocephala is common on sloe at Chingford, and that 

 of P. cyiisaria may be taken in the Monkswood section. Beating is 

 fairly productive. A. luteata from small maples near Chingford and 

 in Epping Lower Forest, Larentia pectinitaria in Monkswood and 

 beyond, and Boarmia repandata throughout are the principal fresh 

 emergences. The tree trunks have not yielded much beyond those 

 mentioned as occurring in May, except Aplecta nebulosa. One speci 

 men of Envnelesia apftnilaia was found on a fence near Epping last year. 

 Among the butterflies Argynfiis selcne is common in the Wake Arms 

 section about the middle of the month. Many day-flying moths are also 

 on the wing. Bonibyx rubi was plentiful on the 21st June, 1891, in the 

 last mentioned locality, and Nemeophila russula a week later. The 

 former flies very rapidly over the heather early in the afternoon, but 

 seems to steady down later, and can be caught fairly easily about 6 

 o'clock. One female was found sitting on a sprig of heather. N. 

 russula is trodden up from the heather. It flies rather high, and if 

 there is any wind many are lost. It is very local. Eubolia palum- 

 baria is common north of High Beach, and one Euclidia mi was 

 taken last year. Ino statices may be found in some of the fields 

 bordering the Chingford Forest. At dusk, in the Chingford section. 



