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of Lasiocampa quercifolia, the rest being intermediate, some closely 

 approaching the purely yellow males, others rich brown with the inner 

 marginal areas yellow, others entirely reddish-brown, and sometimes 

 with a purplish tinge. Only some ten specimens of L. quercifolia came 

 to light, and of these four specimens, one a large female, were in the 

 net at the same time. Larvoe of Satur?iia carpmi appeared to be fairly 

 common. The second brood of Cilix spinula was abundant, and by 

 simply setting those that I could not help netting I got a nice series. 

 Pygczra bucephala came to light, as also did one male Ptilodontis palpina 

 and several Notodonta ziczac ; the larvse of the latter also occurred on 

 the sallows, and were of various sizes. Gonophora derasa was on the 

 sugar, but worn, and Cuspidia iridetis occurred until the last day of my 

 visit. Larvae of this latter species from those just hatched to full-fed 

 were noted at the same time. Only one C. psi occurred, very different 

 from the pale forms captured last year, this one resembling our London 

 var. siiffusa. C. aceris, C. megacephala and Viminia rumicis also 

 visited the sugar. The second brood of V. albovenosa was more than 

 usually abundant. Bertie took about twelve or fifteen at the light. 

 These were all of the pale var. albida, Auriv. (var. argentea, Tutt), 

 which seems to be the usual autumn form, the type and var. ochracea 

 constituting the bulk of the spring emergence. Leucania lithargyria 

 var. pallida turned up at sugar, whilst L. impudens (with very little 

 variation this year) came to light during the time that sugar would not 

 pay. L. pallens and L. impura were abundant, and L. phragfnilidis 

 •with its vars. pallida and rzifescens, appeared repeatedly during the last 

 week both at light and sugar. Ccenobia rufa flew at dusk, but Tapi- 

 nos/ola hellinanfii, although worked specially, would not turn up in 

 numbers. Bertie got about a dozen at light, and I got another couple 

 of dozen perhaps, from the sugar, and this was all. A few of the 

 specimens were beautiful examples of the red ab. saturata of Stau- 

 dinger, and some were much dusted with black scales. Pupae of 

 No7iagria ariindiiiis were found in Typha, the affected plants being at 

 once detected by the yellow central leaf. Hydrcecia f?iicacea put in an 

 appearance on the last night, whilst an odd specimen of Axylia puiris 

 occurred on the first night of our visit. Xylophasia lithoxylea and X. 

 polyodoti swarmed when sugar was attractive, but I saw no black varieties 

 of the latter like those I got at Wicken last year. Of X. hepatica I saw 

 one late specimen and several Cerigo viatura. Mamestra brassiccs and 

 persicaricB were the only representatives of their genus, whilst varieties 

 of Apamea didyjna were occasionally to be seen in profusion. Helo- 

 tropha leucostigma occurred freely on two evenings, I boxed some 

 seventy specimens, but although many looked very fine on the sugar, 

 their evening and morning tales did not agree, and only about a half 

 were really perfect. Some fine dark specimens of var. albipuncta and var. 

 lunina occurred among them. Altana strigilis and furiiticula both 

 occurred -very rarely, literosa rather more frequently, whilst Chortodes 

 arcuosa came to light whenever it was attractive. Caradrina taraxaci 

 was the only representative of the genus. I believe I have two speci- 

 mens against three or four dozen captured last year. Agrotis segeium, 

 A. nigricans and A. tritici var. aquilina were all rare, and I only saw 

 one A. ravida, which I captured at light. Triphcena janthina, T. 

 interjecta and T. orbofia began to appear as I left. T. pronuba was in 



